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The Plug Seeker!!

Season 1 · Episode 68

jeudi 11 avril 2019 • Duration 44:04

The Plug Seeker loved the PlugShare app so much that he added and updated every charger he could find throughout the UK over the span of 6 months. He has been a long time fan and advocate of electric cars, as well as EV’s at large, and he and Afeez have a blast addressing hilarious questions that they’ve had to answer during their electrification journey so far.

How The Plug Seeker was created
When the Plug Seeker first met “Alfred” the Electric Unicycle Man
This is the future - we’re not geeks
EV’s became cool and started to catch on
Must give credit to Tesla and Mitsubishi
“Self charging hybrids”
- Going down hill or braking from speed?
- You can’t create energy from nowhere
Super charging
Expelling the myths surrounding electric vehicles
Will the grid explode if we mass adopt electric cars?
Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, and the Fudsters

“We are still in a bit of an electric car bubble”

“Less than 2% of national cars are EV’s”

“I think it’s slowly taking off”

“You cannot generate energy from nowhere”

“The grid is going to have time to develop”

“The more electric cars we have on the road the less energy we need to refine crude oil.”

“A lot of people, sad to say, believe everything they read. It’s up to us to keep on pushing the truth.”

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Electric Scooter Talk with Ben Fox

Season 1 · Episode 67

jeudi 4 avril 2019 • Duration 20:24

When Ben moved to London, he wanted to find alternatives to taking the tube or the bus. He started with skateboarding, graduated to biking, and ultimately found personal electric transportation. He took his discoveries to the internet and started a YouTube channel. The rest is history. Between hilarious music videos, testing out and reviewing scooters, and informing the population of London about the benefits of electric vehicles, Ben still has the time to pick up new hobbies, like learning to ride the electric unicycle with Afeez!

Making silly videos to put on YouTube!
Why Ben stopped using electric skateboards
Reviewing electric scooters
Ben gets put on the spot about policies and legalities
Ben’s top 3

“I’ve always been into tech”

“YouTube is the second biggest search engine in the world”

“It helps people make a decision”

Afeez Teaches Ben to Ride

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Oceans to Energy with Bill Smith

Season 1 · Episode 66

jeudi 28 mars 2019 • Duration 33:15

Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the passionate Afeez Kay. During this weekly podcast Afeez shares information on a myriad of different electric vehicles, makes, models, and brands. He often features guests who share his enthusiasm for the electric vehicle and clean energy industries. This show is for all knowledge levels and in as informative as it is entertaining.

In this episode, Afeez welcomes Bill Smith to speak about his project Oceans to Energy. Bill describes Oceans to Energy as using plasma gasifiers and plastics to fuel technologies mounted on ocean-going barges to clean up the world’s oceans.

2003 searching for a way to transform waste into energy
Hurricane Katrina - getting back on the grid
Fischer Tropsch
- How Germany fought in the war
- Came to the US in 1940s but never picked up steam
- Has begun springing up in small pockets
Plasma Gasification
2005 the level at which energy could be transformed was nowhere near what was needed (tons) a
- Not yet globally accepted/marketed
2017 dealt in different energy fields // meetings
Call with Christian Juvan
- Company that built plasma gasifiers that took in 20 tons of waste per day
- Broken down from molecules to atoms
- Recombine atoms to create sim gas
Land Based model
Oceanbased model
Ocean pollution stats
- 9 trillion pieces of trash in the oceans
- 1.5 million pounds of trash in the ocean per hour
Able to help during natural disasters
By Product
- Diesel fuel
- Sim gas/natural gas

“Are you creating pollution to clean up pollution?”

“Plastic is fuel.”

“It’s in essence a mini refinery.”

“It’s not always about dollar and cents. It’s about doing what’s right.”

“The problem doesn't go away. It’s deferred.”

“Could power cities from garbage.”

“Developing countries could greatly benefit from a product like this.”

