Curious how a homemade wind turbine experiment launched a global open-source energy monitoring movement? In this episode of Take It EV, I sit down with Glyn from Open Energy Monitor, who turned a backyard project into a worldwide platform over a decade. From Arduino tinkering and DIY kits to sleek devices, Glyn shares how this subscription-free too…

Episode 63 - Ionetic: Leading the Battery Revolution Small EV makers up against the giants? Ionetic’s bringing the edge! James (from episode 43) returns with news of a sharp rebrand and World Arc—software that powers custom battery packs for the little guys. We dive into how World Arc streamlines production for companies building 100 to 10,000 unit…

In this episode, we examine how misinformation is slowing the UK’s shift to cleaner transport. I sit down with Colin Walker, Head of Transport at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), as he explains how misleading stories about electric vehicles (EVs) are damaging progress and trust. Colin tackles some of the most ridiculous myths, from …

How can community-driven solutions make EV charging more accessible for everyone? In this episode, Joel Teague, the founder of CoCharger, shares how his platform is connecting EV owners to a community-based network of chargers, making it easier for those without home charging options to keep their vehicles powered. Joel shares the challenges many p…

How can electric vehicles shape the future of energy and mobility, and what role does infrastructure play in this transition? In this episode, we hear from Bob Murphy, a technical executive at Scottish Power, as he takes us on a journey through the evolution of electric vehicle fleets and charging infrastructure. With over a decade of experience in…

How can we break the cycle of misinformation surrounding electric vehicles and shift towards a future of cleaner energy and sustainability? In this episode, I speak with Quentin Willson, a renowned advocate for electric vehicles, as we dive deep into the myths that still plague EV adoption. From fears about battery life to the misconceptions surrou…

How is the energy storage market evolving, and how can it help homeowners save money while contributing to a more sustainable future? In this episode, we dive into the world of energy storage with George from GivEnergy, a company at the forefront of the solar and battery storage industry. We explore the advantages of battery storage, from improving…

How is the future of electric vehicles shaping up, and what groundbreaking innovations are emerging to power the next generation of sustainable transport? In this episode, Take It EV join forces with Gary Comerford from EV Musings, Simon Rowe (The EV Side), and Rob Shaw (RSThinks) at the Everything Electric in Farnborough. Together, we explore the …

In this episode of Take It EV we’re at Everything Electric in Harrogate and I sit down with Mark Potter from 3TI to explore how solar energy and electric vehicle infrastructure are coming together to create a smarter, greener charging ecosystem. Mark introduces us to 3TI’s cutting-edge solutions, including the Papilio3, the pop-up mini solar car pa…

In this episode, we sit down with Chris Ramsey to discuss his thrilling Pole to Pole adventure—driving an electric vehicle from the North Pole to the South Pole. First ever journey of this kind accomplished in an EV. Chris shares the challenges, highlights, and insights from his groundbreaking journey across diverse terrains and extreme climates. T…

Sat down with Dan to talk about all things EVs and green business, Everything electric, Fully Charged. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till Use this link to sign up to Octopus. I get a cut and so do you - https://share.octopus.energy/rose-rain-504By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Kevin from KC Talks EVs joins me on Take it EV to chat about his hands-on experiences with electric vehicles, especially his time with the MG ZS EV. We discuss why showcasing real-life EV use is crucial for understanding efficiency and practicality. Kevin explains how his YouTube channel is all about straightforward, honest content, driven by what …

Speaking to Patric, aka People's tarrif, aka Green Strip show about difficulties of living with an EV on a budged without access to own charger and his 6060 trip. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/greenstripshow https://twitter.com/PeoplesTariff https://twitter.com/greenstripshow Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podca…

Conversation with Dan Millar from Duracell Energy about their offering and some interesting technical details. https://www.duracellenergy.com/ Quote calculator: https://app-uk.duracellenergy.com/quote-calculator ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till Use this link to sign up to Octopus. I get a cut …

In this episode of Take It EV, recorded at the Everything Electric Show in Harrogate, hosts Gregg, Rob and Gary discuss their experiences and key highlights from the event. They share insights on new electric vehicle test drives, including the Hyundai Ioniq 5N, BYD Seal, and Volvo EX30, emphasising the no-pressure test drive environment. The episod…

