A petrol hybrid car uses both gasoline and electricity to run. It has a regular engine but also an electric motor that helps save fuel and reduce pollution.
An electric taxi is a taxi that runs on electricity instead of gasoline or diesel. This means it produces less pollution and is better for the environment.
A solid-state battery is a new kind of battery that uses solid materials instead of liquid ones. They can be safer and hold more energy, which is important for electric cars.
EV means electric vehicle. These cars run on electricity instead of gasoline, making them better for the environment. Many car companies are now making more electric cars.
Car
Škoda EPIC
The Škoda EPIC is a new electric car that Škoda plans to launch in 2026. It's part of a larger movement where car manufacturers are creating more electric options for consumers.
The Kia EV2 is a new electric car that Kia is planning to release. It’s designed to be practical and has features that will appeal to people looking for an electric vehicle.
Car
Kia PV5
The Kia PV5 is a new electric car that can fit a lot of people and is designed for families. It's expected to be a good option for those who need space for kids or pets.
Retail price is the amount you pay for a car before adding any extra costs like delivery or taxes. It's the basic price you see when shopping for a car.
The MG4 EV Urban is an electric car that has a lot of room inside and is good for city driving. It's one of the newer options for people looking for electric vehicles.
The Kia EV4 is a small electric car that Kia is working on. It’s meant to be a budget-friendly option for people who want to drive electric without spending too much.
The C segment is a type of car size classification. It includes compact cars that are bigger than the smallest cars but smaller than larger family cars, making them a good choice for many drivers.
The D segment is another car size category. It includes mid-size cars that are bigger than compact cars and usually provide more comfort and space, making them great for families.
The Kia EV5 is a new electric SUV that Kia plans to release. It’s designed to be roomy and packed with the latest technology, making it a good choice for families.
The Volkswagen ID.4 is a new electric SUV that offers a lot of space and comfort. It’s important because it shows that more car companies are making electric cars that are practical for everyday use.
Škoda is a car brand from the Czech Republic that makes various types of cars, including small cars and larger family vehicles. They are known for being affordable and reliable.
A manufacturer's warranty is like a promise from the car maker that they'll fix certain problems for free if they happen within a specific time or distance you drive.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is a stylish electric car that looks different from most cars on the road. It’s known for being roomy inside and charging quickly, making it a good choice for electric car buyers.
Service history is a record of all the work done on a car, like oil changes and repairs. It helps you understand how well the car has been taken care of.
A test drive is when you drive a car to see how it feels and if you like it before you decide to buy it. It's a chance to check if the car is right for you.
State of Health (SOH) is a way to measure how well a battery is working compared to when it was brand new. It shows you a percentage that tells you how much power the battery can still hold.
The Nissan Leaf is a small car that runs on electricity instead of gasoline. It’s important because it helped many people start using electric cars, which are better for the environment.
Car
Citroën C-Zero
The Citroën C-Zero is a small electric car that is easy to drive in the city. It uses batteries instead of gasoline, making it environmentally friendly.
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is a small electric car that runs on batteries instead of gas. It's designed for city driving and is one of the earlier electric cars available.
CCS stands for Combined Charging System, which is a way to charge electric cars quickly. It combines two types of charging to make it easier for different cars to use the same charging stations.
Home charging means you can charge your electric car at home, usually by plugging it into a special charger in your garage or outside your house. It's a convenient way to keep your car charged.
The Tesla Model Y is a small SUV that runs on electricity. It’s known for being high-tech and having a long driving range, making it a popular choice for families looking for an electric vehicle.
The Renault Zoe is a small electric car that is great for driving around town. It's affordable and easy to park, making it a good choice for city life.
The Tesla Model S is a high-end electric car that can go long distances without needing to recharge. It's known for being fast and having lots of cool tech features.
A blade battery is a special kind of battery used in some electric cars that helps them be safer and last longer. It has a unique shape that makes it work better.
The Dodge Charger is a big car that looks sporty and can go really fast. People like it because it has a powerful engine and a cool design that reminds them of classic cars.
The Dodge Omni is an older small car that was made a long time ago. It was popular because it was affordable and easy to drive around.
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Welcome back to the Nevo EV News Podcast.
If it's Tuesday, it must be Nevo EV News Day.
This is episode 50.
We are nearing the one-year anniversary of starting this podcast and currently poolside
in Cancun and Mexico on some R&R holidays over here, but I did not want to miss a week
of the podcast.
Over the year or the last 50 weeks, I've been getting a couple of questions coming into
the contact form on nevo.ie.
