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Toyota C-HR+ Meet the Engineers, Tesla Model Y Performance, Leapmotor Irish Press Launch, Geely EX5, Frontera Price Announced
Toyota C-HR+ Meet the Engineers, Tesla Model Y Performance, Leapmotor Irish Press Launch, Geely EX5, Frontera Price Announced
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About this episode
Explore the new Toyota C-HR+ with insights from its engineers, highlighting its enhanced rigidity, aerodynamic design, and tailored European suspension. The episode also covers the Tesla Model Y Performance's features and driving impressions, the launch of the Leapmotor Irish press event, and the Geely EX5's UK market entry. Additionally, Opel's Frontera pricing and specs are discussed, alongside details about the upcoming Nevo Electric Vehicle Show featuring test drives and expert panels. The host shares personal experiences and industry updates, providing a comprehensive look at current EV developments.
Topics:
toyota c-hr plus engineering
electric vehicle design
tesla model y performance review
leapmotor irish launch
geely ex5 uk market
opel frontera pricing
ev show events
vehicle aerodynamics
nvh improvements
ev market trends
Cars:
BMW X5
Citroen C3
Hyundai Ioniq 5
Nissan Leaf
Tesla Model Y
Toyota bZ4X
Toyota C-HR
Volkswagen ID.4
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Toyota C-HR+ Review & Drive
https://youtu.be/plv5FvZ7H4M
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https://youtu.be/NMZqSOmnT7M
Leapmotor
T03 https://youtu.be/sSouUmPg1Nc
C10 https://youtu.be/CWiSdZw4JsI
Geely EX5 1st Look
https://youtu.be/RvxLJcD-Fcg
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Con todo el show electrónico,
tengo mis primeros ojos y el primer mirar a la Geely,
X5, y muy impresionante.
Es interesante ver si eso va a venir a el mercado de Irán.
Y, al menos, tenemos los precios anunciados
por la frontera de Opel,
y es genial ver más vehículos de electrónica
en el mercado, pero al final del podcast
te daré los precios.
Evo es la única plato electrónica dedicada
a este mercado electrónico,
como lo llaman en el mercado norteamericano.
El mercado norteamericano nunca ha tenido
la versión de la urbana europea que tenemos en Irlanda.
Y así que solo han tenido
ese pequeño CUPE SUV,
que vamos a llamar el C-H-R+.
Y va a estar en la plataforma E-T-N-G-A,
plato dedicado a E-V, y es un SUV C-segmental,
mientras que el BZ-4X es un SUV de C-segmental.
Así que estamos en un communo, un pequeño villano
justo afuera en el aeropuerto de Charles de Gaulle,
combatiendo la pata de avión,
y viene internacionalmente en tres diferentes versiones.
Viene en una frontera de la urbana,
una batería de nivel estándar,
con una, qué es, un 57.7 kWh,
y luego habrá una frontera de 77 kWh,
y eso es lo que vamos a llevar en Irlanda.
Y luego otros mercados también van a llevar un all-wheel drive,
77 kWh.
All-wheel drive no viene a un all-wheel drive,
U.K. en los mercados de Irlanda, como sí.
Justo para clarificar eso.
Así que fue 224 hp,
165 eléctricas,
el coche de la frontera,
268 nm de torque,
lithium ion battery,
104 cels,
top speed 160 km an hour,
0-107.3 seconds,
416 lb boot,
no frontera.
Es 30 cm longer than the standard CHR
that we know and love in Ireland,
and sell in a lot of numbers,
and so this is, I think,
going to be one of the most seminal electric vehicles
for Toyota.
BZ is doing all right,
seeing a few of them on the road,
taxis like them,
and I always say if a taxi driver is driving one,
it's a good sign because they are reliable
and they are putting their livelihood
in the hands of that manufacturer,
so over the years we would have seen
the likes of the Škoda superb.
And when the electric vehicle stuff started happening,
yes, there was a couple of Nissan Leafs,
and MG was the flavor of the month,
then Volkswagen ID4, then the BYDs,
and so, yeah, there's a bit of a mix-up,
but I'm seeing a lot of Toyota BZ4Xs.
This CHR Plus would make a good taxi as well.
It is a 4.5 meter overall,
with a 2.75 meter wheelbase,
so great space in the front,
great space in the passenger.
