Charging Status: Recent Episodes
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In partnership with The Interface, Charging Status is a monthly show focussing on the latest EV news from the UK & Ireland.
Hosted by Alex & James.
This month, Alex and Jim are back to talk everything EVs. Discussed is the interestingly named Dongfeng Nammi Box EV, the EV registration numbers from July and what cars we have been driving in the past few weeks.
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Jim and Alex talk about what Jim got up to at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the new Ford Capri, Ford claiming that going all EV is too ambitious and Jaguar going all EV. Also the funny things that have interrupted them during filming.
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In this episode, Jim and Alex talk about all the Chinese brands that currently sell cars in the UK, or that are planning to as well as the cars they have been driving lately. For Jim, this was the brand new Mini Cooper Electric. Also discussed is the new Hyundai Inster, Fisker going bankrupt, Alpine A290 and the Genesis GV60 Magma - a car for the gentleman driver.
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In this episode, it seems very Hyundai focused as Alex and Jim discuss the SMMT day they both attended where Jim fell in love with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Alex also did a 1000 mile road trip in the Genesis GV60 and the new BYD BD11 bus could be coming to the streets of London.
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In this episode, Alex and Jim discuss the Commercial Vehicle Show Alex attended last week, the Mercedes eCitan van, the plethora of cars Jim has been driving as well as some news about Tesla charging getting cheaper, the BYD Seagull coming to the UK and much more!
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In this episode, Alex and Jim are back to talk about a BYD Media Day they both attended and the VW ID cars Alex has been driving. Also, Jim's dog makes a special guest appearance, some chat about the Dacia Spring and why it might not be it is all made out to be and some riveting conversation about various EV vans.
In this episode, Alex and Jim are back to talk what Jim was about to see at the Geneva Motor Show, the BMW i5 M60 Alex has been driving, some new Chinese brands entering the UK market such as Seres and Skywell, the new Dacia Spring and much more.
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In this very special episode Jim Starling chats with Evaldas from Teltonika Energy, the electronics giant behind the Teltocharge electric car charing box. We learn more about Teltonika, their entry into the UK market, and discuss what is an ever-changing landscape.
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In this new episode of the Charging Status podcast, Alex and Jim discuss the issues surrounding the anti-EV movement, the Honda e:Ny1, Sainsbury's new EV charging network and the new Caffeine and Machine opening soon near Jim.
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In this special Christmas episode of the Charging Status Podcast, Alex and Jim return to talk about the cars they have been driving, Alex's surprisingly uneventful EV road-trip in the Genesis GV70, some talk about using Tesla superchargers with non-Tesla vehicles, being told off for filming, the petrol Jeep Avenger, the Honda e being dropped from sale and much more!
The video for this episode is over Jim's YouTube channel this month - Watch Here
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This month on Charging Status, Alex and Jim talk about what Alex has been driving in the past month, the Ora Funky Cat and the MG5 as well as the latest EV news. EG Group are purchasing Tesla Superchargers to install at their forecourts, the new Tesla Model 3 has hit one million orders already, pricing for the new VW ID.7 has been revealed and Citroën unveiled a new budget EV.
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We are back for a new episode! This month, we talk about a recent SMMT day we both attended, driving the BMW i7, MG4 X-Power, Abarth 500e and more. Also discussed, is the delayed 2030 new ICE ban, the Volkswagen up! gets discontinued and we talk about the EV used deals of the month we found on Autotrader.
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Alex and Jim are back for a new episode and we're in video for the first time! This month, we discuss the new BP Pulse charging station at the NEC, the new Tesla Model 3, some EV bargains on Autotrader and much more. Halfway through the episode, Alex interviews Nate from Freewire Technology about how their chargers work in the US and also the expansion of NACS.
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This episode, Alex and Jim discuss the Honda e coming to an end, their drives from the last few weeks, the new Vauxhall Corsa pricing and the Tesla Cybertruck.
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Thanks again to Vehicle Score for sponsoring this episode, Vehicle Score helps reduce the guesswork when buying a used car. Use code INTERFACE10 for 10% off! Visit vehiclescore.co.uk and run your first check today.
