Renault EVs and Apps
You always hear about the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Model whatever, but you don’t really hear that much about the Renault Zoe.
Even though it’s doing well and unlike those other cars there isn’t a waiting list!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Ecglf4PWQ&feature=share
VW I.D. R Pikes Peak
Wow. That is truly impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7zM0BDM2Vc&feature=share
Fracking, Jaguar, Hydrogen Trains, Tesla & VW
How many subjects?! All I can say is, “Well I never!” and “Aw my gawd!” I never knew flip flops were also known as thongs. Means something completely different in the UK, but there you go.
I have deliberately not said anything of substance about the episode, as I don’t want to spoil it for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBS-By-Tzk&feature=share
Paris Motor Show 2018
As you would expect there are lots of new shiny things at the Paris Motor Show and from the sounds of it, all of the attention was on EVs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKpxHo_r7O4&feature=share
Beyond the Electric Car
I am way behind in watching Fully Charged lately. Here is one of the talks I didn’t get to see at Fully Charged Live. As well as being informative and thoroughly interesting, it is really good to see green companies willingly working together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYFS4MdbCQ&feature=share
Yep. It’s definitely my kitten if it sleeps on my laptop bag
Hackers stole the personal information of 14 million Facebook users
And you don’t see Facebook closing anything down.
#SaveGPlus
Powervault and a surprise
This episode of Fully Charged is all about Powervault, but there’s a nice surprise right from the start as Maddie Moate makes her first appearance presenting the show alongside Robert Llewellyn. She is most definitely a welcome addition to the Fully Charged team.
Anyway, let’s get onto the nuts and bolts of Powervault. You have all probably heard by now of household battery storage and Powervault in that sense is no different. They are a British company though and have partnered with Renault and Green Energy UK for two reasons.
The first and most obvious is that the battery storage they are creating uses recycled Renault Zoe batteries. In essence those old car batteries get a second life, which is a great as it means you don’t need to go and manufacture a whole new lot. Powervault can and do use new batteries as well, so the choice is yours whether you use recycled batteries or not.
The second reason is that by partnering with an energy supplier (Green Energy UK), they can align their product with an energy saving tariff. What that means in practice is that if you get your energy from Green Energy UK, then you could opt to have Powervault installed which would open up energy saving opportunities for you. With smart meters giving fine grain data and control over your energy supply, you decide when you draw power from the grid.
As explained in the video the immediate benefits aren’t so much for the consumer, but the industry as a whole. During peak times when energy demand is high, batteries will effectively take up the slack and smooth the peaks. When energy demand is low the batteries will be steadily charging and smooth out the troughs. That will in turn make things easier for the energy suppliers and help to bring prices down for everyone.
So finally, here is the episode.
Fully Charged News Panel | Episode 1
It’s Fully Charged in front of a live audience. Lots of topics covered including Elon Musk stepping down from Tesla, direct correlation between air pollution and deaths, massive wind turbines, giant factories and more. Oh and an electric car or two to boot.
All of that and a Q&A at the end. Might explain why it’s an hour long. Sit back and enjoy.
All we can do is try
We need to try and save our planet from pollution and global warming, but in 10 months time I won’t be posting about it here.
But we can try to change that by voting to keep G+. It may or may not work, but at least we can say we tried. Right?
Electric Highway Update with Dale Vince
If you have had problems using the Electric Highway recently, then worry no more. Here’s an update that explains what happened and oh yeah, it’s fixed already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXwVZQ2Dbs0&feature=share
BMW i3S Vs Mini with a long name
Got to agree with Jonny Smith the Mini range of cars are far too big, bloated and pig ugly these days. Considering it’s the same company making both of the cars in this video, it’s hard to believe how different they are.
