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Join us at DC EV for an insightful exploration into the world of Electric Vans and their growing significance in the business sector. In this engaging episode, our expert, Dave Humphreys from Complete Car, delves deep into the advantages and advancements of electric vans, a segment rapidly gaining traction in the automotive market.

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Welcome to 2024 DC EV - Adrian sat down with the ever-informative Dave Humphrey to dive into where EVs are and how 2024 is shaping up.

What’s happened with EVs in the last year?
EV sales
BYD Atto 3, Dolphin, Seal
Charging infrastructure
Affordable EV’s
Consumer confidence
Brighter future
Exciting for 2024

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In this episode of the podcast, Paul and Adrian explore several aspects of Tesla's market dominance, including its recent price drops and their effects on both Tesla customers and the wider EV market. Besides, they also discuss Tesla's decision to offer discounts on left-hand drive models instead of right-hand drive models in some markets, as well as the frustration felt by customers who have paid for Tesla's full self-driving capabilities upfront but have not yet received them.

The hosts acknowledge Tesla's revolutionary technology, but raise concerns about its fluctuating goals and potentially negative impacts on long-term customer satisfaction. They also discuss how the depreciation of electric cars affects the industry and highlight the emergence of new, cheaper brands from China that may challenge established brands in the future.

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Hot off the Press and just off the plane, Dave Humphries gives us all the news from Auto Shanghai 2023 - China storming into Europe and beyond with many new brands and models - A super insight into the not-to-distant future - Thanks as always, Dave!

China
How big and diverse
Battery Technology
Different brands
Eyes on Europe
Car shows wind down
Big car market
BMW, Porsche, Mercedes
Bad, NIO, Conglomerate
Market hungry for new products
Snobbery
Rapidly changed
Chinese car brands iterate so quickly
Not scared to make mistakes
Size of the car market
VW was the biggest seller in China
VW has just been eclipsed by BYD
Compare Ireland to China
Every VW sold in Ireland in 12 months - In China, they sold in 40 hours
Multiple brands
More than 1 billion people
Shanghai alone has 24 million
Beijing has 20 million people
Baoding (10 Million People)
Great Wall Motors
Hydrogen R&D centre
1.2 million square metres
Built in 14 months from a green field site
Moves very fast
Reaching saturation
Expansion into Europe
Expertise with battery technology
Desire to grow
Eat a lot of people's lunches
BYD launched (Build your dreams)
MDL round since the 1950s
Couple hundred cars on the ground
Seal, Dolphin, and Seagull
Funky cat
Produce
Name is irrelevant
Brand relevance
Skoda
Twitter
Surprised
Not perfect Atto 3
Continental tyres
NIO
Battery swap
Hongqi
Wey
Habal
Tank
Jeep Wrangler
General Motors
VW Group
Stellantis
Geely
Cupra
Lucid
Electrification
Plethora of cars
MG
MG4
MG Cyberster
Watch this space

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What a pleasure for us to have the great future creating @bobbyhealy of @mannadronedelivery on the purple chairs for a fun and superbly informative chat. The 'purple chair' policy is for an informal, unscripted, and first-take chat so that you guys get a real feel for the person and their passion/business without the tech-heavy narrative! Enjoy, and let us know what you think. Thank you, Bobby!

Bobby Healy Manna Delivery intro
2 min 40 seconds average delivery time, 3 miles distance
35,000 population balbriggan
300/400 deliveries a day
Coffee and croissants 30/40% of orders
Every household used once a week
Golden retriever with wings!
IAA top 2/3 regulator in Europe
Illegal and dangerous to fly if you're not regulated
Certified as both an airline and an airline manufacturer
Irish government in support
Ireland is the epicentre of drone delivery
2nd in the world for drone delivery
Overtaken Amazon, who spent 3 billion dollars
Ireland has an environment to allow our trials and tests
Fast turnarounds with inspections and audits
Fast past Commercial grade interaction with government and regulator enables the business.
FAA in the USA, with 50,000 employees, must slower to pass legislation - 5 years behind Europe
Safety is most important - how do we do a million flights a day without a catastrophic incident
Catastrophic incident number - the ratio of catastrophic incidence to flight hours
Airbus A-320 ratio is 10 to minus 9, so 1 in a billion hours of flight, there's a catastrophic incident
Drones are safer, don't carry people, fly much slower, much lighter, much smaller - won't lead to a death
The drone ratio is 10 to the minus 6 - 1 catastrophic incident in 6 million flights
Dash, a US delivery company, does 2 billion deliveries yearly - We want to do 10 billion annually!
Uber autonomous driving stopped after a lady in Phoenix died
6 years of investment, with 120 people without opening the cash register
The benefit of it taking so long to build the safety/business is other companies can't quickly build their own
Takes 200 million euros to get to a position where you can be profitable
Hardware is a pain in the ass
If we have enough money, 90% in our own hands - 10% in regulation and the government's hands
3 kg weight allowance in a drone
You can get more than 1, and they fly in formation - a squadron of 5 drones, and an armada of 3 drones
Track the aircraft; very cool and tells you when it's outside
Pints of Guinness in Oranmore -settles as it flies!
Bakery and community impact of drone delivery
NPS (Net promoters score) is 86 better than apple
Bookshop in Oranmore is better than amazon for delivery times!
Enable the local vendor to thrive - compete with the big guy
The goal is 2 billion deliveries just for fast food plus pharmacy etc
300 billion industry becomes a trillion