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This episode, Alex and Jim discuss the Dacia Spring coming the UK, the end of the Ford Fiesta and what that means for EVs as well as what cars they have beeb driving!
We love to hear from our listeners! Get in touch about what you thought about this new episode. Reach out on Twitter, @chargingstatus or on Mastodon @chargingstatus@crosstalk.tech or you can email the show, info@theinterface.uk.
Thanks again to Vehicle Score for sponsoring this episode, Vehicle Score helps reduce the guesswork when buying a used car. Use code INTERFACE10 for 10% off! Visit vehiclescore.co.uk and run your first check today.
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Update on naming: We are changing the way episodes are named going forward. Previously, the episode was named after the month of news the show was covering. However, we now understand that this might have made the episode seem like an older episode than it actually was. This is why the May episode is missing.
This episode, Jim and Alex sit down to discuss the latest EV and charging news. This month, we talk about our time at the SMMT test day, the new Tesla Model 2, Volvo EX30 and the LWB VW ID.Buzz.
We love to hear from our listeners! Get in touch about what you thought about this new episode. Reach out on Twitter, @chargingstatus or on Mastodon @chargingstatus@crosstalk.tech or you can email the show, info@theinterface.uk.
Thanks to VehicleScore for sponsoring this episode, VehicleScore helps reduce the guesswork when buying a used car. Remember to use the code CS10 to get 10% off the cost of a vehicle history search. Visit the website at vehiclescore.co.uk for more information!
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This month, Alex and Jim sit down to discuss all the latest news from April 2023 and early May. This episode they discuss the latest decision from Tesla to stop offering left-hand-drive vehicles, the leaked electric Mini, CV Show 2023 and much more!
We love to hear from our listeners! Get in touch about what you thought about this new episode. Reach out on Twitter, @chargingstatus or on Mastodon @chargingstatus@crosstalk.tech or you can email the show, info@theinterface.uk.
This episode is brought to you by VehicleScore, the easiest way to check the details of a new or used car you're looking to buy. Visit the website at vehiclescore.co.uk for more information!
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Chapters
00:00:00: Sponsor Read - Vehicle Score
00:00:09: Intro
00:00:45: Fully Charged Live South 2023
00:01:58: Maxus eDeliver7
00:03:22: B-ON EV
00:04:47: Tesla has cancelled the right-hand-drive Model S and Model X
00:12:53: New upcoming Mini Cooper Electric spied, set to launch in 2024
00:17:16: Autocar Awards 2023: MG 4 shocks rivals as Best Electric Car
00:19:36: AD
00:19:58: BYD announces new Seagull hatchback, a sub-£8000 EV for China
00:24:03: MG launches new Comet EV, with 142 mile range
00:26:19: New Smart #1 to be priced from £36k in the UK
00:29:13: GM abandons CarPlay
00:31:51: Amarth 500e prices revealed
00:34:50: Will EVs become classics?
00:36:12: MG announces the new all-electric Cyberster
00:40:23: Volvo delays EX90 due to software issues
00:42:15: Tesla cuts prices at its Superchargers in Europe
00:43:00: Jim’s Drives
00:43:13: Jim Drives… an Ioniq 6
00:45:02: Jim Drives….a Genesis G80
00:48:37: More Jim’s Drives
Welcome to this special episode of Charging Status, live from Live from Fully Charged South 2023! Alex and Jim discuss everything they saw at the show as well as audio from a few interviews they conducted.
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Episode Link - https://theinterface.uk/2023/04/29/charging-status-…arged-south-2023/
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Charging Status is back! After a short absence, the UK and Ireland focused EV podcast is back with a new co-host. I am now joined by Jim Starling from the YouTube channel, DefinitelyNotaGuru and we discuss the latest EV and charging news from the past month. As mentioned in the February episode, James Bilsbrough can no longer take part in the show due to now working in the EV industry. In this episode, we talk about our upcoming visit to Fully Charged South 2023, the new E-Transit Courier, Jonny Smith's video on the new Morris JE van and for the new Jim's Drives segment, we talk about the GWM Ora Funky Cat and the Genesis GV70 Electrified & GV60.