Today, I said if there was ever a better opportunity to do an Ask Me Anything episode, an AMA,
Ask Me Anything.
I've picked the top 10 questions that have come in over the last number of months.
I did this a while ago, but it's no harm.
If you do have questions, definitely get them over on the contact us section on nevo.ie
and while you're there, sure sign up to the newsletter that goes out every couple of weeks.
The question number one is from Shane.
Thank you very much.
Shane had written in before, submitted before, and I had answered his previous question,
but he's back anyway.
He said, in January of 2026, electric vehicles officially outsold petrol cars in Ireland
for the first time.
I haven't seen the market evolve from its early days, did this milestone happen faster
than you expected, or is it right on schedule?
Headline figures, yes.
The battery electric vehicles outsold pure petrol vehicles in SIMI, the Society for
the Irish Motor Industry, registrations for January of 2026.
Now the number one setting fuel type was petrol hybrid, which means there isn't a socket
on it.
Number two was electric, full electric.
Number three was petrol only.
Number four, I think, was plug-in, and number five might have been diesel.
You can understand why some people were talking about this in the comments.
If you take the petrol-powered vehicles or vehicles that could be powered by petrol,
obviously the percentage or the position within the fuel type is much higher.
I came back and said, well, if you take electric and plug-in hybrid, the percentage is a lot
higher, but the SIMI qualify via the fuel types the way that they do, and yes, electric
vehicles were in second place.
But when you look at the numbers, 20% roughly, full electric, I think it was 19%, that still
means four out of five people didn't buy a full electric vehicle.
So there's a huge appetite, sorry, huge potential for more people to go electric, and that's
what we do in Nevo.
That's what I do on the YouTube channel.
That's what the team is all about.
It's that education.
It's letting people know what options are out there, via vehicle-wise, and the education
behind them.
And that's why I do what I do.
That's why the team at Nevo do what they do.
It's because there's still a huge market there, a dressable market.
Not everybody is ready to go electric yet, as I frequently say, my four younger brothers,
none of them drive electric, and when they're listening to me waffling on or watching me
or whatever it may be, driving electric, or I visit them, and they haven't decided to
go electric yet.
All I am doing, all we are doing in Nevo is giving people the information.
I like to say that educated buyers buy electric, and I want that.
I want somebody that, because electric won't suit everybody, it would suit a vast majority
of people, but people who think it doesn't work for them, I just agree with them.
I don't try and convince, I don't try and weekly, daily, nearly I'm in taxis, and inevitably
I'll always ask, I'll always try and request an electric taxi.
If I can't, if I can't, if I'm in a combustion engine taxi, shock her, I'll always ask, oh,
have you thought about going electric?
And I talked about it even last week on the podcast, where the person said I'm waiting
for the Toyota to bring out their solid-state battery.
So yeah, yeah, listen, hopefully it's come soon.
It's on the way, I believe, and they've been talking about it for a while, and I'll never
try and force them into it, I'll never try and argue with them.
That's not me.
I know there are some evangelists out there that are purer than pure, but I'd rather you
take on board all the information out there, go to all the variable sources, go to watch
all the videos, read all the articles, and talk to actual EV drivers.
That's the biggest one.
When we do the surveys, whether it's ourselves, whether it's our partners in Bank of Ireland,
whether it's manufacturers like Voltwagon, and again, we've referenced this in the podcast
recently, when they did their survey at the end of 2024, it was roughly nine out of ten
people who go electric, stay electric.
If it was as bad as people were making out on TikTok, on Facebook, on Instagram, and
some of these places are just becoming, you know, watch dinosaurs, let them off.
I really don't, I don't, not that I don't care, but I don't focus on those that don't
want to go electric, that's what I tried to say.
And whether it's my voluntary work with the Irish Electric Vehicle Association or the
EV Association of Northern Ireland, I'm volunteering on those committees to get the word out there
for more people to understand the potential if they went electric, how it would suit their
lifestyle, driving styles, their pockets financially.
Yeah, so to answer your question, Shane, did I think it would happen faster, slower than
expected, or right on schedule?
I think Ireland's in a great spot, and I was talking to somebody at a UK event last week
about the difference between, I was talking to Dylan from Scotland, and he was asking
about what's the EV adoption like in Ireland, and a reference back to the podcast we had
with Lisa Brankin from Ford, UK, and Ireland.
And she said that the UK is very much a forced system, subsidized system, and forced with
salary sacrifice, and manufacturers been forced to retail vehicles at a much lower price,
so that they hit their levels, sales levels, so they don't get penalties.