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We were so excited to have the great Elaine Butler of the Circular Design Institute in for a chat with our own Adrian Slattery about everything circular economy. Elaine is brilliantly passionate and a knowledge powerhouse. It's fascinating to see what can be done within manufacturing/construction and other companies when they dig deep into their processes and ecosystems. Elaine is the person to help your business make the right steps to do so! Also, Adrian had to mention his Vivobarefoot shoes made out of plastic bottles (not sponsored!!). Enjoy and please let us know if this brought value to you or your business.

What is the Circular Economy?
Buzz around the Circular Economy in Europe
Even if we move all own energy production to renewables, it will only take 45% of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere
55% of greenhouse gas emissions hope to deal with the circular economy
4 principles that underpin the circular economy
1- minimising the use of resources, 2 - designing out waste, 3 - keeping material in use as long as possible (repurpose/recycle), 4 - Regenerating natural systems
Hard to send the product back to the manufacturing
Global supply chains
Successive governments trying their best
Linear system
Long process
Huge changes in Europe
Where are your suppliers?
Paying increased levies
Companies need to start looking at this
First to be looked at is Furniture/textiles
Ego Design sustainable supplies regulation
Levies on the price you pay for the product
Reduced sales / higher levies
Recycle back into your product
Boost sales by getting on different aspects of the circular economy
Full picture
Customer knowledge and education
A company, the customer, can trust
Smaller companies can move quicker
Secure your customer base
Secure your revenue stream
Make revenue in other ways
Vivo Barefoot made out of bottles
China has a network of agents (advanced circular economy)
Infrastructure to automate it

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What is Renewable Energy
Wind Energy
Legislation
Should we have free energy
Island of Ireland
Behind the curve
Data farms
100% renewable energy
People want renewable energy
It's not just about the price
Consumption-based analysis
Smart metering
Understand your baseline
App - Profile
LED lighting saving up to 80%
Companies' energy bills
Critical energy analysis
Figures
Battery storage
Government payback

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Charging station Etiquette
Bad parking in EV space
Overstay charge of €8
People waiting/watching while you charge
Anxious wait
Bug Bears
Limited Superchargers
Numerous Apps
Infrastructure
Shopping centres
Not bothered
Shouldn't be a hassle

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When charging an EV was free
Cost of installation
Init.
Apps
Paying for your charge and making it easier
Infrastructure
ESB
Planning
Charging Hubs
Losing interest in long waiting times for planning permission
Landlords sites
TII (Transport Infrastructure Ireland)
Private investment
New charging ports
Safety when charging
Athlone and afterthought
What will it be like in 10 years?

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Our Pick of EVs for the last 7 years – and some new ones coming we like too!

Tesla Model S
Tesla Model 3
Polestar
Lucid
Porsche Taycan
Genesis GV60
Genesis GV70
Drako
MG4
Mustang Mach E
Pininfarina Battista
Audi E-Tron GT RS
Smart #1
Brabus
Fiat 500e Cabrio

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Residential Solar Grants / Payback
Commercial Solar
Blockchain - Will it work?
Future of solar?
How wind technology and solar complement each other perfectly

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Behind the Headlines

Direct-to-consumer selling .. is it working?
Will it work long term / it’s going that way regardless
Will we Irish take to online car shopping
Aggressive sales tactics
Playing on supply shortages
How the customer is being forgotten
How do we make it better as a collective

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The slow death of Ireland's used car market ‘Brexit’

Impact on Used EVs supply
Mountains of paperwork (Customs/Revenue)
Additional VAT
British car dealers unwilling to sell outside their country (Red Tape)
What needs to be done?
Preventing people from getting into an EV

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Introducing the all-new DC EV channel - where our mission is to put the buying customer first and give them a voice. In this episode, Paul Clifford and Adrian Slattery from DC EV talk about:

High costs and why
Lack of industry knowledge back in 2015 but better now
Some insurers pulling out of the EV market and why

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[EV Talks] Introducing the all-new DC EV channel - where our mission is to put the buying customer first and give them a voice.

“Our forests are at risk of being destroyed”

10% of our country's yearly target simply won’t cut it 🌳 -

Great to have Maurice Ryan from Green Belt in to talk to us about the real impact on our country, community, wildlife, and wellbeing if we don’t take our forestry seriously.