Take It EV
Episodes
Reform vs. Renewables: Is the UK's Green Future at Risk?
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stepping outside my usual perspective, I dive into the political arena to examine Reform UK’s campaign against net zero, electrification, and clean ...
Matt Donnelly’s EV Quest
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking of swapping your car’s rumble for an EV’s silent zoom? In this episode, I am joined by Matt Donnelly, a Vegas magician prepping for the F...
ChargeGuru: Bringing EV Power to Apartments and Offices
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can EV charging be as simple as plugging in a phone for apartment dwellers or office workers? In this episode, I sit down with Dennis Watling from Cha...
Open Energy Monitor - Energise Your Savings
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curious how a homemade wind turbine experiment launched a global open-source energy monitoring movement? In this episode of Take It EV, I sit down wi...
Ionetic - Leading the Battery Revolution
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 63 - Ionetic: Leading the Battery RevolutionSmall EV makers up against the giants? Ionetic’s bringing the edge! James (from episode 43) retu...
Busting the Myths: The Truth Behind the UK’s EV Transition
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we examine how misinformation is slowing the UK’s shift to cleaner transport. I sit down with Colin Walker, Head of Transport at th...
CoCharger: The Alternative to Home Charging
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can community-driven solutions make EV charging more accessible for everyone? In this episode, Joel Teague, the founder of CoCharger, shares how h...
Scottish Power’s Vision for a Greener Tomorrow
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can electric vehicles shape the future of energy and mobility, and what role does infrastructure play in this transition? In this episode, we hear...
Busting the Myths: The Truth About EVs with Quentin Willson
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we break the cycle of misinformation surrounding electric vehicles and shift towards a future of cleaner energy and sustainability? In this ep...
Beyond Solar - The Future of Energy Storage with GivEnergy
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is the energy storage market evolving, and how can it help homeowners save money while contributing to a more sustainable future? In this episode,...
Everything Electric South 2024
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is the future of electric vehicles shaping up, and what groundbreaking innovations are emerging to power the next generation of sustainable transp...
Solar, Storage & Software with 3TI
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Take It EV we’re at Everything Electric in Harrogate and I sit down with Mark Potter from 3TI to explore how solar energy and ele...
Pole to Pole EV Journey
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Chris Ramsey to discuss his thrilling Pole to Pole adventure—driving an electric vehicle from the North Pole to th...
Dan Caesar and Everything Electric Episode
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sat down with Dan to talk about all things EVs and green business, Everything electric, Fully Charged. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Than...
KC Talks EVs Episode
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin from KC Talks EVs joins me on Take it EV to chat about his hands-on experiences with electric vehicles, especially his time with the MG ZS EV. ...
The Green Strip episode
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking to Patric, aka People's tarrif, aka Green Strip show about difficulties of living with an EV on a budged without access to own charger and hi...
The Duracell Energy Episode
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with Dan Millar from Duracell Energy about their offering and some interesting technical details.https://www.duracellenergy.com/Quote cal...
Everything Electric North 2024
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Take It EV, recorded at the Everything Electric Show in Harrogate, hosts Gregg, Rob and Gary discuss their experiences and key high...
1 Million EVs on UK Roads & Your Ultimate Guide to Driving EV
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
1M EVs registered in the UK! https://www.zap-map.com/ev-stats/ev-marketThis new episode celebrates 1 millionth EV registered in March 2024, in the UK....
Robocar 9000
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some shows have seasons, I decided to try talking with the future of transportation . It didn't go well ;() Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggra...
Independent car maintenance with Hevra
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with Pete, co-founder of Hevra and Matt from Cedar garage, one of the HEVRA garages about servicing and maintenancehttps://www.hevra.org....
The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 & EVA England
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with James Court, CEO of EVA England about EVAE's role in The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, and the regulation itself. Topics co...
David Martell of Andersen EV
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Interesting conversation about history of Polar Charging network and current endevours of david at Andersen EV.https://andersen-ev.comhttps://mastodon...
SWARCO Smart Charging
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with Swarco Charging business Managing Director, Justin Meyer. We dive into many subjects related to deploying and running rapid chargin...
Building Battery Packs with James from Ionetic
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with James from Ionetic, about his business , battery packs and the tech they provide. You can find out more at https://ionetic.uk/ Tha...
Inductive Charging with Thomas from HEVO
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inductive Charging time. The good, the bad and the exciting! Video on our product: https://vimeo.com/761238722Recent news about our collaboration wi...
Do heatpumps work? and what's coming in 2023
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gregg's solo waffle episode. Why have I been go for a while? What's happened in the meantime? How's the heatpump doing? How am I doing? What's coming...
Science of climate change with Michael De Podesta
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Science of climate change, what can we do about it and what are the real basis for it.Also, talk about why hydrogen is not the great future everyone’...
Stay and charge with R3charge!
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with Ole WIESEN-BERGNER, Founder & CMO of R3charge. Check them out at https://www.r3charge.com , Don't forget to use the code: TAKEI...
Conversation with Quentin Willson
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Quentin Willson about EVs, his past experiences and what can we do in the future to improve things.Quentin Willson On Twitter https://t...
Heatpumps with Nathan James Van Gambling
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spoke to Nathan James Van Gambling, of BetaTeach/BetaTalk fame about all things Heatpumps. https://betatalk.buzzsprout.comhttps://twitter.com/betatea...
Charge Safe with Kate Tyrrell
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation with Kate Tyrrell, who set up ChargeSafe UK following her personal experiences with charging on the road. We talk about the issues, but a...
EVA England with Warren
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sat down with Warren Ryan Philips to talk about EVA England and reducing your house's enviromental footprint. What a great human being to talk to. Ver...