And the UK is very much a, people are doing it potentially for financial reasons, which
I understand you would do, but what she said when she looks at the Ireland numbers and
the adoption rate in Ireland, UK obviously is very much more a leased based system as
well, whereas we have a couple of different ways of financing your vehicle in Ireland,
PCP and HP being the two most popular, cash obviously still there, and regular car loans
from your credit union, but in the UK it's very much about leased, and if you're a work
of our company, you can salary sacrifice to drive an electric vehicle, so they're using
a lot more carriage to get that percentage adoption rate up, whereas we're not so much
in Ireland, yes there are government supports, but a couple of years ago obviously we transitioned
away from subsidizing the vehicle to subsidizing and supporting the charging network, and we're
going to be talking about that in one of the comments, I wanted to questions later on,
so I think we're right on schedule, whether we're going fast, whether we're going slow,
I'm looking at the February numbers and we're about 5% up on last year, but as I keep saying,
80% of people didn't buy an EV, a full electric vehicle, and so yeah, I think we're right on
schedule.
Thanks to you.
Question number two comes in from Marcus and Porick, and when I got this question they're
like, oh, I'd really enjoyed the podcast, we listened to it together, but it wasn't that
they listened to it together, they listened to it and then they chat about it afterwards
together, and they discuss what we chat about on our podcast, so thank you Marcus and Porick.
The 2026 fleet, what's coming down the line, so the question was, with over 60 new EV models
arriving this year, including the EPIC and the EV2 from Kia, EPIC from Shkoda, what specific
car do you think will be a game changer for the average Irish family in 2026?
It's a tough one, it's like being asked, what's my favorite EV?
Everybody's circumstances are different, people may need space for a dog, people may need the
space for four kids, Matthew from the Irish EV Association, looking at you, I think Matthew
is four, maybe five, no, I think it's four.
And so what do I think will be a game changer?
I think one of the ones that was last week was if people could understand the reasons
why it's such a good car, it is the Kia PV5, the van-based five-seater coming in at seven
seater as well, and Irish retail price of $42,550 before delivery on related charges, so roughly
under 45,000 euros.
It is an absolute massive load carrier, people carrier, it's a van with seats and a GS, but
electric, so cheap to run, affordable in comparative to other electric vehicles at that, not the
best battery in the world, but do you actually need it, are you driving from, somebody messaged
me and said on the comments, like I'm looking to go from North County Dublin to Trilley,
it's 317 kilometers, it's actually the same distance from Lust to Dublin, to Bemalut,
my coast to coast run, and I want to go at motorway speeds and I don't want to stop.
I'm like, what, like, yeah, it will go probably, but like your bladder is not doing any better
out of the minute, et cetera, you'll have to stop, for safe driving, you should stop and
take a break, that's four and a half hours driving, you lunatic, so what do I think is
going to be a game changer in 2026, probably more affordable stuff like such success last
year from Insta and so many units, so it really showed that if you are thinking about going
electric, and sorry, it was more so if you are looking for a smaller vehicle, the price
of that Hyundai Insta was at such a great price point, people want you, I wouldn't
say it's four seater, but I don't need any more than that, and so when the vehicle is
priced correctly and it suits the needs, it will sell, and we're probably going to get
a bit of that with the likes of the EV, the MG4 EV Urban, five seater, great space, great
range, hopefully a great Irish price, we saw the English prices and I talked about it last
week, so it's going to be the likes of those packages, so in the small car space, that
EV4, MG4, EV Urban, or in the bigger car space, the five seaters, that Kia PB5, or even the
seven seater, I think it's going to be an extra 1,000 euros, so like for 45,000, 46,000
euros after delivery and related charges, such a huge car to get you wherever you want
to go, but some people don't want to look at it, so some people might want to buy a Renault
Scenic or they might want to buy, and that's the beauty of so many choices, so what are
going to be the game changers? Kia EV2, again on that smaller side of things, really looking
forward to seeing Twingo, again leaning towards that smaller side of things, but when we look
at the breakup of the market and as to what car's sizes sell versus actual, because Twingo
and EV2 and those smaller ones stuff that EV4, MG4, EV Urban, not everybody wants a
small car, people need so that C segment, D segment is going to be very interesting,
so when we start to see real numbers of Kia EV5, BYDC Line 7, there's lots of opportunities
out there, so it's difficult to nail down what we think is going to be a game changer.
