What’s the worst part about buying a car? By and large, it’s the sales experience, and the unpleasantness associated with buying a car is only compounded when the salespeople assigned to make the experience pleasant don’t know heads from tails when it comes to plug-in vehicles, as is often the case.
The Fully Charged crew recently met up with the guys at QWest who have developed a custom Tesla Model S Shooting-brake, which is more commonly known as a wagon on this side of the pond. It is perhaps the only Tesla out there where people spend more time looking at the rear end than the usual juicy bits like the touchscreen.
Ever heard of the YouTube show Fully Charged? It seems like every CleanTechnica reader I meet these days is also a Fully Charged viewer. “Back in the day,” I remember seeing just a few thousand (or even few hundred?) views on Fully Charged videos, but the viewership is now through the roof. I’m sure in good part it’s down to the wicked good job the team does of highlighting interesting cleantech topics in fun ways.
Via email, CleanTechnica found this week there is another enticing sale on that highly anticipated 2018 Nissan LEAF. The time is ripe (and the range is ripe) to buy all-electric. The email announced that a prime LEAF leasing offer is $229/month with $3,070 down. “Get yours and experience the thrill of a whole new way to drive. It’s simply amazing. If you have any questions about the all-new Nissan LEAF®,* please contact us at 855-467-3214.”
Anyone wondering about the practicality of taking long road trips in a Tesla Model S would do well to watch this recent video from Fully Charged, in which host Robert Llewellyn takes a Model S 100D on a journey from London all the way up to the Orkney Islands – the UK equivalent of a Kerouacian coast-to-coast odyssey.
Need a charge? Just swing the arm of a LEVIAMP down from the ceiling and plug in your electric car. It seems so easy and logical, yet took till now for the invention to come to fruition. With the desire to create a nice-looking charging station that tucks away well, Artur Sychov, recently invented the device and founded EasyCharge.me.
Artur will be a presenter and panelist at our upcoming Cleantech Revolution Tour conference, but we also ran across a great “Fully Charged” video of what he has created that seemed worth a story itself.
Continuing our dive into some of our favorite Fully Charged episodes, we were excited to uncover this review of a rather unique PHEV – the diesel-based Volvo V60 D5 PHEV Wagon.
Pod Point is a fast-growing UK-based EV charging station company. The company innovates and streamlines “friction-free charging.” Robert Llewellyn visited the company’s head office and shared his enlightening exchange with Erik Fairbairn, the CEO and founder of the company, in a recent “Fully Charged” show.
We regularly highlight one of our favorite cleantech shows — Fully Charged — here on CleanTechnica and we have another episode for you today. What I love about this episode (and most of the Fully Charged series) is that Bobby Llewellyn (the host) has a unique ability to dive into a new complex topic and unpack it in a way that’s easy to understand for someone who knows nothing about it (like me in the case of wind turbines).
The always entertaining Bobby Llewellyn of Fully Charged loves getting into new EVs and taking them out for a spin. This time, he’s secured a Mercedes B250e. This is functionally the same car as my wife’s Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, which we have had for 2 years now — it has simply taken on the new B250e moniker to fit more seamlessly into the standard Mercedes naming convention.