The only thing for a taxi,
it might be a small bit in the boot
because of the coupe roofline,
whereas the BZ4X has the height for extra luggage,
but I have definitely seen smaller taxis out there.
Yeah, got the driver really good.
They've really focused on it,
and I got this impression from the RZ,
RZ drive with Lexus.
It's very much focusing on the rigidity
and the fact that you've got that cell to pack,
cell to body stuff going on.
They want to make sure that it drives correctly
with that low center of gravity.
You also, because it's an electric vehicle,
have no engine to drown out
any noise, vibration and harshness in VH.
So they've done insulated glass in the front,
ticking glass in the rear,
and they've done a really great job.
I really liked it.
It can tow 750 kgs in the market
that it will have all wheel drive.
It'll tow 1500 kgs.
So there's a video up on the channel.
It went out last night
at one minute past 11 in bargo time.
If you're interested in finding out more about the CHR Plus,
you can head over to the Nevo EV review YouTube channel.
And the event is called Meet the Engineer.
I've never done a Toyota Meet the Engineer event before.
What happens is there are a team of engineers
over from Japan to talk you through what they've done.
And so let's jump into that interview
with two of the engineers for the CHR Plus.
So we're just outside Paris
underneath the flight path from Charles de Gaulle.
And I'm here with giving you your name
and your title, please,
so I get the pronunciation correct.
Yes.
I'm Daisuke Ido.
Ido is my last name
and the title is Deputy Chief Engineer.
Come from the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan.
Excellent.
And we're here with CHR Plus.
So not just an electric CHR,
the Plus is very important.
So can you talk me through some of the differences
and what we've done to make this an excellent car?
Yeah.
Plus means our, I mean, the hope, you know.
We would like to add some values
on the conventional CHR,
such as the drivability or responsibility,
which is thanks to the electrical platform.
So that's why we add the Plus
to the conventional CHR.
And so 2016,
the original CHR was launched,
a very dynamic car,
a very stylish car on the road.
And electrifying that was fine,
but you've made it a C segment now,
which is a very important segment,
lots of opportunity within the market
and for Toyota, multi pathways,
all the different fuel types,
but this is all electric.
With the electric powertrain,
making sure it drives as good as the original CHR
you talked about earlier in your presentation.
Can you talk about some of the elements
like torsional rigidity,
noise, vibration, harshness.
So there's lots of opportunities there
to make it even better.
Yeah.
Maybe someone in the car industry
can understand how important the rigidity,
especially the body rigidity,
if it's in the stiff enough,
we can control the body more dynamically
and even we can achieve more comfort ride.
We fix the battery on the underneath of the body
very tightly,
then we can achieve the 30% more rigid
comparing to the CHR Plus.
CHR, conventional, sorry about that.
Yeah, so it's the very appealing point
of the CHR Plus.
Now also the powertrain is a key, I think,
the E-OXO, our E-OXO is very responsiveness.
So compared to the IC engine,
the torque distribution is more quicker.
So maybe you can drive more, how to say,
as you wish, I think.
And you've set the suspension for European roads as well,
it's very important,
because each continent has its own technical challenges,
but the CHR Plus is very much set up for European roads.
Yes, so the usually, or nowadays,
we have to say,
we are using the common setup
for the global market,
like initial, busy 4X,
but the CHR is much important for the Euro market
and the European distributors are waiting for that.
So we decided to apply a different setting,
even in the AWD, FWD,
so I hope maybe the customer can like it,
the customer like it.
Con el vehículo eléctrico,
tienes que ser extra sensibles sobre el sonido,
las vibraciones,
y así has put insulated glass en el frente,
el glass en el río,
y extra insulación de sonido en el carro también,
que es, como estás dirigiendo,
es un lugar muy sirene,
pero también, porque no hay un motor,
puedes escuchar todo el rato,
si hay un sonido ahí.
Y así, en la noche,
has hecho un gran trabajo,
pero también tienes que planear eso,
y también puedes ver que es bueno para los jornalistas
y los que van a comprarlo.
Así que NVH es de gran importancia.
Sí, el NVH es uno de nuestros puntos de concentración
de la iniciativa de BZ4X,
lo colocamos,
lo colocamos en el río,
que es el film de insulación de sonido,
y lo colocamos en muchos filmes de insulación de sonido,
en el río o alrededor del cuerpo,
así que podemos alcanzar un buen nivel de NVH.