ID4, phenomenal numbers already, we talked about it, but we talked about the SIMI numbers
at the end of January, fleet, etc. So yeah, it's more so what strikes the right note and
until I know prices, it's very difficult to see because we have the likes of the Škoda
Epic and the likes of the Peak, just even from Škoda, that's a small car all the way up to a
seven-seater, but until I know prices I can't compare, so it's difficult to talk about what
ones are going to be game changers versus not, but it's just going to be more different types,
shapes, sizes, prices of electric vehicles from the current established brands that are currently
selling in Ireland, and there's going to be new brands coming in as well, so watch this space,
Marcus and Porick, it's great to have so much variety. I remember saying that when I started
the YouTube channel back in 2019, I didn't think that I was going to have enough content,
and just look at the way it's gone, and going back to Shane's question number one,
there's so much potential there for more people to go electric, and there's so much runway yet to
go, so it doesn't really answer your question, sorry. Marcus and Porick, sorry. It is not a
definitive answer, it should have been a politician. Question number three in from
Sinead with regards to used car markers. Derek, you often discuss the importance of
secondhand car market, what advice have you to somebody looking for a three or four-year-old
EV today that is getting, that they're getting a healthy battery? A lot of people focusing on,
thank you Sinead, first of all, a lot of people focusing on batteries, and what we're actually
finding is it's not batteries you need to be worried about, it's the wear and tear condition
of the vehicle, et cetera, so it's like buying a used combustion engine vehicle, do you really go
and get the engine checked over with regards to horsepower, an engine check, et cetera, et cetera,
probably not, or the vast majority of people don't, and that's the way it's going to be with
electric vehicles. A friend of mine messaged me recently and says, I'll keep up the great work,
we're just about to go electric, any advice, and this is exactly what I sent to her.
Is it still in within warranty, manufacturers warranty? Because there's such a long warranty
on it now, and you want to see if there's what manufacturers warranty on it, so has it been
kept to it in a dealership service cycle, rather than it going from a PCP out to an
independent garage and losing that manufacturer's warranty is a big thing to look out for,
because sometimes the battery, et cetera, something might fail, and if you've got battery
or manufacturer cover, it's always a great piece of mind. So manufacturer warranty,
number one, number two is service or safety check schedule, how often, how much, what's up next,
some of the original Korean Hyundai's Gen 1, Ioniq 5s, there was a coolant that needed to
replace an extra X amount of kilometers, and so stuff like that, double check, and so you
understand what's coming down the line, that bright and shiny is nice, it's great to get your
second hand care, third hand care, which is new to you, but understanding what's the running cost,
I was talking to my cousin, who was looking at a Audi e-tron, and I was like, I'll win the service,
and the next point I would say is about tires, what's the actual recommended tires and how
much are they, because with an EV you want to put the right tires on it, because it really affects the
range, rolling resistance, et cetera, and so he was like, oh god, servicing and tires,
you're really taking the joy of buying the car, but it's the practicality of it, it's
understanding it, so warranties, it's still under warranty, what's the service history like,
or safety checks, some brands call it, servicing how often, when, how much, and then tires,
and then it's test drive, have you been for a test drive, do you like the car,
and then probably the last point, and in no particular order, is state of health on the battery,
get all off either in a third party, there are services out there that will offer it,
or the garage that's selling it, ask them to give you a state of health SOH on the battery,
now that is going to give you a percentage of what that battery is, versus when it comes out of the
factory new, so it might be 95%, 94%, whatever it may be, and so it should give you an estimated
range, there was a lot of this chat when we were over at the NADA conference in Las Vegas two weeks
in the North American market, we took out some of the technology behind it, and we're starting
to see more and more people understanding the importance of that state of health on the battery,
it still doesn't guarantee that one of the cells won't fail, don't get me wrong,
but it gives you an indication if you can find out whether it was fast charged and slow charged,
to how often that happened, because I've talked to you about how much the battery is put under
stress, so there's a lot more things you can request when you are looking at a used EV,
you can request and look for the pestle or diesel, don't get me wrong, but it's something
definitely, there's more than five things to look out for, when you're looking at a used EV
and making sure you're getting a healthy battery, no guarantee, you can buy a sec three-year-old
diesel engine or petrol engine tomorrow and it could fail going out the road as well, so
what we're seeing is overall batteries for electric vehicles are much more stable and
reliable than they ever were. Thank you Sinead, the question number four in from Jerry had a
question about infrastructure versus reality, his question is Ireland has to start, he lagged
behind charging infrastructure as an ambassador for Charon, what do you see the biggest blind spots
in our current charging network, so Charon is a NGO based out of Germany that's promoting the
adoption of CCS and related protocols with regards to charging, it's kind of a done deal in Ireland,
sorry in Europe, but when I'm on the calls and they talk about how
South American countries are looking at expanding their fleet and X type of
