Show, podcast, and website about electric vehicles and renewable energy
Fully Charged is a YouTube channel and website focusing on electric vehicles and renewable energy founded by writer, broadcaster and actor Robert Llewellyn . Llewellyn hosts as well as Maddie Moate , Helen Czerski , Chelsea Sexton , Jack Scarlett and since May 2020 former Top Gear presenter Rory Reid .[2] Previous hosts include Jonny Smith . The channel has covered a wide range of topics around electric vehicles including electric cars , electric bikes , electric aircraft , and electric vehicle charging infrastructure .[3] Fully Charged also covers a wide range of renewable energy topics including solar power , wind power , UK energy policy , cycling infrastructure , air pollution and air pollution monitoring.[4]
Fully Charged began in 2010 and has since amassed more than 852,000 subscribers and 131 million views as of January 2022.[5] The channel is viewer supported through the crowdfunding platform Patreon or can be supported through a YouTube channel premium membership which provides access to Fully Charged Plus. The channel was previously supported through advertising and partnerships with Ecotricity , Bosch and British Gas .
Fully Charged also produce a weekly podcast discussing news and current topics not covered by the videos. In May 2019 a second YouTube channel, named Fully Charged Plus (formerly Fully Charged Regen ), was launched with the purpose of uploading all the podcast episodes in YouTube video format, and releasing other longer-format videos such as talks and lectures, different from the usual episodes.
Presenters [ ]
Live events [ ]
The inaugural Fully Charged Live event, was held at Silverstone Circuit over the weekend of 9-10 June 2018. The event included panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions stalls from vendors and sponsors, and vehicle displays. Attendance at the event exceeded Llewellyn's expectations - attracting over 6,000 people.[11] This event introduced physicist Dr Helen Czerski as a presenter of the team.
In 2019 the event took place in Silverstone on 7–9 June, and the first event in the United States , titled Fully Charged Live USA , was at Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas on 1–2 February 2020.[12]
Episodes [ ]
2019 – present [ ]
From 2019 to present Fully Charged has greatly expanded the number of episodes being presented which include the main Fully Charged Show, the members only Fully Charged Plus channel, and a weekly podcast broadcast on different podcast platforms.[13]
2018 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
316/ 6 Jun 2018
Jaguar I-Pace, off-road and on track
315/ 1 Jun 2018
Bobby and Dale chew the electric Tofu
314/ 27 May 2018
Honda EV, Catamaran & a-ha
313/ 23 May 2018
Electric Range Rover
312/ 16 May 2018
The Electric Vehicle Experience Centre
311/ 11 May 2018
Fully Charged Live update
310/ 8 May 2018
Mercedes-Benz EQC
309/ 3 May 2018
Rimac Concept Two electric hypercar
308/ 1 May 2018
Fully Charged Live - Excitement Grows!
307/ 28 Apr 2018
Tesla Shooting-brake
306/ 21 Apr 2018
Bankwupt, Buses & Diggers
305/ 19 Apr 2018
Fully Charged Live 2018
304/ 15 Apr 2018
Jaguar I-PACE
303/ 6 Apr 2018
The Electric Mountain
302/ 30 Mar 2018
Geneva Motor Show 2018
301/ 26 Mar 2018
#rapidgate
300/ 25 Mar 2018
Casas Bioclimáticas
299/ 22 Mar 2018
New Nissan Leaf e-Pedal & ProPilot
298/ 15 Mar 2018
Geneva, Ultra Fast Chargers
297/ 4 Mar 2018
Audi Lunar Quattro
296/ 25 Feb 2018
Star Heat Pumps
295/ 21 Feb 2018
WLPT IEM and Gravitricity
294/ 16 Feb 2018
VW ID Buzz
293/ 10 Feb 2018
London Black Cab TX
292/ 3 Feb 2018
Bollinger B1 100% electric sport utility truck
291/ 1 Feb 2018
EST Guide to Electric Cars
290/ 1 Feb 2018
EST
289/ 29 Jan 2018
Disruptive Disruption
288/ 24 Jan 2018
Impossible Burger
287/ 18 Jan 2018
Jaguar iPace
286/ 12 Jan 2018
Barriers to EV Adoption
285/ 5 Jan 2018
Tokyo Motor Show
284/ 2 Jan 2018
Welcome to 2018
2017 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
283/ 23 Dec 2017
2017 Christmas Special
282/ 16 Dec 2017
Nissan Leaf 2018
281/ 10 Dec 2017
Power Houses, Small Cars
280/ 2 Dec 2017
Autonomy Paris
279/ 29 Nov 2017