Muy bien, entonces tenemos,
un all-wheel drive, un front-wheel drive,
múltiples modos diferentes,
incluyendo el sonido,
y también tenemos múltiples niveles
de regeneración, de rompimiento también,
así que,
las personas que gustan los vehículos electrónicos,
porque de estos elementos,
y Toyota ahora están llevando eso a la familia de CH.
Sí.
En realidad, la iniciativa de BZ4X
tiene el X-mode,
como casi la misma función como el Snowmode,
pero nuestro costumbre loco,
para el costumbre loco,
es fácil de usar el Snowmode,
porque tenemos la misma función
como otro cartón,
en el otro cartón,
así que,
creo que funciona.
Y también la última pregunta
sobre el front-wheel drive y el all-wheel drive,
es muy popular,
BZ es muy popular en países norte,
y el Toyota es un tráiler,
y ahora tienes la habilidad de 750kg
con el front-wheel drive,
y 1500kg con el all-wheel drive.
Y el poder de los motoros electrónicos,
es también muy impresionante con ese e-axle.
En la clase, en el segmento,
es uno de los más poderosos,
creo que estás diciendo.
Sí, en Toyota,
el CHR Plus es uno de los más poderosos caros.
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¿Cuál es el aspecto de ingeniería y el all-electricidad del CHR Plus?
¿Qué fue esto para ti y tu equipo?
Buena pregunta.
En realidad, tenemos muchas situaciones de trepidación.
Puede ser que Fukunaga-san
pueda explicar más en detalle,
pero tenemos un style de coupe,
es decir,
nosotros intentamos alcanzar un buen estilio,
porque el nombre es CHR,
pero también el punto de eficiencia,
o a tener un buen estilio,
necesitamos un buen valor CD,
el coeficiente de la dinámica aerodinámica.
Así que ese tipo de situaciones de trepidación,
es nuestra cuestión.
Creo que podemos alcanzar un buen punto de balance.
Parece genial,
y vamos a empezar.
Gracias por tu tiempo.
¿Qué es el valor CD de 0, 2, 6, 2?
2, 6, 2.
Estaba escuchando la presentación.
Muchas gracias.
Muchas gracias.
Buenas noches.
Con una audiencia,
todo el mundo está escuchando.
No es fácil, muchas gracias.
Muy bien.
Así que, como tu amigo,
si me dices tu nombre y tu título, por favor.
Ok.
Soy Keisuke Fukunaga,
manager asistente
y juego para el diseño exterior.
El diseño exterior.
Sí.
¿Pero que un caro como el C.H.R.
y el diseño exterior,
como tu amigo dice,
es una gran importancia,
tanto estilísticamente,
pero también tiene una función como aerodinámica.
¿Puedes decirme un poco sobre eso?
Sí.
El aerodinámica fue
un factor muy, muy importante
para nosotros,
especialmente, es un bebé.
Así que, no podemos hacer
un diseño que afecta
el aerodinámico.
En la fase de producción,
en realidad,
tuvimos más spoilers
y, bueno,
mucho más,
como decirlo,
más en el diseño.
Pero, después de la fase,
fuimos,
fuimos
a optimizar
las corners de la bomba
y la frontera,
especialmente,
la frontera.
Entonces,
hemos cambiado el diseño
para ello
y, también,
optimizando la frontera,
también.
Y,
creo,
en la presentación,
he tenido
el
ductile.
Sí.
Eso fue muy importante.
Entonces,
la silueta
y las corners bombas
de cada uno
son muy importantes
para el aerodimax.
Entonces,
fue optimizado para eso
y,
ajustando eso
para el diseño
envolvido,
y la frontera.
Sí.
Cuando estás haciendo
el test aerodimax,
¿es en un tonel de viento?
¿Es en un computer generado?
¿Es un elemento de botas?
¿Qué es el proceso de diseño
dentro del carro
en los términos de modernidad?
Botho,
en realidad,
lo hacemos
en el modelo de viento
y,
lo cambiamos
a la data de superficie
y,
luego,
pasamos a el tonel de viento.
Hacemos
el CAD CFD
primero
y,
luego,
mesuramos el tonel de viento
y,
tenemos un feedback
para nosotros
y lo que ha cambiado,
lo que no.
Y,
también,
no podemos...
algunos de los requisitos
van a diseñar,
algunos van a ser ajustados,
pero,
algunos de ellos,
si,
directamente
hacemos
eso,
si el diseño
no es
creado
como concepto,
vamos a
hablar
en más profundo.
