The EV Musings Podcast Gary Comerford

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
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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
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In Episode 208 Gary answers the questions you wanted answering.
We talk with ChargeUk about price drops on public charging, 3TI about V2G, and Colin Walker about dropping EV sales amongst others!
What are the questions you have about owning and running EVs? We asked you to provide the burning questions you had and we answered them (with a little help from some friends)
Guest Details:
Chris Pateman Jones is the Chair of ChargeUK and the CEO of Connected Kerb
Mark Potter is the Chief Technical Officer at 3Ti Energy Hubs. Read more about V2X Fast Hub.
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.
This particular episode is kindly sponsored by 3Ti.
Links:
Shell gives up 1,000 petrol stations; favours EV charging | electrive.com - Cool ThingEstimated global co2 emission share by income groups - Carbon FactFind out how 3Ti are turning the UK's car parks into renewable energy power stations
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
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In Episode 207 Gary looks at some of the tariffs you can get on the open market that provide reduced rate charging if you have an electric vehicle.
We speak specifically with Alex Thwaites from OVO Energy.
Guest Details:
Alex is the Director Of Electric Vehicles at OVO Energy, a service dedicated to providing services to EV owners in the UK. The OVO Anytime offering provides cheap home charging, a home charge unit and an app for public charging, too.
Alex'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:
Vidde Electric Snowmobile - - Cool ThingHow many trees would you need to plant to offset your holiday flight? - Carbon Literacy FactOVO DriveOctopus Energy tariffs - Tariffs in your postcode may differ.
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
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In this episode of EV Musings, Gary discusses the idea that households with off-street parking and two cars should consider making one of them electric. The conversation explores the case of households with two fossil fuel cars, addresses cost and range concerns, highlights the availability of small-sized EVs, and discusses the benefits of owning an EV. He also emphasizes the role of education and test drives in overcoming ignorance and misinformation about electric vehicles.
Takeaways
Households with off-street parking and two cars should consider making one of them electric.
Cost and range concerns can be addressed, especially with the availability of affordable second-hand EVs and a wide range of small-sized EVs.
Hybrids can be seen as a compromise, but if the goal is to go electric, it's better to choose a full electric vehicle.
Owning an EV opens up opportunities for low-priced EV charging tariffs and other benefits.
Education and test drives play a crucial role in changing perceptions and increasing EV uptake.
If you have 2 cars and off-street parking one of them could be an EV. I'll tell you why.
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:
Research paper on why people justify climate denial activitiesBoil just what you need in your kettle - - Carbon Literacy FactHyundai's Active Skirt technology - - Cool Thing
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In Episode 205 Gary looks at climate in a fascinating conversation with Richard Allan- a climate scientist and academic. They discuss the difference between climate and weather, why carbon is so important despite being such a small part of the atmosphere, why some climate scientists disagree about global warming and we hear his thoughts on carbon offsets and geoengineering.
Ever wanted to ask a climate scientist the questions about climate that nobody is asking? I do that for you
Guest Details:
Richard Allan is a professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading Department of Meteorology. His research is driven by the fundamental question: how much will Earth warm in the current century and what are the implications for the global water cycle, upon which societies and ecosystems depend? He uses Earth Observation data to explore fluctuations in clouds, water vapour, rainfall and the Earth's radiative energy balance and use this information to assess the realism of climate prediction models and improve our understanding of the climate system. He was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th assessment report.
@rpallanuk on Twitter
Richard'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:
Marine-based carbon capture - - Cool thingThe World Counts - Carbon Fact
Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk
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