Robotics, EVs, Tesla, AI, Manufacturing and other things with Maz Shar
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chat with Maz Shar about EVs, supply, AI and many other related subject. Much more relaxed and laid back episode than usual . Take It EV YouTube: http...
Kempower CEO
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://kempower.comRecent announcements: https://kempower.com/information-center/news/First installation of Kempower charger in the UK: https://www.v...
Designing cars for people with accessibliity in mind
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Short episode, part duex if you like. Speaking to Chris and dipping into his knowledge of OEM design practices and how different manufactures consider...
Accessibility and EVs
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chat with an owner of EVs who also happens to be a disabled person. We talk about challenges of living with disabilities, driving , charging etc. Part...
Truckin' in the USA and EVs
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Ellie O'Daire , truck driver from USA. She's recently upgraded her Mustang to the EV version, Mustang-E. We are talking about EVs in th...
Plug In Hybrids..
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Solo episode about plug-in hybrids, what's great about them and all the grips I got with the misconceptions of buying and owning one. The bad, the goo...
iPace experiences
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sat down with Gary, who has been driving Jaguar iPace for a very long time, to talk about his stories, experiences. Don't worry, I did ask him some tr...
Flying Electric
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sat down for a chat with Sergey from NEBOair , to talk about first full type certified electric airplane in the UK: G-OGRN .NEBOAir Thanks to our mont...
Electric Motorbikes
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I had a chat with Alec Sharp from English Electric Co . And you guessed it, we spoke about electrification of motorbikes. Enjoy ! https://www.englishe...
Switching to EV for purely financial reasons, opinion.
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I asked a question on twitter a short while ago: "I don’t think anyone should be buying EVs purely because they want to save money. Opinions?" Here'...
Talking about E-GMP
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are talking about the new Hyundai’s / Kia’s E-GMP platform. This episode was recorded before new IONIQ5 reviews dropped. Andrew’s mr EV cha...
All About Batteries
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I sat down with Euan McTurk of Pluglife TV - to talk about all things batteries. Plenty of information for casual listeners as well the curious geeks ...
Look back at the 2020
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Looking back at 2020, reminding what has happened and giving a little commentary on each of the events. In new year’s event, Hyundai (kia) promises...
22: It's not all about Tesla...
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuation of my discussion with Chris Miller. We talk about Nissan, what OEMs are bad at, .. and then we are back on Tesla.. Oh well :-) All in goo...
Other OEMs are available..
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Having an informal chat with someone from the auto-industry about all sorts of aspectcs of the industry. MerchandiseChris's Twitter Thanks to our mont...
Driving The Iconic route in an EV
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Andrew Till, who went on a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats in his Kia E-Niro - to prove that driving an EV is easier than one ...
Warm updates from Gregg
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk about quite few things that have happened in the last 2 months. Sold my Leaf, bought Kia E-Niro, I found out more about issues...
2020 - Reboot your house
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My co-host is back!This time we hopefully have a bit more entertaining show, with some nerd-ery (is that even a word?). Plus, Gregg reveals what his ...
EV Conversions with ZeroEV
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Links mentioned in the episodehttps://zero-ev.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/zeroev Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Matthew Thompson A...
Interview with My Energi's Jordan Brompton
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with My Energi Co-Founder Jordan Brompton, all around amazing person. We are talking all things EV, charging and answer few listener questio...
Poweeeerrr!!
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about basics, simple things, what makes electric power, how to navigate the sea of strange units and designations. It's all simple and easy - ...
Beyond 2020s
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reminescing of my youth, how things have actually pan out vs what we were hoping for in 1990s are future in 2000, 2010 and 2020 would look like. Thank...
Wireless
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about induction charging, how it works, what I think about it and what applications it might have for the EV future. Thanks to our monthl...
Friendly Rants
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are talking about our recent experiences with chargers, giving our views on the cars that are going to be coming out in 2020 and m...
Always, Be, Charging
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
First of hopefully many more episodes about charging. Starting in this episode with the overview of charging infrastructure and summary of my thoughts...
The future of grid and EV adoption
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We hear everyday that once we all get an EV, the lights will flicker, grid will fail and it's all doom and gloom. Well, I spoke to someone involved in...
The EV Charging Oasis
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Today's episode, we feature an interview with Lewis from the EV Experience Centre in Milton Keynes.Check them out at : http://evexperiencecentre.co...
Charging, Electrical Grid and Vehicle to Grid
27 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are talking about energy generation, vehicle to grid and more grid friendly ways to owning electric car. Both in terms of consumption but also help...
Kate and James
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm speaking to Kate and James of YouTube fame. We talked about how they got into EVs, maintenance of EVs. How to do it yourself, if you’r...
Phil's new car, trip report and look into the future
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Phil is back, with new car. Refreshing look from an EV driver's perspective on PHEVs, practical sides, upsides and downsides.We talk about batteries, ...
5: Guest star Kiwi EV!
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's podcast features an interview with all around funny and amazing Gavin Shoebridge AKA Kiwi EV. Enjoy! @kiwiEV @takeItEV Thanks to our monthly s...
Hybrids, the history and .. the future?
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gregg is briefly walking us through the history of hybrid vehicles. Are they the future? We don't we see all new cars sold Today to be hybrids? Where ...
3: Test Driving EVs, Moving house, upcoming cars and more
12 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
New Episode!Phil moved house, Gregg test drives Nissan Leaf 40kWh and more. As always - thank you for listening. Please subscribe to get the future ...
2: Owning an EV without dedicated charging point
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Should you own an EV, without access to the dedicated charging point? Do you live in a flat? Renting? Answer as always is - it depends. Good news is, ...
1: Introduction, here we go
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we briefly touch on the news, introduce ourselves and make a few jokes.I talk about my next long distance trip, and Phil makes puns.Th...