Electrek

JULY 7, 2021

Fully Charged ‘s Robert Llewellyn visits Cornwall to find out how Eden Geothermal is unlocking geothermal energy in the granite beneath the ground. Could geothermal power be the future of electricity generation?

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Electrek

JUNE 29, 2021

In his debut episode for Fully Charged , Jack Scarlett joins Robert Llewellyn in rural Wales to see which of two popular electric cars — the Tesla Model 3 Long Range or the Polestar 2 Long Range — is best suited for a road trip. Video] appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Over the last week I have noticed a marked and almost unconscious shift in my car journeys. Up to about 3 weeks ago, a journey I did last week-230 miles in one afternoon- I would not have considered attempting in the Nissan LEAF. I would just have gone in the Prius and not given it [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 28, 2012

In May of 2011 I took possession of a new car. Since then my wife and I have travelled a total of 18,876 miles in the vehicle. In the developed world that is probably one of the most unremarkable claims anyone could make. You have a car and you drive it, big deal. The only [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 18, 2013

I spend a little time each month presenting a talk called ‘Electric Cars are Rubbish, Aren’t They?’ to various sceptic societies around the country. I’m about to do three in a week; Leicester, Coventry and Liverpool. I’m travelling to the first two in my trusty Nissan LEAF, the third in Liverpool I’m travelling to by [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 3, 2013

Back in the 1980s, after she‘d massacred the last remaining stronghold of British manufacturing in the UK, good old Mrs Thatcher toddled up to the North East to open the Nissan plant. I cannot remember the ins and outs of this venture, how much Government money was ploughed into it and how long it took [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

I have a few search terms logged into Google and Twitter, one of them is ‘electric cars,’ it helps me to keep up with developments in the arena however with my cutting edge technical skills and my constant reading of this venerable website I’m still always lagging behind. One of the stories I was made [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2014

EV advocates Robert Llewellyn and David Peilow managed a London to Edinburgh trip over the weekend in a 2013 model Nissan LEAF in just over 13 hours; smashing the four days it took BBC jour[.]. Electric cars Nissan Tesla Motors Robert Llewellyn'

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Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2014

It’s far to early to tell if Formula E will work. By that I mean we don’t know if it will survive for more than one season, will get sufficient long term financial backing (they''re fine for this year), will be exciting to watch or will attract widespread attention. But after spending a day with th[.]. Electric cars Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2014

In January I drove a Nissan LEAF from London to Edinburgh, it was cold and we had the heater on. We stopped to charge eight times. Twenty minutes charge each time, we never got close to empty. We did it in 13 hours, it wasnt difficult in any technical or range anxiety sense, but it was quite a sc[.]. Electric cars Tesla Motors Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 17, 2014

The BBC''s relationship with electric cars and its reporting on them have been under scrutiny before, but perhaps no more so than when journalist Brian Milligan took a Mini E electric car from London to Edinburgh just over three years ago. Brian managed to make a right mess out of the journey, by u[.]. Electric cars Nissan'

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Green Cars News

MAY 22, 2014

Up until the other day I had never even sat in a Porsche so when I was handed the keys of a two tonne Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid I was a little bit overwhelmed. I''ll say this at the start, those Porsche chaps love buttons. There are so many buttons on the dense, information rich console the initi[.]. Hybrid cars Porsche Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2014

If that isn’t a click bait headline I don’t know what is. A Prius on the Nürburgring, for goodness sake, that just silly. No way could that beat a Porsche 911 GT3 or the McLaren P1. Of course it didn’t, not in speed, but in fuel economy it did rather spectacularly well. This story has resonanc[.]. Hybrid cars Toyota Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 24, 2014

Today, as I write this, David Peilow and Robert Llewellyn are on their way from London to Edinburgh in a brand new Nissan LEAF. As Robert details on his blog, they’re making the trip on the [.]. When I last checked, they were well within spitting distance of Cumbria, having left London at around 6am.

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Drive EV

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Watch founder and presenter Robert Llewellyn, launch the Electric Drive-in. Robert had this to say: “We were so disappointed to have to postpone our Fully Charged LIVE show to next summer, that we were determined to give our audience something else to look forward to. .” Delivering news, reviews, tips and advice.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2013

Earlier this week in his column, Robert Llewellyn shared the joys of travelling from his home in the rural reaches of Gloucestershire to the peaks of Snowdownia and back in his 2011 Nissan LEAF. Covering 386 miles in two days, Robert didn’t encounter any major hurdles along the way, finding plenty o[.]. Weekly Column'

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Actor-come-EV advocate Robert Llewellyn has become a example of how it is truly possible to slash the cost of motoring and drive in a genuinely zero emission way. The TV personality has proven it is possible to drive a 1,000 miles for just over five pounds thanks to solar panels installed at his home by [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 13, 2011

Attended by well-known motoring journalists including Quentin Willson and Robert Llewellyn, the Delta gave the lucky attendees to the test drive the chance to try out its innovative new model. The [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Energy Saving Trust is urging businesses to look at cutting carbon and fuel costs by launching a new video that looks at the realities of using electric cars. The Trust says the video highlights the benefits and opportunities of investing in electric vehicles and shows that not only can they help organisations to reduce [.].

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