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Sustainable Energy & Podcast Production with Jesse Chambers

Season 1 · Episode 65

jeudi 21 mars 2019 • Duration 43:42

Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the very passionate Afeez Kay. You will become engrossed in the electric vehicle and clean energy movement after the first minute. Afeez is an animated and intelligent host. He features guests from all different backgrounds. Each interview Afeez conducts gets right to the heart of the matter and always has great information for you!

In this episode, Afeez has a chat with the Audio Producer for Podcast Bay Productions, Jesse Chambers. Jesse discloses how he and Afeez are connected. Jesse has produced and edited fifty-eight episodes Afeez has recorded for It’s Electric. (Including this one.) Jesse gives Afeez some props for clean audio files and getting him hooked onto electric vehicles. Jesse says where he lives in Canada the electric car movement is watered down to hybrids. Afeez brings up Jesse’s other passion and hobby: gaming. Through Twitch Jesse he live-streams while playing video games. He has begun promoting and helping the community he’s built there.

During this episode, Afeez and Jesse discuss when Jesse began working for Podcast Bay Productions. He also speaks to the exciting universe of video editing and creating the Podcast Bay Production’s YouTube channel with the Founder of Podcast Bay Scott Doucett. Afeez throws out the idea of taking It’s Electric into the YouTube arena. Jesse talks about his process for editing audio for It’s Electric and other podcast clients.

Jesse touches on:

It’s Electric episodes that are his favorites
- Electric Unicycles
- Ben Buys an I3
Nuance and flow
Integrity of guests
Love of different opinions voiced on the It’s Electric podcast
The evolution of the podcast
Using sustainable energy
Electric longboard/unicycle on his wish list
Accident

“I never touched audio editing software before. I just have an ear and am a fast learner.”

“Go home and keep working.”

“I want it to sound like nobody even touched it. Like a one take no edit.”

“I’d never heard a sales call on a podcast.”

“The aim now is to not just talk about vehicles. It’s to expand the horizon to sustainable in general.”

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What more Jesse?

Jesse's Twitch Channel

Jesse's Discord Server

Jesse's Instagram Profile

Recircle Recycling with Aldous Hicks

Season 1 · Episode 64

jeudi 14 mars 2019 • Duration 35:21

Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by Afeez Kay. Each week Afeez features an amazing guest and discusses with them clean energy and electric vehicles. One of the amazing things about the It’s Electric show is that it doesn’t matter if you’re new to electric vehicles or if you’ve been involved with the scene for years. The conversational tone doesn’t turn anyone away. Afeez and his guests often discuss different brands, makes, and models of vehicles as well as the pros and cons for each. You can rest assured if you’re getting an opinion from Afeez, it’s not based on one or two rides.

In this episode, Afeez speaks with Aldous Hicks, C.E.O and founder of ReCircle Recycle and their marketer/communications liaison Stuart Chater. What is ReCircle Recycling?

Develop closed-loop recycling
- Indicates the a product can be recycled back into itself (see example below)
- Plastic bottle, can be recycled all the way back into a new bottle
- - Same as many other recycled materials
Open-loop recycling
- Indicates the item can be recycled into different types of products
- Plastic bottle turned into plastic tubing
Benefit from recycling
- Knowing you’re doing the right thing
- Financial benefit
- Change the value we put on different products
Recycling bins broken down very specifically - checked by sensors for purity
- Clear plastics
- Cloudy plastics
- Glass
- Aluminium
Sustainability
- Financially/financial savings
- environmentally/energy
An appliance for your kitchen
- About the size of dishwasher
- Top and bottom drawer
- - Top - bay for
  - - PET
    - HTP
    - Plastics
    - Green glass
    - Brown glass
    - Clear glass
    - Metal cans
    - Steel cans
- Simple product to use
Appliance has been patented
Incentive

“If you can produce recyclable products in your kitchen, we are starting a viable business.”

“We have a detailed plan to develop a prototype.”

“This concept is not readily accepted by the mainstream.”

“There is an incredible lack of knowledge around recycling.”