Es un
empate entre
un ingeniero y un diseño.
Sí.
Con el
frontal de la C-H-R Plus,
tienes ese diseño de hammerhead.
Y,
entonces,
todos los autos
están siguiendo
la misma lengua de diseño.
¿Están las limitaciones
entre eso
o finding que es genial
tener
una lengua de diseño
que puedes seguir
como un pato?
Entonces,
el diseño
no
es un diseño,
no es realmente
restrictivo,
ahora mismo.
Más de la lengua de hammerhead
parece
similar,
pero ahora mismo
estamos
estresando,
pero
también
la lengua de hammerhead
es un diseño de diseño.
Entonces,
en el futuro,
podrás ver
más
un
sabor de hammerhead.
Ok.
Pero,
sí,
es el diseño
actual
para la Tura.
Con el diseño exterior,
también diseñas
estilisticamente
los hielos.
Y así,
20 inches
para cerrar el hielo,
18 inches
para más range.
¿Tienes
en el campo
que me gustaría
más range para mi EV?
¿O quieres que
parezca mejor
con los 20 inches hielos?
¿Dónde siten
esos dos campos?
¿Personalmente?
Sí.
¿Personalmente
estaré con un
mejor
hielo?
O sea,
con un
hielo
grande
con un
hielo,
estaré con un
hielo,
para ser honesto,
18 inches
de hielo
también se ve bien.
Sí,
por supuesto.
No se ve muy pequeño,
muy pequeño,
20 inches
bueno.
Sí.
Me prefiero
con un 20 inches
pero
sí,
también me gusta
los 18 inches.
Los 18 inches
son buenos,
por supuesto.
Con ese hielo
rojo
que hablábamos
en esa aerodinámica,
el hielo internal
no es
comprometido,
como
un 16 litros
hielo
rojo,
así que
es el mejor
del mundo,
el estilo,
pero también
la practicación.
Se siente
en el rostro
y todavía
puedo tener el hielo
propero.
Tienes que pensar
sobre esto
porque de esa
batería
debajo de
entonces
hay un montón de
elementos
que tienen que
hacer el diseño.
¿Puedes
decirme
sobre eso?
Eso es
uno de los
elementos que
tenemos en el
espacio.
También
en el...
Tienen
muchas conversaciones
entre los ingenieros
sobre el
hielo,
donde el hielo
de la backdoor
estaría.
Para tener
un
hielo
rojo,
una moción
de un hielo
rojo,
nos preguntó
el ingeniero
para
bajar el hielo
pero también
los ingenieros
hicieron
un buen trabajo
sobre eso.
Y también
es una combinación
del interior
extranjero
con un
hielo
rojo
con el
hielo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
rojo
yo podría fit in the back and there's lots of space in the trunk as well, so lots of practicalities.
Yes, for exterior, like from exterior point, we wanted to maximize the luggage space,
so if you look from the dead front, I mean the dead rear, you can see the bumper,
how it stands out, but the cabin is really tight. So from that, it's one point
for the aerodynamics also, but one for the luggage space as well. So opening of the luggage space
is capped wide, so the cabin is really tight, but the opening is big, so that's, you know,
again, conversation with the engineer, we want this, but from the design standpoint, we want to
minimize the cabin and again, hatchball.
Exactly. Last question, on the rear, a lot of brands have gone with a wordmark instead of a little logo
and on the back of the CHR Plus, we've got the Toyota in a nice size format. You didn't think about
going with Toyota spelled out as a name instead of that or you're happy to keep the logo on the rear,
but I like it, it's nice and small. You mean the Toyota CHR or the actual, instead of the logo,
a lot of companies of typing in Toyota as a word rather than, instead of the logo.
We wanted to keep as a current CHR, not, you know, totally different, it's a family,
we want it as a CHR group. So yeah, we didn't really think about having the Toyota logo on the back.
Last question, and I asked your colleague about the challenges, but what was the thing
you're most happy with on the exterior design of the CHR Plus? What's your favorite point?
I like the side view the most, the elegant surface transition. If you look at it from the side,
it's lots of movement. Even from the plan view, you can see how it moves the surface.
It's going out and it's going in. It was hard to make that elegant surface.
