Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 124: Nicola’s Hangover and Tom’s Hannover.

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Weekly, the Electrifying.com fulfill online to go over all the concerns at hand. Such as the weather, what we're all having for our tea and who dumped who in last night's Love Island. In between these heavyweight subjects, we also speak about electrical automobiles. A lot. Most likely an unhealthy total up to be sincere.

And when we do go over vehicles, we find out a lot. From market chatter to the more ordinary practicalities of electric car ownership, it's the place where we dish the dirt on the cars and trucks we have actually been driving and provide our own verdicts on the latest electric cars and truck news. We also like to have a good make fun of the daftest littles anti-electric news that we've seen in journalism.

We can't promise that you'll find out much. You probably won't. However if you fancy thirty minutes of idle chat and chatter about the world of electric cars and trucks, we're here for you. If you like it/ dislike it/ believe it's too long or too short, let us know.

Chapters are listed below so you can jump straight to the topic you're most thinking about:.
0:00 Introduction.
0:45 Nicola's E-208 GTI Scottish Highlands Experience.
4:01 Your Comments & Podcast Feedback.
6:08 What We have actually Been Driving.
6:16 Chinese Electric Vans Are Coming.
10:22 Secret Cars in Paris.
11:56 Riding in a Driverless Wayve Cars And Truck.
16:25 EV News.
16:59 The Next Electric London Taxi.
20:04 BYD's Big Electric Truck.
21:21 EV Sales Boom Throughout Europe.
22:48 Vehicle Buying Advice.
22:53 VW ID. Polo vs Hyundai Ioniq 3.
28:10 BMW i5 vs 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid.
32:19 The Truth of Public EV Charging.
33:45 Listener Updates.
34:30 Your Remarks & Innuendo!
41:05 What Makes a Cars And Truck "Chinese"?
45:24 Used EV Evaluations You Want to See.
46:55 Used Jeep Avenger– Is It a Bargain?

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22 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 124: Nicola’s Hangover and Tom’s Hannover.”

  1. @fullrulle77 Avatar
    @fullrulle77

    Greetings from Sweden!
    I love your show and try to listen every week. Regarding length I think everything from 30 minutes to 45 minutes is great. I like both when you chit-chat, tells anecdotes and reviews cars. I do own an EV but like to hear about new models. Keep up the good work!

  2. @ToppyTree Avatar
    @ToppyTree

    If we get a video about the new black cabs could we get Nicola’s dad in to review it?

    1. @Finglebat Avatar
      @Finglebat

      What a great idea… But who should they have in the back of the cab? I vote for Mike.

  3. @WagnerGimenes Avatar
    @WagnerGimenes

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  4. @James-BB70 Avatar
    @James-BB70

    Touching on range anxiety, I have a modest BYD Dolphin (265m WLTP), drove to Twickenham for an “Electric” show, a round trip of about 130 miles, then was asked to go to Bournemouth to pick up my son, another 60 miles round trip, SoC down to 24%, the lowest I have gone in almost 2 years / 34,000 miles driving an EV. I normally slow charge at home on a granny charger every day but went to a nearby Be.EV charger and topped up from 24%-80% for £8 (paying 1/2 price ATM). – Never worried about range, lovin life!

  5. @ShawnGray-y4q Avatar
    @ShawnGray-y4q

    Insane yank here again. (My particular type of insanity is decades old,and not the more recent variety) lol I drove the r2 yesterday. The thing about it that stuck with me the most was that in just a half hour drive I felt like I could have been happy sitting in it for weeks. I don’t drive a lot of different “cars” but I’ve never felt like that so quickly. The combination of information,and humor is what sets you apart. Thank you so much for all the hard work! 🙂

  6. @ShawnGray-y4q Avatar
    @ShawnGray-y4q

    Well done Nicola,your perseverance is impressive lol

  7. @ARRMAFANBOY Avatar
    @ARRMAFANBOY

    First time commenter, been watching the last couple of months.
    This podcast is one of my favs, love the dynamics between you all, Nichola makes me laugh, she brings something to the podcasts and the review vids she does that keeps me engaged.
    Naturally funny and instinctively engaging.
    Please keep up the great work guys, I’m loving it.
    Ok, bit of a Nicola Hume fanboy😂😂😂, but you all do fantastic reviews, have definitely been converted towards EV’s.
    Looking at a Skoda Enyaq for my first EV, current car’s a Kodiaq Sportline and absolutely love the Brand.
    An updated review of the Peak is something I’m really looking forward too.

  8. @bigt9044 Avatar
    @bigt9044

    Thank you Tom for keeping on topic…

  9. @bryandavies6074 Avatar
    @bryandavies6074

    My late g/f had a left hand drive car. There was a rubbish picker permanently in the front passenger footwell. It had a little bag attached. She could use the end to hold / dangle cards or put coins in the bag. I loved both her and that inventiveness – it was perfect for toll booths, pass cards, paying car parks and showing entrance tickets.

  10. @a.wartongarden1957 Avatar
    @a.wartongarden1957

    Loving the waffle and giggles ☺️☺️

  11. @davidclabon1138 Avatar
    @davidclabon1138

    I think Chinese brands are showing the big manufacturers how to do it, I leased a BYD Seal (Shadow Green) based on your reviews and love it, built quality is amazing and the tech and extras you get for the money is unreal. Also, my son and I have CF Moto (Chinese) motorbikes, who are also offering great build quality and vast amount of features compared to the main big brands. Love the podcast, love the waffling, hope Nicola’s hangover wasn’t too bad 🙂

  12. @tomlloyd7526 Avatar
    @tomlloyd7526

    anothe barchetta owner lhd no problem mainly because people don’t drive on the left of the road they drive in the middle just to the left of the centre line but in lhd you stick closer to the kerb and can see ahead down the inside if it’s safe to overtake I did need a good darts throw to get my money into the mersey tunnel toll booths but with the top down easy enough but then you need to hold your breath going through the tunnel because of the exhaust fumes, it’s like we need more electric cars! great podcast again great fun with Nicola more tipsy than on a fiat panda launch

  13. @usaverageguy Avatar
    @usaverageguy

    I love the waffle and banter during the podcast. There are plenty of sterile podcasts to listen to. But, The Kilawatt Half Hour is more like a conversation with friends. A great way to spend 30, 40, 50, 60 minutes. Never change.

    1. @Finglebat Avatar
      @Finglebat

      I agree, I love to get a bottle of wine, nibbles and settle down and watch the team, the more giggles and random discussion points the better.

      The formula works very well IMO.

  14. @Oldboytelevision Avatar
    @Oldboytelevision

    Good podcast

  15. @CarsofGlasgow Avatar
    @CarsofGlasgow

    I personally love the hilarity and wish Nicola could be on every podcast

  16. @pawthing Avatar
    @pawthing

    You redeemed yourselves. Well done and thank you. Far better balance.
    Content suggestion: I love classic cars. Some are now being converted to EVs. Why not, as a complete aside, ‘test’ drive a few and maybe compare them to the original vehicle?

  17. @robsmith1a Avatar
    @robsmith1a

    I love some banter. I’m interested in the EV info but the chat makes it feel like I’m with friends enjoying similar interests.

  18. @Poppy323F Avatar
    @Poppy323F

    Another brilliant week of electrifying chat, thank you for the mention, looking forward to an MX-30 review ❤️❤️❤️

  19. @stuartj5520 Avatar
    @stuartj5520

    Don’t ever change, Nicola 🤗

  20. @PattyTheGeek Avatar
    @PattyTheGeek

    You are the butter on my waffle. I appreciate you.

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