1M EVs registered in the UK! https://www.zap-map.com/ev-stats/ev-market This new episode celebrates 1 millionth EV registered in March 2024, in the UK. Yup. I think it's a big elfin deal. I thought it would be good to get my ideas of how to make one's life easier with new EV. The advice I would have given my friends and myself back in 2016. Or sinc…

Some shows have seasons, I decided to try talking with the future of transportation . It didn't go well ;() Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Conversation with Pete, co-founder of Hevra and Matt from Cedar garage, one of the HEVRA garages about servicing and maintenance https://www.hevra.org.uk/ https://cedarelectric.co.uk/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Conversation with James Court, CEO of EVA England about EVAE's role in The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, and the regulation itself. Topics covered slow charging? VAT ? whole UK? or just GB ? Scotland? What about posts that are 22kWh, interesting choice with 8kW Tesla? Open to other cars vs only Tesla owners plug and charge ? What are the pe…

Interesting conversation about history of Polar Charging network and current endevours of david at Andersen EV. https://andersen-ev.com https://mastodon.social/@takeitev https://patreon.com/takeitev Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Conversation with Swarco Charging business Managing Director, Justin Meyer. We dive into many subjects related to deploying and running rapid charging infrastructure. And also speak about the latest Dundee developments , including their new charging hub. (00:00) - Timestamp: 172800000 (03:47) - Teasing Dundee site (05:05) - What metrics do CPOs use…

Conversation with James from Ionetic, about his business , battery packs and the tech they provide. You can find out more at https://ionetic.uk/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Inductive Charging time. The good, the bad and the exciting! Video on our product: https://vimeo.com/761238722 Recent news about our collaboration with Stellantis: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hevo-to-collaborate-with-stellantis-on-wireless-ev-charging-301746884.html Forbes article (and YouTube video embedded) on pairing automated parki…

Gregg's solo waffle episode. Why have I been go for a while? What's happened in the meantime? How's the heatpump doing? How am I doing? What's coming in 2023? Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Science of climate change, what can we do about it and what are the real basis for it. Also, talk about why hydrogen is not the great future everyone’s hoping for. Even tho it has a little bit of a role to play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Stewart_Callendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_…

Conversation with Ole WIESEN-BERGNER, Founder & CMO of R3charge. Check them out at https://www.r3charge.com , Don't forget to use the code: TAKEIT10 . I don't get any money for it - but I want to support them and their endeavour. Check out this podcast at https://takeitev.transistor.fm , https://takeitev.transistor.fm/subscribe And chuck us few qui…

Interview with Quentin Willson about EVs, his past experiences and what can we do in the future to improve things. Quentin Willson On Twitter https://twitter.com/QuentinWillson Fair Charge UK: https://www.faircharge.co.uk, https://twitter.com/fairchargeuk BritishVolt https://www.britishvolt.com Merch: https://take-it-ev-podcast.creator-spring.com S…

Spoke to Nathan James Van Gambling, of BetaTeach/BetaTalk fame about all things Heatpumps. https://betatalk.buzzsprout.com https://twitter.com/betateachpod https://betateach.co.uk https://youtu.be/CxkzyO_QWFI Switch to octopus and get £50 off your household bills https://share.octopus.energy/rose-rain-504 Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt A…

Conversation with Kate Tyrrell, who set up ChargeSafe UK following her personal experiences with charging on the road. We talk about the issues, but also have a good old chinwag about electric cars and related subjects. Trying to keep it fun and light :-) Enjoy. [email protected] https://www.chargesafe.uk https://twitter.com/EVChargeSafe https://…

Sat down with Warren Ryan Philips to talk about EVA England and reducing your house's enviromental footprint. What a great human being to talk to. Very inspiring conversation. Warren's Twitter : https://twitter.com/Luciddestiny EVA England: https://www.evaengland.org.uk EVA Scotland: https://www.eva.scot Transition town network https://transitionne…

Chat with Maz Shar about EVs, supply, AI and many other related subject. Much more relaxed and laid back episode than usual . Take It EV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgCNp8fSMRQtNESGJYHSkcw SUBSCRIBE! SHARE! ENJOY! Switch to octopus and get £50 off your household bills https://share.octopus.energy/rose-rain-504 Thanks to our monthly su…

https://kempower.com Recent announcements: https://kempower.com/information-center/news/ First installation of Kempower charger in the UK: https://www.vital-ev.co.uk Kempower chargers are used on Osprey network in the UK https://ospreycharging.co.uk Take It EV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgCNp8fSMRQtNESGJYHSkcw Thanks to our monthly s…

