The Electrify Everything Show: Recent Episodes
Nigel Broomhall
Nigel Broomhall, CEO of ChargeSmart, a leading electric vehicle charging infrastructure business in New Zealand shares with you what's going on around the world in the electric vehicle space. Discover what forms of transport are making the shift to electric drives, from cars to trucks, motorbikes to planes, everything with an internal combustion engine today is about to be transformed. Get insights into new models coming into the market, the best choices for you and your business, and what you should focus on in all the noise. Hear about new electric vehicle developments in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe and the US, and why they matter.
Its time to get back on the horse! Welcome to Episode One of Season 2.
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On your show today we cover - Toyota: Their latest efforts to stay in the game, new research on how traditional ICE cars can harm living beings just by breathing, the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, makes another brilliant bet – BYD, The World Economic Forum's recent report on the need for millions of public level 2 chargers in the US by 2030, The Church of England's surprising move and its global implications, The UK Government's pivot on Net Zero goals, The State of the Union: Why Tesla could emerge as a big winner amidst ongoing union strikes in the US. And finally, the moment you've all been waiting for – an inside look at what we've been up to for the past three years!
Here's the links to the Now You Know interview and review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7NxsWv-wQk&t=2155s
https://www.patreon.com/NowYouKnow/posts
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsor ChargeSmart. ChargeSmart can now provide you a full suite of solar, EV charging and even Tesla power wall batteries. On grid or off grid, we can help you lower your power bills and take back control.
On your show today Emme and I have an open discussion about the different perspectives between men and women when it comes to EV charging and marketing of new vehicles, what the NZ budget (appears) to hold for the environment and EVs, and some new EVs coming down the pipeline,
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Jonno Leonard, a self-confessed scooter geek, Aucklander and someone who practices what he preaches! We cover:
- Sharing versus owning
- Speed limits & 90km Scooters
- Why the bike lane and a helmet are best
- The ins and outs of scooter options
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Oli Krollman, a Hyundai Ioniq owner, Northlander and a man convinced that price-parity is a pipe dream! We cover:
- Air quality
- Price parity - why this isn't realistic
- German engineering
- Making the environment better
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Jez Thomas, a Zero Motorcycle owner and rider, Wellingtonian, and thoughtful environmentalist! We cover:
- Electric motorbikes - what it's really like to own one
- Restomodding old vehicles
- Carbon footprinting and why this isn't the driver behind EVs
- Thoughtful consumerism
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This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Richard Yoakley, a small business owner, EV owner and driver and a self-confessed EV sceptic! We cover:
- Short-range EVs - why they can be impractical
- Affordability
- Why towing is important
- Electricity generation globally
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Tony McConnochie, an old mate of mine based in the UK and looking to make the shift to electric. We cover:
- AC versus DC
- Battery size and why it matters
- Battery maintenance
- EV charging etiquette
- Mental fast EVs
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Dave McCoid, Editor/Director at Long Haul Publications:
- Truck electrification
- The impact of COVID-19 on truck driver numbers
- The future of autonomous trucks
- Why Dave got into trucks as a child
- What the big truck brands are working on and predicting
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature a good chat with Paul O'Connor, GM at OEM Audio covering:
- An insiders view of China's COVID-19 recovery
- How you go from military policeman to car dealer
- The importance of safety when buying EV chargers
- How to cram a 47kWh battery into a 2015 Nissan Leaf
- A wide-ranging EV chat!
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- Why is Mazda tuning their EVs to feel like ICE Cars?
- E-bikes could be the top-selling EVs this decade
- Let’s take a look at Kia’s sporty Imagine EV
- DAF is now producing an EV truck, say goodbye to the retrofitted stuff
- Jaguar Land Rover’s parent company, Tata have released their first EV
- GM could be bringing Hummer back but as an EV brand, who would’ve thought!
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and BreakPoint Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, BreakPoint can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- Bentley think batteries can change car designs
- Volkswagen is working on mobile charging robots for your EV!
- Turkey now has an EV car company called TOGG.
- Honda is re-evaluating its stance on EVs.
- More trouble for Nio as the first Chinese made Teslas have reached showrooms
- Google Maps will now show you compatible public chargers for your EVs
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- Surprise surprise, heat and fast charging are responsible for battery degradation- what does it mean for the Nissan Leaf?