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The Electric Speed Show with Stan Durk

Season 1 · Episode 63

jeudi 7 mars 2019 • Duration 41:07

Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the brilliant and passionate Afeez Kay. It’s Electric marries the fun of all different types of electric vehicles with the need for and purpose of clean energy. Through interviews with wonderful guests, Afeez discusses best and worst brands, riding experiences, the hows and the whys of the electric vehicle universe. Afeez is animated and honest. He also brings facts alongside fun. After one listens you’ll be searching for your nearest electric car rental company. Lean, but don’t out-lean, into the It’s Electric podcast.

In this episode, Afeez brings Stan Durk back to the show. In the last episode featuring Stan, he was interviewing Afeez. This episode flips things, putting Stan in the hot seat. Stan gives us a brief introduction and discusses his blog called The Electric Speed Shop (linked below). He explains his goal is to open a conversion business. He explains there are a lot of these shops on the west coast and in the UK. He is on the east coast currently and the electric vehicle industry is taking off. Stan salvages old cars (fuel) and transitioning them into the electric motors.

Stans shares that he has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and a masters degree in engineering management. Stan says he was very interested in conversions and began researching, but there was no central location that housed several articles or videos on how-tos for conversion. This is what prompted him to create The Electric Speed Show blog.

This blog is a knowledge source for the masses. Afeez and Stan talk shop about electrification of a myriad of different types of vehicles.

Do-it-Yourself pricing:

Buying parts and trusting yourself to build
- Salvaged $25-30K
- - Tested
  - Charged
  - Completely refurbished
Paying for someone else’s work to convert
- Standard $45-50K
- Custom $50-100K

“Electric is so much easier to understand than a gas motor.”

“[Electric cars] have less moving parts.”

“With conversion, you can keep older cars alive”

“If it moves and uses an engine, there’s no reason you can’t make it electric.”

“There’s more potential.”

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The Electric Speed Shop on Google Play

The Electric Speed Shop on Facebook

Conversion Mentions:

Youtube: Rich Rebuilds

EV West

Electric Classic Cars

YouTube: Fully Charged

An Adventure Uncovered with James Wight

Season 1 · Episode 62

jeudi 28 février 2019 • Duration 29:02

Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the knowledgeable, fun-loving, clean energy supporting Afeez Kay. The level of knowledge you currently have about electric vehicles doesn’t matter. At the end of each It’s Electric episode, you will know ten times more than when you started. This podcast isn’t just for tech-heads who already know all about the industry. That’s one thing, of many, that makes this show and the host so fantastic. Afeez makes you feel right at home and uses conversations with guests to explain the electric vehicle industry’s importance. Get ready to have a lot of fun listening to this show.

In this episode, Afeez sits down and has a chat with James Wight. James is the founder and director of the company Adventure Uncovered which advocates for social and environmental changes. The connect people through articles, events, speeches, and traveling. “Green Adventure” is a niche. James explains that he has a background in marketing and communications. With Adventures Uncovered James hopes to achieve a more environmentally-minded society through sharing stories and hosting events encouraging people to get out and experience nature first hand. (This can often trigger society to care about nature more.) Afeez shares the story of how he and James met during a clean energy initiative they were both involved in, traveling in electric cars. He says they were preaching about electric transportation and difference sources of energy outside of fossil fuel.

The most common questions James get asked in regards to his industry:

How long does it take to charge the cars?
What’s the range?
What is the infrastructure?
How do I make a difference?
How do I get involved in
- Green travel
- Green energy
- Affecting the climate
- Reduce plastic pollution

What works? James says increase engagement with people through articles, speeches, and even film festivals. These types of things attract people and engage them. This kicks things off which then causes the follow through to change. James says Adventure Uncovered has a goal to open conversations for influential people to connect at live events and push the topic of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency, and going green in general forward.

James see the future as bright. He has a goal to scale sustainably and have more of an impact. Investment is the most important thing right now. Currently, they [Adventure Uncovered] are investing in themselves.

“Trying to bring more diversity and inclusion to this sort of privileged space.”

“We want to inspire people, but also motivate them to take action.”

“Travel opens your mind to a lot of things. It dispells ignorance as well.”

“We don’t see the impact that our demand is making on the planet.”

“You really opened up my mind and made me more conscious.”

“I want to go beyond electric cars into clean energy generation.”

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