Short episode, part duex if you like. Speaking to Chris and dipping into his knowledge of OEM design practices and how different manufactures consider designing cars for users with different needs, body shapes and disabilities. Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

Chat with an owner of EVs who also happens to be a disabled person. We talk about challenges of living with disabilities, driving , charging etc. Part 1 of this discussion . You don't want to miss it! https://twitter.com/B_McBeardface https://www.motability.co.uk Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreo…

Interview with Ellie O'Daire , truck driver from USA. She's recently upgraded her Mustang to the EV version, Mustang-E. We are talking about EVs in the USA, other than the one everyone's talking about usually, but more importantly about trucking. I've learned a ton and hope that you'll find this conversation interesting. Mustang-E Ellie's YouTube h…

Solo episode about plug-in hybrids, what's great about them and all the grips I got with the misconceptions of buying and owning one. The bad, the good, etc. TLDR: they are not EVs, shouldn't be allowed to use rapid chargers and won't be relevant in 5-10 years. Let's hope. PHEV models found to be 61% less efficient in real-world use. And so much mo…

Sat down with Gary, who has been driving Jaguar iPace for a very long time, to talk about his stories, experiences. Don't worry, I did ask him some tricky questions as well :-) http://twitter.com/takeitev https://www.youtube.com/iPaceOwner Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

Sat down for a chat with Sergey from NEBOair , to talk about first full type certified electric airplane in the UK: G-OGRN . NEBOAir Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

I had a chat with Alec Sharp from English Electric Co . And you guessed it, we spoke about electrification of motorbikes. Enjoy ! https://www.englishelectricmotorco.com/electric-motorbikes/ Patreon Twitter Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

I asked a question on twitter a short while ago: "I don’t think anyone should be buying EVs purely because they want to save money. Opinions?" Here's my update and view on the subject. Enjoy Here's the link to the thread(s): https://twitter.com/takeitev/status/1406995191354085378?s=21 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/takeitev Twitter link: https://…

We are talking about the new Hyundai’s / Kia’s E-GMP platform. This episode was recorded before new IONIQ5 reviews dropped. Andrew’s mr EV channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA5ITWgwaUsdwcFEEnh2WTw Take IT EV podcast website: https://takeitev.transistor.fm MERCH! : https://take-it-ev-podcast.creator-spring.com/mugs Thanks to our monthly supp…

I sat down with Euan McTurk of Pluglife TV - to talk about all things batteries. Plenty of information for casual listeners as well the curious geeks amongst us! Also, for the first time - this episode is available as a video on YouTube! Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gdzBxmkGKqY Euan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgBPvqu6vqvO3M…

Looking back at 2020, reminding what has happened and giving a little commentary on each of the events. In new year’s event, Hyundai (kia) promises 11 new dedicated EVs by 2025 - In new year’s event, Hyundai promises 11 new dedicated EVs by 2025 : 25 EVs all together by 2025. Not bad, new platform, 800V based, sounds amazing. Their vehicles are ver…

Continuation of my discussion with Chris Miller. We talk about Nissan, what OEMs are bad at, .. and then we are back on Tesla.. Oh well :-) All in good spirits. Merchandise Chris's Twitter Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Having an informal chat with someone from the auto-industry about all sorts of aspectcs of the industry. Merchandise Chris's Twitter Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Interview with Andrew Till, who went on a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats in his Kia E-Niro - to prove that driving an EV is easier than one thinks. And much much more. Enjoy! Andrew's Channel SUBSCRIBE! Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

In this episode, I talk about quite few things that have happened in the last 2 months. Sold my Leaf, bought Kia E-Niro, I found out more about issues DPD had with their drivers using public charging, why we didn't get VW ID.3 . And a bonus round - my thoughts about our new charger - Zappi! Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Su…

My co-host is back! This time we hopefully have a bit more entertaining show, with some nerd-ery (is that even a word?). Plus, Gregg reveals what his new car is going to be, V2G and Tesla. Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Links mentioned in the episode https://zero-ev.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/zeroev Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Gregg Jaskiewicz

Interview with My Energi Co-Founder Jordan Brompton, all around amazing person. We are talking all things EV, charging and answer few listener questions. https://myenergi.com https://myenergi.com/product/zappi/ Jordan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordeegee/ https://myenergi.com/product/sparki-and-the-journey-to-earth/ Thanks to our monthl…