The EV Musings Podcast Gary Comerford

In this episode, Gary continues his look at charging solutions for those with no off-street parking.
In episode 199 last season we looked at public charging solutions. In this episode, we'll look at solutions that allow you to use your own electricity supply but pipe it out to a car on the road.
Guest Details:
Ben Macdonald : Ben has been an environmentalist and educator throughout his career. He cofounded an environmental group in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1997 that led to the cessation of logging of lowland temperate rainforest by a State Owned Enterprise. He then went into education to help shape the attitudes of future leaders teaching in SE London schools for 20 years. He began his foray into the world of EV infrastructure when he made his first cable gantry in 2016 in a futile attempt to charge an EV whilst parked on street. In 2021 he founded Nodum with Kohen Judd to help make EV charging more accessible to more people. Nodum has two products coming to market in 2024 and 2025.
Ben's Website
Lewis Dixon : Project Lead, Gul-e
@Gul_e_EV on Twitter
Lewis's Website
This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.
Links:
Charging without off-street parking - The EV Musings Podcast138 year-old ship converted to electric - Cool thingIn-depth Q&A: Can ‘carbon offsets’ help to tackle climate change? - Carbon Fact
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
(C) 2019-2024 Gary Comerford
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In Episode 213 Gary covers a topic of great importance to the majority of current EV drivers: finding and installing a home charger.
Why do you need one? What should you look out for and how much will it cost?
We speak with reps from a couple of the top charger manufacturers.
This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.
Links:
In-depth Q&A: Can ‘carbon offsets’ help to tackle climate change? - Carbon FactSelf-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires - Cool thing
So You’ve gone electric: https://amzn.to/3JAW458
209 - The No Home Charger Episode evmusings.com/episode/no-home- charger
186 - The Charger Pricing Episode evmusings.com/episode/186-the- charger-pricing-episode
207 - The ECO Tariffs Episode evmusings.com/episode/eco-tariffs
Indra: https://www.indra.co.uk
Ohme: https://ohme-ev.com
Myenergi: https://www.myenergi.com
Zaptec: https://www.zaptec.com
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
(C) 2019-2024 Gary Comerford
Social Media:
Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusings
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In Episode 212 Gary tackles the thorny subject of car dealers. Are they set up for success when it comes to selling electric vehicles?
How are they incentivised? Do they make any money from servicing now? What is the education they get given about EVs?
Why don't more of them drive EVs?
Guest Details:
Simon Acton :Irish EV Awards 2024 Winner, eMobility expert, Founder & Managing Director at Next Eco Car, Irish distributor for AVILOO EV Battery Diagnostics.
Simon's Website
@nextecocar on Twitter
Simon on YouTube
This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.
Links:
Clothes dryer vs the car: carbon footprint misconceptions - Carbon FactIt's electric! Metallica summer tour hits the road with electric semi - Cool thing
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
(C) 2019-2024 Gary Comerford
Social Media:
Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusings
Ko-fi Link: http://www.ko-fi.com/evmusings EVMusings: Twitter https://twitter.com/MusingsEv
and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/The-EV-Musings-Podcast-2271582289776763
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'So, you've gone electric?' on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q5JVF1X
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Upgrade to smarter EV driving with a free week's trial of Zapmap Premium, find out more here https://evmusings.com/zapmap-premium

In this episode, Gary talks through a cause very close to his heart: making film and TV production green.
How do prouction companies reduce emissions from diesel generators, transportation and even simple things like catering?
What can the film and TV industry do to green up electricity generation, catering, transportation and recycling?
This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.
Links:
BA decarbonsing Heathrow - - Cool ThingThe Albert Initiative
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
(C) 2019-2024 Gary Comerford
Social Media:
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In this episode, Gary talks with Anthony Browne the current minister for decarbonisation in the UK.
We talk about his brief, some upcoming announcements and initiatives, and touch on items such as decarbonising aviation.
What are his thoughts on reducing the price of public charging? What about hydrogen? What about decarbonsing aviation?
Anthony Browne : Minister for Technology and Decarbonisation - UK Department for Transport
@AnthonyBrowneMP on Twitter
This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.
Links:
A fossil fuel economy requires 535 times the resources. - Carbon FactDairy farm installs huge solar and battery array - Cool thing
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
(C) 2019-2024 Gary Comerford
Social Media:
Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusings
Ko-fi Link: http://www.ko-fi.com/evmusings EVMusings: Twitter https://twitter.com/MusingsEv
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In Episode 209 Gary chats with a number of people who live without home charging.
It's, obviously, easier if you can charge where you live. But that doesn't mean that not having a home charger makes EV ownership untenable.
We talk to people who find it easy, difficult, complex, good value, or expensive.
Is it expensive? How much is AC/ destination charging vs how much is rapid/ ultra rapid charging? Is it easier with a Tesla?
This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.
Links:
Charging without off-street parking - The EV Musings Podcast139 - The Co- Charger Episode - The EV Musings Podcast169 - The Cheap Public Charging Episode - The EV Musings Podcast186 - The Charger Pricing Episode - The EV Musings PodcastAir Pollution affects our help - - Carbon FactRainwater Harvesting coming to Clepington Road - - Cool thing
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
(C) 2019-2024 Gary Comerford
Social Media:
Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusings
Ko-fi Link: http://www.ko-fi.com/evmusings EVMusings: Twitter https://twitter.com/MusingsEv
and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/The-EV-Musings-Podcast-2271582289776763
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'So, you've gone electric?' on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q5JVF1X
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