provider is looking to put their vehicles into that country, but their charging protocol is this
adapter or this charging standard and that will dictate sometimes how countries will
roll out chargers, we see how about that back in the beginning with ESB with regards to
22 kilowatt AC and even AC 43 on some of the older units because at that time there were a
couple of these out there that had very high powered AC charging ports and that dictated what
hardware was bought by the semi-state body and then it turned out that that wasn't the case and
very much like Chathamal, Nissan Leaf was the big car at the time and a lot of Chathamals went in
and now we're at CCS so those Chathamals are still in use with the used EV fleets that are out
there with Leafs and Mitsubishi's etc and some Citroens with the Citroen Ion, but yeah what
we've found is that's all settled down now and at CCS for Europe is the recommended and you can
see every manufacturer, you can see North America's gone differently with the North American charging
standard or the Tesla connection but also still having CCS and so yeah there's definitely
that's what I do at Charon and promote the correct I feel with CCS charging standard but
also I did a piece recently on the website and a video on YouTube where I chatted to Jeremy
in regards to plug and charge that ISO standard 150108 and that protocol but also at Charon we
talk about MCS which is megawatt charging system and yeah not to bore you. Next week we're going
to be coming, the podcast is going to be coming from the Zevi stakeholder day in the Aviva stadium
it's where everybody from the industry gets together and Zevi is zero mission vehicle Ireland
and piece of the Department of Transport section within their doctor Efo O'Grady and the team
and understanding where we're at what's coming down the line what rollouts are happening what
government supports are there planning permissions applications best practices what local authorities
are doing so really understanding that charging network and when I talk to people who are going
to go electric or when I give talks to dealer groups or manufacturers or whatever it may be
and they're like oh god there isn't enough charters out there and I like I'll reference it I
referenced it before with regards to there's over a hundred charging hubs and planning alone at the
moment that's the one that's outside of the ones that are about to go into planning and the ones
that are about to start the construction so like to have over a hundred hubs and that's not ones and
twos folks that we can start to see sixes eight it's eights tens and twos and so we're very lucky
in Ireland the vast majority 85 percent of the population have a driveway so there's a lot of
home charging but for those that don't there's definitely some solutions required as to those
that don't have off street parking or that might live in an apartment and so neighborhood charging
destination charging motorway charging it all it's all getting faster and faster and it's getting
there's money to be made manufacturers can see more EVs being sold charge bind operators CPO's
can see more money to be made traditional petrol chains are probably dragging their heels a small
bit and crying about infrastructure and the ability to connect to grids which I think needs
probably a bit of quality qualification and clarification because I'm talking to big industry
that's connecting to grid and they're like we apply and we know we're going to get connected
six months later and so there may be a element of the petrol forecourt in question may need to
upgrade what they currently have and they're not willing to do that and so they want their cake
and eat it so there is an investment required but I'd be confident that it's getting stronger
it's getting better it's not perfect by any means will it ever be perfect no
bank holiday weekends there's going to be busy times just you have to prepare plan
leave it 100% as best you can charge when you can when you can don't leave it to the last minute
you know it's it's it's not worth the headache for you your family your kids all of that kind of
stuff but the vast majority of people are able to charge at home and move around but the network
is I'd be confident and I'm looking forward to the the Zevi meeting next week and I'll be bringing
you some interviews for for the podcast from that as well so thank you Jerry question number five
Caroline asks from firefighting to electric vehicles he spent 14 years in the fire service
before moving to the world of electric vehicles it wasn't a direct transition over I was worth
indeed in the minter room for five years from 2016 to 2021 but yes I was in the fire brigade
in Belmollet for 14 years how is your background in emergency services influenced your perspective
on vehicle safety and tech with the fire service I finished as sub officer you know for the last
number of years I was the sub officer so the number two in the station and then that opportunity
gave me or at that level also gave me the opportunity to be an instructor so I was a
RTA Road Traffic Accident RTC Road Traffic Collision Instructor as well and so I was able to
go from Mayo Fire Service and go down to Clamel etc and train on becoming a train the trainer and
then bring that skill back to Mayo County Fire Service so before I finished it did a couple
of courses where we had other firefighters from Mayo stations in Bellihonus if I remember correctly
at the time fire station and doing road traffic collisions and understanding and even at that
stage that was back in probably 20 I left the service in 2015 probably around 2010 2011 so we
started to see Leafs Tesla Model S's Renault Zoe's so there were some high voltage vehicles on the
road and understanding that the orange cables don't go near them don't go cutting them and
understanding where to cut and when to cut and so that emergency services side of things it's
it's a great background to have when we go in and we give talks to fleets that are transitioning
organizations that are thinking about going electric and to stand in a room of 150 drivers