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Episode Link - https://theinterface.uk/2023/04/13/charging-status-march-2023/
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Chapters and Story Links00:00:00: Advertisement
00:00:21: Intro
00:01:33: Announcement
00:03:08: Volkswagen introduces new ID.3 facelift
00:05:56: Kia EV9 announced
00:08:20: The USPS is purchasing around 9k Ford electric vans
00:10:32: Volkswagen to announce new Multivan based California this year
00:13:21: BMW stops offering most diesel models in the UK
00:13:58: SMMT March 2023 sales
00:16:25: Ford announces new electric E-Transit Courier
00:18:54: Leicester invests £3m in new electric buses as it ditches diesel
00:21:15: Volkswagen starts taking orders for the new ID.3 in Germany
00:22:05: Lotus starts delivering the all-electric Eletre in China
00:24:05: Jonny Smith: Morris JE Van Review
00:26:28: Volkswagen debuts the ID. 2all concept, to launch in 2026
00:28:59: ID.2 Autogefühl Video
00:30:19: Crisis looms as used electric car values plummet
00:33:27: Electric car values are plummeting, according to Cap HPI
00:33:45: Charging News
00:33:51: Surrey to install 10,000 new EV chargers by 2030
00:35:50: Tesla has opened up more Superchargers in Europe for non-Tesla cars to use
00:38:32: Tesla opens the first V4 Supercharger in the Netherlands
00:39:21: Jim’s Drives
00:39:32: Jim’s Genesis GV70 Review
00:41:05: Jim’s Genesis GV60 Review
00:42:27: Jim’s GWM Ora Funky Cat Review
00:44:47: Wrapping up
Alex and James are back for, sadly, the last time as co-hosts, to cover lots of great EV and charging news since our last episode. As you'll hear in the introduction, James has accepted a role with an EV charging company which means that he won't be able to continue to co-host the show with Alex. The good news is that Alex has found a great new co-host and we'll be moving the show entirely over to being a 'The Interface' production.
I, James, would like to take the opportunity to extend my thanks to Alex for reaching out many months ago to start this show and for all his wonderful knowledge. We'll still be seeing Alex from time-to-time here on Crossed Wires, and I wish Alex and new co-host, Jim, the best of success for what I'm sure will continue to be a great EV resource.
Do you have thoughts on the stories we’ve covered this month, or maybe some EV news you’d love to highlight? We’d love to hear from you, so please send a note over to podcast@chargingstatus.net, leave a comment on the post, or join the discussion over on our Discord server
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Chapters & Story Links1. 00:00:00: A Special Announcement 2. 00:07:58: Welcome 3. 00:11:26: New Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray Hybrid 4. 00:15:06: Dacia debuts new ‘Extreme’ Spring EV with more powerful electric motor 5. 00:17:45: Jeep Avenger 4×4 variant due to launch in 2024 6. 00:20:54: Fiat could reengineer the Citroën Ami as the Topolino 7. 00:24:12: Gridserve makes the new Ora Funky Cat available for test drives at its Braintree forecourt 8. 00:29:30: Suzuki to launch electric Jimny 4×4 in Europe by 2030 9. 00:31:31: Volkswagen is set to reveal a refreshed ID.3 in March 10. 00:33:53: Tesla has opened a new engineering headquarters in California 11. 00:36:26: Volkswagen is planning on using more recycled materials in its EVs 12. 00:38:32: New BMW i4 eDrive35 now on sale 13. 00:40:34: Nissan is testing electric trucks in the port of LA 14. 00:42:50: Abarth reveals the official price for the upcoming 500e hot hatch 15. 00:46:09: Subway partnering with GenZ to offer charging at its US stores 16. 00:49:13: Ionity launches new HPC stations in France & Italy 17. 00:53:53: EV Charigng on Irish Ferries 18. 00:57:55: Wrapping Up
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Happy New Year, everyone! We’re back, a little bit later than planned, with a bunch of EV and charging news that popped up since we last spoke to you in December.
