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Scott Maynard

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210 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

I'm so sorry for making your life that little bit more difficult.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

It's not a ploy to make you to go to two different sources.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Our data is published through the Electric Vehicle Council, and you will note that they publish first before the FCA.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

They do, yes.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

And, yes, it did get a little bit political there.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

There was a period of time, particularly while we were developing the –

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

new vehicle efficiency scheme, that there was a fair bit of legacy industry pushback against NVES.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

FCI's member base requires that the FCI represent their cause.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Well, that wasn't our cause.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Pulsar is a brand that believes in the NVES and pushes hard to continue the electric vehicle discount that's been generously applied by government to electric vehicle sales.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

And so to be subscribing into an organisation that actively works against that cause didn't make sense for

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

was made to step out of the SAI.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

That meant that our figures were no longer supplied to VFAX given that it sits inside the MCAI.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Yeah, I'm going to.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Let me show you.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Yeah, I still get to talk to customers a lot.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

I really enjoy it.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

And I did have a customer say that he and his family were really proud to buy a Polestar.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

He said there's a lot of people that will go to a barbecue and say, oh, I bought an electric car.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

He said, but Polestar is a brand that you go to a barbecue and say, I bought a Polestar.