NZ Electric Vehicle Podcast
A Podcast Hosted by Theo Gibson & Dee West - Proudly presented by ChargeNet NZ, electric vehicle charging network
The NZ EV Podcast is the place to hear about Electric Vehicles in New Zealand. Also – solar power, ebikes, autonomous vehicles and sustainability.
EV enthusiast Dee West (solPR/ChargeNet) and EV converter and enthusiast Theo Gibson (EV Builders/Gibson Solutions Ltd) talk news, rumours and more.
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NZ EV Podcast 38: Come Fly With Me
This week Theo and Dee talk EV aviation. Is electric commercial flight possible? If so when will it land? Theo and Dee talk with specialist Dr Rod Badcock from the Robinson Research Institute in Wellington. The Robinson Research Institute was awarded $6.3 million by the government’s Endeavour Fund late last year (2017) to research hybrid-electric passenger planes. New Zealand is more in the game than you would at first think.
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The NZ EV Podcast is brought to you with the help from OEM Audio, New Zealand’s leading supplier of safe and reliable AC chargers and charging cables. For more information go to EV Charge Centre.
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NZ EV Podcast 37: The History of Autonomous Vehicles
This week Theo and Dee talk News. Why are we rapidly approaching an autonomous vehicle future, where did it all start? An EV beats the Pikes Peak record. Tesla Opens New Store in Auckland, Kona EV selling like hot cakes around the world and more.
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The NZ EV Podcast is brought to you with the help from OEM Audio, New Zealand’s leading supplier of safe and reliable AC chargers and charging cables. For more information go to EV Charge Centre.
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NZ EV Podcast 36: The Right to Repair
This week Theo is away working on his new startup, so Dee talks with tinkerer and engineer extraordinaire, Niall Darwin about everything from the right to repair, to heavy vehicle conversions.
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NZ EV Podcast 35: Electric Trucks on the Horizon
This week Theo and Dee do their best to stay on topic and talk electric trucks with EV enthusiast, truck driver and regular listener Adam Metalbob. Will NZ embrace a heavy electric fleet? Theo, Dee and Adam talk about the pros and cons and somehow get on to Nissan Leaf Body Kits, Mexican air suspension and baby seals. Just a usual day in the studio for the NZ EV Podcast.
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The NZ EV Podcast is brought to you with the help from OEM Audio, New Zealand’s leading supplier of safe and reliable AC chargers and charging cables. For more information go to EV Charge Centre.
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NZ EV Podcast 34: Still waiting for Anti Gravity but we do have Segways!
This week Theo talks to an old family friend Tony Rabbit while he is on town working on an Auckland Theatre production. Tony is a man of many talents and is very well known in the theatre world working as a set and lighting designer. For the last 12 years, Tony has worked with Segways and is now developing wheelchairs here in New Zealand using Segway tech so the users can go anywhere.
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NZ EV Podcast 33: Power Of Passion, Rod Drury talks Porsche Mission E and EV Conversions
An insightful discussion with guests and leading tech entrepreneurs Rod Drury (Founder/Executive Director, Xero) and Steve West (CEO, Chargenet). Topics included EV tech, development, sustainability, energy independence, public transport in New Zealand and the Porsche Electric Conversion Project that Rod is keen to carry out.
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The NZ EV Podcast is brought to you with the help from OEM Audio, New Zealand’s leading supplier of safe and reliable AC chargers and charging cables. For more information go to www.evchargecentre.co.nz.
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NZ EV Podcast 32: BlueSkin Energy
This week Theo and Dee talk with Scott Willis about the Blueskin Energy Project in Theo’s town of birth Dunedin.
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Productivity Commission’s submission Link:
https://www.productivity.govt.nz/make-a-submission
People can just make a really simple submission, i.e. “put in place a regulatory framework that supports the goal of 100% renewable electricity generation by 2035 and assists small scale renewable projects as well”. It does not need to be complex. Submission in by the 8th of June.
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http://www.blueskinenergy.co.nz
https://ben.p2power.co.nz
http://www.brct.org.nz
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The NZ EV Podcast is brought to you with the help from OEM Audio, New Zealand’s leading supplier of safe and reliable AC chargers and charging cables. For more information go to www.evchargecentre.co.nz.
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NZ EV Podcast 31: 250 km Range EV Conversions, Outlander PHEV Battery Upgrades and EMF
This week Theo and Dee talk with guest Peter Sewell long-time EV Converter and enthusiast. We talk about Peter’s EV Conversions, Mitsubishi Outlander Battery Upgrades and EMF in EVS. We also talk to Paul O’Connor – CEO of OEM Audio, our new sponsor.
If you enjoy our Podcast please support us by subscribing to our podcast on Patreon.com. More support we get the more we can cover.
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NZ EV Podcast 30: EV Tax Incentives
This week Theo and Dee talk with guest Steve Withers an electric vehicle owner and enthusiast about EV tax incentives, EV uptake and fleet conversion in NZ.
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NZ EV Podcast 29: Motorsync NZ Landspeed Record
This week Theo is in the studio and Dee is on holiday in Argentina. Theo chat’s with Sytse Tacoma about upgrading his battery pack on the bike he converted from petrol to electric drive so he can attempt to beat the New Zealand land speed record on an electric bike.
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