Over our Christmas break, we had a bit of a behind-the-scenes chat about how we can make these episodes better, so you’ll notice we’re running a little longer and taking more time to discuss the stories. We’d love to hear what you think about this slight change, our thinking being to try to bring more analysis to the show, rather than just a quick-fire round of news.
Do you have thoughts on the stories we’ve covered this month, or maybe some EV news you’d love to highlight? We’d love to hear from you, so please send a note over to podcast@chargingstatus.net, leave a comment on the post, or join the discussion over on our Discord server
If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page.
Chapters & Story Links1. 00:00:09: Welcome 2. 00:01:45: New Mercedes EQT is an all-electric van crossed with an MPV 3. 00:04:18: DHL orders 2,000 all-electric E-Transit vans from Ford 4. 00:08:11: All-electric Jeep Avenger now on sale in Europe for €39k, not UK yet 5. 00:11:56: Polestar 2 gets more power through a one-time paid update 6. 00:15:05: Turns out, the new VW ID Buzz is pretty darn safe 7. 00:19:16: DrivingElectric awards the MG4 EV with ‘Car of the Year’ 8. 00:24:03: New Hyundai Ioniq 6 will be priced from £46,745 in the UK 9. 00:30:05: Vauxhall updates the Mokka Electric with new battery pack and more range 10. 00:32:45: Ford killed off the Fiesta due to production capacity at Cologne factory 11. 00:34:31: All-electric Land Rover Defender coming in 2025 with 300 mile + range 12. 00:38:47: All-electric BMW i5 to launch in 2023 13. 00:40:48: Mercedes reports double EV sales in 2022, compared to the year prior 14. 00:41:38: Tesla driver in Germany fell asleep with autopilot on 15. 00:46:24: Alex's Holiday EV Car Hire 16. 00:48:26: Marks & Spencer to add 900 new chargers at its stores, thanks to a partnership with BP 17. 00:51:05: Octopus Energy has partnered with Stellantis 18. 00:55:05: Lidl opens four new charging parks in France 19. 00:57:06: Mitie to install new EV chargers at UK employment centres 20. 00:59:44: Average cost of EV-fast charging in the UK is now costly more than petrol 21. 01:02:51: New EVs Launching in 2023 22. 01:05:39: Wrapping Up
Extra Episode Links* The Late Brake Show - Jeep Avenger (YouTube) * Chasing Cars - Hyundai EV vs Petrol Race (YouTube)
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We have quite a fully-packed show for you this month, with a lot of new vehicles being announced or having more details revealed about them. We also have a bit of a chat about the London ULEV zone expansion, as well as cyclists and eScooters (with a little rant from James on some of the amazingly unsafe things he's seen) on UK roads after 1-in-3 surveyed drivers say cyclists should be banned from the roads and be forced to use dedicated cycle paths.
We'd really like to hear your thoughts on this episode, especially as we raise some interesting questions about the state of the EV market, the environment and things like road tax for EV owners. we’d love to hear from you, so send a note over to podcast@chargingstatus.net, leave a comment on the post, or start a discussion in Goodpods.
We're also very pleased to say that Charging Status now has its own feed and is part of the brand-new Crossed Wires website via our shiny new domain (chargingstatus.net). A huge thanks to our Crossed Wires co-host, Jae, for all her help getting the show submitted to virtually every podcast directory under the sun.