of company vehicles and to be able to then they've heard down the poll where they've read on
TikTok or Instagram that oh electric vehicles going on fire and all the rest of it and to say
listen I was in the brigade for 14 years and I was specializing in road traffic collisions
that the potential of an electric vehicle going on fire petrol and diesel 20 times more likely
number one number two it's made to take a serious collision and even with the for example
BYD and their their blade battery and the puncture test that they do with the nail I saw it myself
live when I visited the factory in China and to understand that they don't want this to happen
either and so driving around with this large battery underneath it's encased it's enclosed and
to make sure it's as safe as possible and so I never have any worries about an electric vehicle
like you can't think about this kind of stuff what happened all the time you wouldn't walk outside
the house because you'd be afraid that an airplane would fall on your head but having the background
and understanding the workers behind it and like even with Renault group and their ability
and the point that you can lift the rear bench and there is a special port for a fire brigade hose
to go in and flood the battery if there's an issue and so there's always that
manufacturers looking to talk to emergency services to make sure that they're getting
what they need done in case that happens but thankfully it's now with more and more EVs
on the road we're going to be getting more and more of this and as I was leaving the brigade we
were starting to look at tablets within the fire engines that could pull up a schematic of an
electric of any vehicle and know where tanks special tanks diesel tanks if it was LPG where to
cut where not to cut and so yeah good background to have and just understanding behind it thank
you Caroline for question number five question number six was Rob with regards to YouTube you
started EV review Ireland back in the beginning back in 2020 as a passion project it obviously
transformed into an evil EV review what was the one thing you've learned about what the public
really cares about that isn't typically covered in car brochures and people I do a slightly different
there's plenty of other youtubers out there in Ireland your UK and I do what's
known in the industry as POV point of view so I'll start my intro and then I'll take the
camera and I'll walk around the outside in the interior of the car as to me looking at a feature
and pointing it out and people really like the I appreciate it's not the most aesthetically
pleasing video shots and b-roll and angles and all the fancy stuff that other youtubers do and
fair play with them but people like our style here at Nevo because it's very much what you see is
what you get it is a one take exterior interior usually of going around talking about the wheels
talking about the boot people like to see all the bits and pieces they've thinking about buying
it or they've just bought it and they didn't realize there was a hook there or there was a
bit more extra space there or etc and we're starting to get now on the channel people commenting on
I might have put out a video on 2021 or 2022 and now they're they're about to buy that as a used
EV and it's the vehicle that is the exact model that it was the 2022 model that I've reviewed
and they're buying it now 2026 four years old and so the evergreen content of it and thankfully
the we just did a deep dive in our content recently and to look at all the analytics across all of
our platforms but to look at the percentage of positivity on the youtube channel it's it's great
the audience for Nevo EV reviews is very much an EV audience they're interested in electric vehicles
it's not there are other channels out there that if you review all type of electric vehicles and
when you see the EV reviews on those channel there's people commenting oh I stick to my diesel and
all that kind of thankfully we don't get any we get very little of that on our youtube channel
because it was never set up for for those for the other audiences it is a pure EV audience of
interest people are looking to buy and research and understand and educate themselves and
I think it's just that it's it's given people the information that's back to question number one
and it is so that they can understand for themselves make up the mindset of once I understand my
height usually um and I had friends that joked about me not putting my height into one video
back in the beginning they were all watching all the videos and supporting me and liking and commenting
and they're like oh Jesus we know what height they are will you stop saying this but I stopped
then in the next video and then the person was like oh somebody jumped into the comments and
like what's your height because they're only interested in that one video they've only watched
the channel the one time and I didn't mention my height so they couldn't understand them was I
taller or shorter than them and so I think it's the practicality and the simple ease of
relatability with regards to and it takes as long as it takes for me to walk around the
vehicle to go through all the features I don't aim for an eight minute video or a 15 minute video
or 20 minute video it's if it if the vehicle has features that I talk about it talks about it and
when I'm driving it then I don't try and drag anything out it is the video is going to take
as long as it takes and I think it's a car brochure is different you have sometimes you
get the brochure from the manufacturer and they might measure the boot the way everybody else
measures the boot or they might be talking about 20 to 80 percent and charging time so
there's a bit of that going on so you try and bring it back to reality but the real world range
the consumption figures as always one that people really appreciate coast to coast is always a good
one for us as well at mevo so when I take the car across country 300 roughly 20 miles sorry