- Mitsubishi’s new electric plant will be powered by old batteries
- Why Nissan and BMW have fallen behind in the EV race
- Let’s take a look at the Polestar 2
- Cobalt mining, there’s a secret that petrol companies don’t want you to know
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
1- Germany is now Europe’s biggest EV market
2- The Porsche Taycan’s poor range- why it’s not an issue
3- GM and LG chem are working together on some new battery tech
4- Toyota have suddenly taken notice of the rise in EVs
5- An Israeli start-up is reinventing the wheel, literally!
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- Ferrari’s first plug in hybrid which also happens to be their most powerful car ever!
- NASA is working on an all-electric light aircraft
- A deep dive into EV sales figures in 2019
- the real costs of EV ownership vs ICE ownership in the UK? Let’s look at a Merrill-Lynch study
- EVs need to make a sound, let’s make it cool!
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- Ferries are going electric
- Electric superbikes are coming
- Mercedes has launched their first EV in Australia
- Everything you need to know about electric rally racing
- We take a look at a charging station that exploded and why it did
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- A lot of big news from Volkswagen
- The Tesla CyberTruck vs the Rivian R1T
- An autonomous electric tractor out of India
- Aussie made electric motorbikes, affordable EV transport?
- New Zealand has now got its first inter-city heavy EV truck
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- A deep dive into the electric vs hydrogen debate
- Volkswagen are doubling their EV forecasts
- Australia are getting slammed by the Chinese on their government’s views on sustainability
- Connected cars - please explain
- New EVs being announced - awesome!
This is The Electrify Everything Show, brought to you by our key sponsors ChargeSmart and Break Point Consulting. Where ChargeSmart can help with all your EV charging needs, Break Point can help you win Government funding applications, and lower your energy costs.
On your show today we feature:
- The latest research from KPMG NZ for EECA. Awesome or average - how does this stack up against global research from other large consultancies
- A deep dive on Teslas battery development - the 1 million mile battery
- The potential demise of Nio, why this is less of an EV failure story and more of a spend your way into trouble
- What happened to Dysons dream?
- And the new Volvo XC40 - Volvos full full electric
In this episode I get to be a guest on Theo's podcast and we get into a whole lot of topics ranging from:
- the early days of EVs in NZ
- where EV charging is going - the super big stuff
- why our opinion in NZ about EVs doesn't matter
- what's happening in battery tech
On your show today we feature:
- The NZ feebate - will it really steal tradies jobs (spoiler alert, no)
- Going electric in a rural environment - the rise of the EV farmer
- EVs reduce the risk of asthma, and premature death by getting rid of diesels - who knew (well actually the WHO knew)
- Formula E - a new series starts in November, who’s up for it?
- The Audi Eton - my personal experience
- The Fuso eCanter - a 7.5 tonne light truck capable of hauling 3 tonnes
On Episode 4 of your show today we feature:
- Your feedback - thanks so much and this one is for Todd - Rimac, why you need to know about this brand if you love supercars
- The Greyp, a stunning new E-bike from the Rivian founder
- VW ramps up EV production - what exciting new models are coming our way
- The rise and rise of Ola, an Indian ride sharing company challenging Uber
- Shenzen, a city miles ahead in electrification
In Episode 2 of your show today we feature:
- Electric planes - how these are going to disrupt local routes for the benefit of consumers across the world
- Vehicle to grid - how you can use the battery in your vehicle to power your home and maybe even a city in the near future
- A review of Toyotas latest announcement - could this be the death knell for hydrogen passenger cars?
- The Livewire - here comes a new electric motorbike cruiser. And it's a Harley Davidson!
On Episode 3 of your show today we feature:
- Why our opinion on electric vehicles doesn’t matter in New Zealand and Australia
- What's happening in the world of self-driving vehicles.
- Shifting the fleet to EV - the things to take into consideration if you’re upgrading your work fleet to electric
- The gas station in your garage - insights from my experience with EVs and the paradigm shift in how we will fill up.
On Episode 1 of your show today we feature:
- The Rivian: a game-changing truck that can run with a Porsche 911 GT3RS
- 350kW DC charging - why bigger is always better
- The luxury killer: how the Model 3 is taking on the world, and really irritating other carmakers
- The Byton: how you can get your no money down pre-order in on this new EV that makes the Model 3 screen look like your first iPhone.
- The EV tipping Point: yes folks even though there are hardly any EV’s on the road today, we’re already there.