I traded lots of time. It was a tough one, but did that and also the cabin was really
fun to do. Having a space, but from the outside, like I said before,
very sexy silhouette, but inside it's very special. Maximizing those two
practical and emotional into a design was really fun to do.
Very good. So that's my profile with the 20 inch wheels.
Thank you so much for your time. Thank you.
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Thanks to Zoe Bradley from Toyota Ireland for facilitating that meeting with the engineers
and those interviews with those two engineers was great to get some insight from
people directly involved in the development of the Toyota CHR Plus.
So if you can, if you mentioned, if you want to have head over to the YouTube channel,
you can see what that's all about. That was early last week and then towards
the weekend I flew over to the Everton Electric show previously called the fully charged show
in Farnborough. I was speaking, I was hosting one of the panels and also did a live demo
for the Jeku E5. Very interesting. Another brand we don't have in Ireland
as well as the Geely slash Geely. If you know how to pronounce it correctly,
jump into the comments of the podcast and let me know. But the EX5 and again that video is up on
the channel. Nothing for either brand about Ireland yet. They're focused on the UK market. UK
don't have any tariffs with China so it's much easier to market but what we found
the past is once again in the UK market they're manufacturing right-hand drive.
They're as well to stick some over here to Ireland and there's lots of
interest in distributors and importers interested in bringing new and exciting brands.
Geely is not a small Chinese brand. It is Lotus, Polestar, Volvo, London Taxi Company,
lots of brands and now they're bringing their own name brand to the United Kingdom.
It's already in Australia, New Zealand, UK launches in a couple of weeks. 23rd I think it is
and then Jeku is a sub-brand of Cherry which are also in the United Kingdom.
Their sister brand is Omoda and Jeku J7 you would have seen on Irish roads a lot of them over
from the UK in the summertime. A fourth best selling car in that segment I think so far this year
but Cherry, our fourth largest group in China, last year sold more cars than BMW globally so
not an insignificant player but while I was there I landed in Heathrow and Tesla handed me the
I was going to say the keys, the card to a Model Y performance in the stunning red and I was able
to spin down to Farnborough, spend the night there, do the show on the Saturday and then
did the video and brought it back to Tesla and Heathrow. An amazing car. The benefits of everything
probably the best Tesla yet with regards to if you are buying one has the range of 580 kilometres,
0 to 103.5 seconds, 453 brake horsepower, battery of 83 kilowatt hour, top speed of 250 kilometers an hour
and has a 800 litre boot with a 100 litre frunk. So the perfect family vehicle, the perfect
performance SUV if that's what you want. I always ask who's looking for these performance SUVs but
there seems to be a market first and as I was writing in the Irish Daily Star this week
Tesla wouldn't, their lean operation, they wouldn't be manufacturing a model or trim if
there wasn't a market first. They don't put stuff out, they don't even make
right hand drive Xs and Ss anymore because there isn't enough market of it. But the Model Y performance
videos up on the channel, very impressed by it. I'd probably still go for the Ioniq 5N just because
of the driving interaction with the gear changing and the noises whereas Tesla doesn't have that.
I'm also a bit addicted to Android Auto and those that people look like mirroring their phone
and having all the apps and all the functionality of their phone whereas you don't get that with Tesla
either. Now a couple of people have commented on the video saying that they have boats, they have a
phone mirroring car player Android Auto and they still think that and I'm sure
you get used to the Tesla, you can Bluetooth, you can log into Spotify, you can have your
YouTube, the mapping software is powered by Google, it is set up for Tesla, it has the
routing, it knows exactly where you're going, what you're doing, percentage of battery and so yeah,
you can see why, the previous version of the Model Y, the legacy version as it's now known,
was one of the best selling cars in the world for a couple of years now at this stage.