kilometers and people like that as well so rob that's what people really appreciate and just go
through it in the in a detailed fashion not exciting very vanilla but it is what people
actually want it's it's an education youtube channel rather than an entertainment channel
gen question number seven thank you jennifer with the rise in brands of likes of buid and
expanding the Irish market you see a traditional how do you see the traditional European legacy
brands such as Volkswagen or within the Volkswagen group or Renault etc needing to pivot to keep their
market share in 2026 very difficult it's all conquest stuff at the moment there aren't any
extra drivers on the road and so it's very much if somebody was a vw owner and they may go off to
a new brand like buid and so yeah it's it's a small pool of potential buyers and so it's about value
it's about giving people what they actually want it's not about cutting corners it's not about
because people get found out even more so nowadays and it will be like removing features
once the consumer realizes that that brand had a feature they removed it or they're charging extra
for it they'll just go looking for that feature somewhere else like give it for free or complimentary
and so it's a great time for a consumer for people who are looking to buy a vehicle not just
electric any type because there's such competition and it's only going to help the consumer
because the consumer has the power that that ability to that loyalty is gone and we're finding
what electric vehicles people are willing to take a chance on a new brand when they're going to a new
powertrain what we can see that and when you talk to consumers they might say oh we've always been
our house has always been that brand and we're going electric we said we want this we want that
and so our traditional brand didn't have it so we went somewhere else and so you'll start to see
that it's value it's suiting the consumer needs and if traditional automakers european or not
aren't doing that they're going to unfortunately fall by the wayside as new brands come through
and so it's down to them their boards their unions to understand that this is what people want
and you can be slow you can drag your heels you can try and push out european legislation or
mandates etc etc push people will want what is best for them the cheapest to run great value great
tech that works it's got a good warranty it's got a dealer network etc etc so it is new brands
coming and b-way the next thing i've been in a couple years now so there's going to be newer
brands coming along yet to ireland that i'm seeing in in in the uk or in europe in europe
brussel's motor show um and so yeah it's great really exciting times and the legacy automakers
are starting to fight back you can see the likes of um vw group with their urban ev family the the
epic the reval the id cross id polo you know we're hoping that they're going to be good
because if they're not people won't buy them and if they don't buy them the company is not going to
work and survive so it has to be good the quality has to be there people want to touch your buttons
clicky buttons that's what you're getting thank you gen for question number seven question number
eight um battery tech breakthroughs this comes in from uh who's that come in from it comes in from
dave uh dave we're hearing about solid state batteries and lfp technology for someone waiting
to buy is there a leap in technology coming soon that justifies waiting or today's tech already
future proof enough you know we get this a lot uh it's called the osborne effect and yeah just buy
it don't be waiting for solid state or semi solid state or sodium batteries or all the rest of
you'll have gone in you'll have put in a home charger and you'll have saved the money and you'll
have become an ev driver but and and enjoyed it and and uh you won't have uh dragged your drives
a jaggery is now a couple times you want to procrastinate it and wait it for that next big
thing to come um take it for a test drive look at that fiat uh stilantis group option opal do it as
well where if you don't like it after six months they'll give you you can go hand it back and take
get a hybrid voltswagen are doing it with the id promise like just take the jump take the test
drive talk to an ev driver and come to one of our events you know lots happening um don't be worried
about solid state batteries or sodium batteries you'll you'll be you'll never buy anything if that's
the case um whether it's a laptop or a phone or whatever maybe you sold our panels as another one
uh question number nine thank you jive question number nine um nevo isn't just about cars it's
about the whole ecosystem including solar and home energy how close are we to vehicle to grid
being a standard reality for irish homeowners it's getting closer uh air grid esp networks etc
they're definitely all looking into this because it will help them as well to shave the peak um
and uh balance the grid uh and that whole battery on wheels there's so many uh tens of thousands
of bbs on the road there now and if everybody give five percent every evening to to take that
peak off um nobody'd have an issue with that and i could give five percent of my battery and if i
got a back at a cheaper rate why wouldn't i or for free and so um vehicle to grid is exciting
we've done a piece on the channel uh we're about to release a piece on the channel on the website
with regards to the potential and possibilities for um powering vehicle to load vehicle to grid
vehicle to home vehicle to x and so yeah um exciting times for the irish homeowner and with
more severe weather climate current climate events like storm yon last year it's uh people
are very much looking into this home batteries and having a battery on wheels and the ability to
self-generate and be self-sufficient uh we're definitely getting closer and the grid knows
that as well and we're not leading the field in this but there are other markets where they've
done it they're doing it and our providers can can look to those markets and learn best practices