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Chapters & Story Links* 00:00:09: Welcome * 00:01:28: New Website * 00:03:07: We Need To Talk About Elon * 00:06:54: Tesla recalls 30,000 Model X units, due to faulty airbags * 00:08:09: Tesla recalls 40,000 cars due to power steering issue * 00:09:21: Tesla is reported to be redesigning Model 3 in order to cut costs * 00:10:26: Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Europe in September * 00:11:23: Car Shows & EVs * 00:12:53: Tesla adds some of its prototypes and unreleased vehicles to the Petersen museum * 00:13:30: All electric Abarth 500e announced with more power and new sound generator * 00:18:01: Electric vehicles in the UK will be required to pay road tax from 2025 * 00:21:12: The new London ULEZ zone will cover the entire city * 00:25:15: Amazon Rivian EDV - via Friday Adventure Club on YouTube * 00:26:33: Volkswagen ID. Buzz now rolling out to customers in Germany * 00:28:02: Ford reveals all electric Ford E-Tourneo Custom MPV * 00:28:58: Volkswagen will be making an electric Golf for the ninth generation * 00:31:29: Škoda reveals the all electric Enyaq iV vRS * 00:32:34: Mazda suggests that an all electric MX-5 is in the works * 00:34:00: Volvo reveals the EX90, an all-electric SUV with 360 miles range * 00:36:33: One in three UK drivers want cyclists banned from roads * 00:40:52: Vauxhall announces the new all electric Astra, complete with estate version * 00:43:25: Now confirmed, Ford is dropping the Fiesta in 2023 * 00:45:07: MG will reveal the all-electric Cyberster roadster in April * 00:46:07: Toyota has revealed the all new, fifth generation Prius * 00:48:16: Test Drive - Vauxhall Corse-e * 00:55:12: Wrapping Up
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There’s been a lot of EV and charging news since we last recorded, so we run through all the latest UK focussed news and try to add our thoughts to the stories. Also, Alex gives his thoughts on the Mini Electric based on his 48 hour test drive earlier this year.
This is absolutely a show where we really want to hear from you, so do leave your comments below, email us at chargingstatus@crossedwires.net or start a discussion in Goodpods.
If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any support you can throw our way over via our Ko-Fi page.
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Chapters & Story Links
- 00:00:08: Welcome
- 00:01:58: Polestar 3
- 00:03:21: Peugeot e208
- 00:04:53: Honda’s Electric Motorbikes
- 00:06:46: Electric Mini Production Leaving The UK
- 00:08:32: First Citreon Ami Delivered In The UK
- 00:11:15: EVs Become The 2nd Most Popular Car Registered In The UK
- 00:13:43: Ford eTransit Custom
- 00:19:57: Citroen To Reward PhEV Drivers For Charging
- 00:22:32: Smart EV #1 Pricing
- 00:23:40: Tesla Semi Truck Starts Production
- 00:25:38: Jeep Avenger Announced
- 00:27:34: Wireless Charging Pilot For Taxis In Nottingham
- 00:31:22: EV Sales Impacted By Cost Of Living Crisis
- 00:34:31: Tesco To End Free Charging
- 00:38:08: Tesla Taking Votes For New Supercharger Locations
- 00:39:47: Test Drive: Mini Electric
- 00:51:23: Wrapping Up
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Alex and I sat down to kick off our new show, which once we migrate to our new website, will have its own feed and be in our ‘everything’ feed too, focusing on the electric vehicle and charging news for the UK.
This is a show where we really want to hear from you, so do leave your comments below, email us at chargingstatus@crossedwires.net or start a discussion in Goodpods.
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James on Twitter
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Alex on Twitter
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Crossed Wires on Twitter
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The Interface on Twitter / Website
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Skoda’s New Fabia Sized EV
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Ford See Huge EV Growth
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Vauxhall Launch GSE Sporty EV Brand
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Volkswagen ID Buzz Expansion Chapter Times
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00:00:09: Welcome
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00:02:23: The Sound And Sight Of EVs
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00:05:05: Skoda’s New Fabia Sized EV
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00:07:51: Ford See Huge EV Growth
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00:10:18: Vauxhall Launch GSE Sporty EV Brand
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00:11:56: Who’s Not Doing EV?
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00:13:49: Volkswagen ID Buzz Expansion
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00:17:03: Volvo EX90
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00:21:02: Charging And The Cost Of Living Crisis
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00:22:57: Public Charging Availability & VAT
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00:26:45: Tesla Pass 1000 UK & Ireland Superchargers
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00:30:05: Charging Expansion
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00:37:01: Test Drive: Honda E
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00:48:05: Wrapping Up
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