Newstalk Electric Vehicle Podcast with thanks to Renault Zero Emmissions
Newstalk and Renault have teamed up to bring you a brand new series of podcasts on Electric Vehicles. Daragh Ó Tuama and Paddy Comyn will be looking at all aspects of the Electric vehicle. Covered during the series will be the history of the Electric Vehicle, where the Electric Vehicle is now and its future in Ireland.
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Daragh and Paddy will be covering the changes which are expected to take place in battery7 technology and will even cover the relevence of the electric vehicle in the commercial sector.
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Guest will include, Bob Montgomery (Irish Times), Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car?), Conor Faughnan (AA Ireland), Shane O’ Donoghue (CompleteCar.ie), Neil Brisco (Edrive Magazine), Myles McAdam (MotorMouth) & many more qualified guests.
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The podcasts will be released Tuesday morning for the next 6 weeks and are available to listen to on Newstalk and for download on iTunes.
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Show 1
This week Daragh Ó Tuama (MotorMouth) and Paddy Comyn (Irish Times) will look at the history of the electric vehicle. Bob Montgomery of the Irish Times will be giving the history from 1830 and the director of the ground breaking documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? will be giving the more modern history.
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Show 2
This week Daragh Ó Tuama (MotorMouth) will look at the electric vehicle now and how it has developed over time.
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Show 3
This week we’re talking to Eric Basset, MD of Renault Ireland. He’ll be telling us what’s in store from Renault with regards to EVs. He also tells us about the Renault leasing policy.
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Show 4
This week we’re looking at EV’s in the commercial sector. We’ll be talking to Fleet magazine, Avia trucks and Glenisk.
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Show 5
This week we look at the myths and truths of electric cars.
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Show 6
This week (the final week) we’re looking at the future of the electric vehicle. What’s in store? This week we’ll be talking to Neil Brisco of EDrive.ie, Shane O’ Donoghue of CompleteCar.ie and the Chief Engineer of the Zoe project with Renault, Mr. David Twohig.