from them last question for this podcast comes from des and it's about the next big move uh
nevo organizes ireland's biggest e-v shows and built its leading e-v platform on our website
what's the next mountain for nevo to climb in the next 12 to 18 months i think it does um
yeah phenomenal team with simon and graham and then finnan hoary and the wider drive team here in
the office or back in dublin in the office um the shows have been phenomenal in in dublin the
the nevo electric vehicle show in partnership with bank of ireland just have thousands of people
through the doors to see what's available in the marketplace and really open their eyes as to
brands that may never have seen before models that just didn't know about test drives that they
didn't have and so yeah a really great one-stop shop and this year it's going to be two days seven
than eight to two consumer days and so that's been great and then last year we started the driving
experiences uh around the country so we're doing cork water furt kildare and and the west to be
confirmed venue to be confirmed and just to bring that out to the masses then because a day out in
dublin obviously even at local or you're in the commuting counties it sometimes can be difficult so
we're definitely bringing that out so it is great website is flying thank god youtube channel pot
everton you know it's been it's been a great adoption curve but yeah we have stuff up our
sleeves i can't say too much and we chatted we alluded to this when i interviewed simon recently
nevo md as to what's coming down the line from nevo um we have to be on our toes we know that
there are other people in the marketplace looking at what we're doing um looking to potentially
emulate us and and ride that wave as well but we're confident in what the plans that we have
with regards to all the different things that we're currently doing and and some new things
that we're we're about to launch and pilot um we're very excited at the team um and as um we're
a multi faceted multi channel omni channel i think is the word to use omni channel approach it's
it's the fact that we have online offline um so different so many different opportunities to
to connect with potential electric vehicle drivers and and to work with brands on the event
side and the um and on the website and for me to be out and about reviewing cars and
i was looking at my march schedule there as to when i get back from holidays as to the amount
of traveling that we're going to be doing to get to these launches and and meet these experts from
different brands it's really exciting times and to sit down in the room in in in the boardroom in
the office and to plan out 12 18 months it's always a great opportunity to brainstorm to see
what's coming and to really lead the field need the charge uh upon intended uh with regards to
what's coming with nevo and so yeah i couldn't think of a better time to be working with a company
that's that's really driving um the education with regards to evie adoption
really excited so thank you des and thank you to all the people who've submitted questions
over the last number of months um i don't talk about it enough and i get these questions coming
in and i did when somebody emails me i do say listen i will do an ask me anything podcast
and there it is 40 beautiful minutes as i'm beside a pool with a margarita here in cancun
in mexico because i really want to hit the 52 weeks of running without a without a gap
in the podcast so um thanks everybody for listening uh jump into the comments in in spotify
or in apple podcasts um like the podcast a episode whatever it may be and next week as i said we're
hoping to come to you from the zevy stakeholder day so we're really looking forward to that
and i look forward to catching you up and it's great when i'm out and about test drive test
driving cars are at a charging point or whatever it may be up and down the country of people coming
up to me going how you dare because i go and i watch your channel i watch your videos on youtube
where i've listened to your podcast and that's uh whether it's me or whether it's anybody on the
on the nevo team simon or graham uh all the way over in canada but we'll be back to us soon um or
fein or horre or connor and shane the founders of of nevo it is it's always great to know that
people are listening and people are looking for more and appreciate what we do really doesn't
make i love what i do it's it's not a job to me it's passion about electric vehicles uh to to uh
to the everybody some of the motoring pool uh journalists like to take the make out of me but
it's all thick skin uh i wouldn't do it otherwise but it's uh i really do really appreciate it and
i appreciate you listening to this podcast and uh me waffling on uh look forward to catching you for
episode 51 next week and i will talk to you soon thanks very much
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About this episode
Engaging in an Ask Me Anything format, the host tackles the top ten questions from listeners, covering topics from the rapid growth of electric vehicle sales in Ireland to future models expected to make an impact. Insights include the importance of education in EV adoption and the diverse needs of families when choosing electric cars. The discussion highlights specific models like the Kia PB5 and MG4 EV Urban, emphasizing their affordability and practicality for everyday use. The episode also touches on the evolving market dynamics and the host's experiences promoting electric vehicles.
Welcome back to the Nevo EV News Podcast. If it's Tuesday it must be Nevo EV News Day. My name is Derek Reilly and on this podcast we chat all about EV. Nevo is Ireland's only dedicated EV platform and we'll be covering where we were this week, what we've been driving and what we've been doing between podcasts. If you haven't already subscribed or followed us wherever you are listening please do so and if you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and comment, it really helps us out and it doesn't cost you anything. Let's get stuck in.
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