The Tesla Model Y performance in the United Kingdom and then my Irish press car last week
was the long range version, didn't put that video out, a lot of Tesla content on the channel
at the moment now so I'll just give it a week or two but because I did the Gigafactory tour
but I drove the Model Y last week, the performance has a slightly firmer suspension
and you can choose but it's firmer even, it's classic setting whereas the Model Y has a much better
the long range of suspension versus the original and I've said that in all of my videos that I've
talked about, I was never a fan of the Model Y original suspension, I found it very harsh
and sometimes in taxis, I don't know whether the bushes are gone or not but sometimes they'll knock
the teeth out of your head, the original version, the new version of chalk and cheese
and the styling of it, I'm definitely warming to it, it's nice, it's modern, it's got that
light bar, it's very reminiscent of some of the other Chinese models that we're getting in
such as X-Peng, Zeekr, they're all starting to look ish the same but it's been a really
good job, the red stands out in the carbon, sprinkling of carbon on the performances,
a nice touch and it does look more performance whereas the Model Y I think still looks well
I prefer looks wise to the original but yeah, lots of Tesla stuff on the last couple of podcasts but
the last thing I want to talk about is the announcement from Opel about the frontera,
this is a car I missed during the summer, early part of the summer there was a press
trip on and I was I don't know the press trip so I couldn't get it
so the all new frontera SUV prices of under 25,000 euros, five year unlimited mileage warranty
in the Irish market, three trims as a five seater at launch in the electric version
and the electric price will be 24,606 euros inclusive of the SEI grant and the VRT rebate
some of this press releases to talks about being rugged, spacious, ultra modern impact with a range
of bright new colors, the striking design of the new Opel frontera makes it stand out immediately
I think it looks very similar to the Citroen C3, obviously built in the same platform
but this has the visor grille, the Opel Blitz emblem, a very upright silhouette,
prominent wheel arches, it does come in steelies I did see this on the press trip,
I think they're white steelies on one of the versions which sounds amazing
and that's not me being sarcastic, I would really like a steely with regards to
ruggedness or sorry usability and not having to carve it or well you can still ding it
yes, 460 liter boot which is just up on the Toyota CHR actually,
seats are dropped down, that jumps to 1594, 6040 rear bench, it's a 54 kilowatt hour,
sorry two battery sizes, it's a 44 kilowatt hour giving you 300 km range or a 54 kilowatt hour
giving you 400 km range, the bigger battery is due in 2026, so yeah 24,606 is going to be
what it is, 10 inch driver display, I will get it on the channel soon and looking forward to seeing it
and driving it, you're going to be at the Nevo electric vehicle show and that is a segue
right into that, but before I do a segue I've had a couple of people mention,
reach out to me saying Derek, you're 32 episodes into the podcast now and we've
noticed over the last number of episodes you haven't really been talking about
Ben Molloch and you haven't dropped it in, you're a great man on Jess Kelly on News Talk
or any other podcast that you're on, you'll always try and drop in or squeeze in
a mention for Ben Molloch and so I apologize to the kingdom of Ben Molloch and it's all of its
citizens that it hasn't been brought up, but I will be driving a very nice EV down there on the
bank holiday weekend, I'll vote in the morning in the presidential election and then head west
to Ben Molloch for the bank holiday weekend to visit family down there, so I will be mentioning
it more in the coming weeks, but the open frontier is going to be at the Nevo electric
vehicle show we mentioned in partnership with Bank of Ireland and powered by SSE electricity,
it is a two day event this year, Friday is a business day, the 7th of November,
so if you're in business or you're an employee and you think your business will be interested in it,
make sure that you register, that they register, there's going to be a commercial vehicle offering,
we're going to have, I'm going to be doing the test drive, sorry, I'm going to be doing the live demo area
in partnership with ESB e-cars and then we have their SSE electricity test drive area,
so if you're looking to test drive over the Friday or the Saturday, SSE are going to be looking
after that space and then we have a number of different emcees for the stage element,
we're going to have Geraldine Herbert who is the motoring editor for the Sunday Dependent,
we have Michael Lachmalier motoring for Irish Times and we also have Kevin O'Sullivan
who is the environmental correspondent for Irish Times as well, so some phenomenal emcees and chairs
across both days, the morning of the business day is going to be about electrifying your fleet,
then we're going to be talking about smart energies for your business
and then we're going to be talking about sustainability for your business,
so morning lunchtime and afternoon and then on the Saturday the 8th is the general public day
and that is going to be about going into electric vehicles for the first time,
we're talking about smart energy for your home, you get the theme here and then it is going to be
the afternoon session, it's going to be chaired by Michael Lachmalier from the Irish Times and we're
going to be talking about what's happening with Zevi, what's happening with the SEAI, with
grants with the charging network with Zevi and then we're also going to have a couple
of panels on the future of EVs and also what's happening with used EVs because it doesn't
always have to be new, there is a growing used market and we're looking forward to that,
so if you haven't already registered for your free ticket head over to Nevo.ie,
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