Fully Charged Christmas Roundup

December 22, 2016 9:37 AM

Boats, trucks, bicycles, Turbines, Batteries, Bio-gas, policy changes, and a rapidly burgeoning number of cars. The world of Electric Vehicles is one of the more optimistic contexts in which to review 2016 - which is what Robert Llewellyn's Fully Charged Christmas Special does.

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posted by rongorongo (4 comments total)

Whee electric cars! I have driven about 9000 miles in my Volt over the past year, with about 7000 of those electric powered. The general conclusion between my wife and I is that we will never buy another car without a plug. This means that (most likely) we will replace our gas-powered Matrix with a plug-in hybrid that can pull a trailer, and then eventually replace the Volt with a Bolt or similar. I also really want a nice electric bike- a steady 28 mph (legal limit for pedal-assist) would make a bike commute directly competitive with driving most of the year.
posted by rockindata at 10:17 AM on December 22, 2016

Robert Llewellyn is an international treasure. Love this channel, and his enthusiasm. It's exceptionally well done (for any medium, let alone a youtube channel) and high quality on the research too.
posted by bonehead at 10:40 AM on December 22, 2016 [2 favorites]

I love this. I binged all of Fully Charged a few months ago (yes, all of it) and I don't even drive, nevermind give a shit about electric cars, but his enthusiasm and charm is just so fucking compelling. (I also learned a lot about something I previously knew practically nothing about at all)
posted by Dysk at 11:03 AM on December 22, 2016

"Now, as I've said many times before, [the British isles] have an enormous amount of wind."

Prolly all those beans y'all eat for breakfast.
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:27 PM on December 22, 2016