Battery Powered Train
278/ 24 Nov 2017
Tesla Tesla Tesla
277/ 19 Nov 2017
Bosch Connected Car
276/ 16 Nov 2017
Daily Mail Electric Car Rant
275/ 12 Nov 2017
Tesla Model S Shooting-brake
274/ 9 Nov 2017
Shell Recharge
273/ 5 Nov 2017
E.ON Exclusive preview
272/ 3 Nov 2017
UK Parliament Special
271/ 1 Nov 2017
Dynamic Electric Vehicle Charging
270/ 27 Oct 2017
Carol Vorderman
269/ 23 Oct 2017
Clean Cities, Floating turbines & Electric Planes
268/ 19 Oct 2017
TransforMOTION
267/ 15 Oct 2017
Zappi smart EV charger
266/ 11 Oct 2017
Jaguar E-Type Zero
265/ 6 Oct 2017
Orkney 3. EMEC Tidal Power
264/ 1 Oct 2017
VW e-Golf 2017
263/ 29 Sep 2017
Offshore wind, solar cars and giraffes
262/ 20 Sep 2017
Formula E & Renault Zoe
261/ 17 Sep 2017
Tesla Taxi, Mini E & Postman Pat
260/ 13 Sep 2017
Orkney 2. Building the Future
259/ 6 Sep 2017
2018 Nissan Leaf
258/ 5 Sep 2017
Bolts, Batteries and Petrolithium
257/ 31 Aug 2017
Tesla Powerwall 2
256/ 27 Aug 2017
Orkney 'Surf n Turf'
255/ 24 Aug 2017
Kettles, Particulates & Flexible Grid
254/ 18 Aug 2017
More Massive Winds
253/ 12 Aug 2017
Hydrogen-100% cars electric
252/ 10 Aug 2017
2040 & Faraday Past
251/ 4 Aug 2017
Electric Porsche 911
250/ 3 Aug 2017
Nissan Leaf , Toyota & IKEA
249/ 31 Jul 2017
Tesla Model 3 and Volvo
248/ 28 Jul 2017
Plug in Adventures-Mongol Rally
247/ 25 Jul 2017
Renault Zoe e-Sport
246/ 15 Jul 2017
Queen's Speech & Big Batteries
245/ 5 Jul 2017
Electric Vehicles Outlook
244/ 30 Jun 2017
Tesla Model S 100D
243/ 27 Jun 2017
Golf GTE
242/ 19 Jun 2017
EV Sales & German Batteries
241/ 16 Jun 2017
Ubitricity
240/ 12 Jun 2017
Emmy Scooters
239/ 8 Jun 2017
EUREF
238/ 5 Jun 2017
Vanda Dendrobium
237/ 1 Jun 2017
Ceres Power
236/ 29 May 2017
Nürburgring & Tesla Model 3
235/ 25 May 2017
Good Energy
234/ 18 May 2017
Motochimp
233/ 15 May 2017
FISITA plus announcement
232/ 10 May 2017
Clean Cities & Flying Cars
231/ 4 May 2017
EasyCharge.me LEVIAMP
230/ 30 Apr 2017
Netherlands to Australia-Overland
229/ 25 Apr 2017
EV Update-April
228/ 18 Apr 2017
Winds, Nukes and Oil
227/ 15 Apr 2017
Tesla Model X
226/ 12 Apr 2017
Recalibration
225/ 5 Apr 2017
Redflow ZCell batteries
224/ 2 Apr 2017
Solar-tastic
223/ 30 Mar 2017
Autonomous Nissan Leaf
222/ 23 Mar 2017
Smart Electric Drive
221/ 17 Mar 2017
Sustainable City
220/ 15 Mar 2017
Euratom & Glass Batteries News
219/ 10 Mar 2017
Emirates Electric Road Trip
218/ 1 Mar 2017
Pavegen
217/ 25 Feb 2017
Sundrop Farm – Intellibus
216/ 23 Feb 2017
BMW 330e
215/ 17 Feb 2017
Trucks and Buses
214/ 15 Feb 2017
Ecotricity – Green Gas
213/ 8 Feb 2017
BMW i3 – 94 Ah
212/ 5 Feb 2017
Chernobyl & cobalt mining News
211/ 31 Jan 2017
Special News Update
210/ 25 Jan 2017
Autonomous Cars News
209/ 21 Jan 2017
Lucid Air Opinion
208/ 18 Jan 2017
Renault Zoe ZE 40
207/ 11 Jan 2017
Solar Road & Lithium Anxiety News
206/ 5 Jan 2017
Faraday Future FF91
2016 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
205/ 22 Dec 2016
Christmas Special
204/ 14 Dec 2016
Volvo V60 D5 PHEV
203/ 6 Dec 2016
POD Point
202/ 30 Nov 2016
Bio-Hybrid
201/ 24 Nov 2016
KIA Optima PHEV
200/ 17 Nov 2016
GKN
199/ 9 Nov 2016
Hyundai IONIQ electric
198/ 2 Nov 2016
ITM Hydrogen Rally
197/ 26 Oct 2016
Mercedes B250e
196/ 24 Oct 2016
News Update 9
195/ 24 Oct 2016
Electric Nation
194/ 19 Oct 2016
BritWind
193/ 12 Oct 2016
Sunamp Heat Battery
192/ 11 Oct 2016
Tesla update 8.0 360
191/ 4 Oct 2016
Mercedes C350e
190/ 28 Oct 2016
Big Wind
189/ 21 Sep 2016
News Update 8
188/ 19 Sep 2016
Electric VW Beetle
187/ 15 Sep 2016
Tesla Powerwall
186/ 7 Sep 2016
Leasing and 2nd Hand Electric Cars
185/ 4 Sep 2016
Ecotricity-The Electric Highway
184/ 31 Aug 2016
Vmoto Electric Scooters
183/ 24 Aug 2016
Route 57
182/ 22 Aug 2016
100,000 + subscriptions!
181/ 17 Aug 2016
News Update 4
180/ 10 Aug 2016
Fully Charged Electric Bikes
179/ 3 Aug 2016
Fastned
178/ 31 Jul 2016
Being ICE ’d
177/ 27 Jul 2016
Richard Bruce – OLEV – Carpool
176/ 20 Jul 2016
Electric Boat
175/ 17 Jul 2016
Rebranding
174/ 14 Jul 2016
CleanSpace
173/ 6 Jul 2016
172/ 4 Jul 2016
Top Gear
171/ 29 Jun 2016
Electric Houses
170/ 22 Jun 2016
eRally Zoe
169/ 19 Jun 2016
News Update 3
168/ 15 Jun 2016
Mahindra e2o
167/ 12 Jun 2016
News Update 2
166/ 8 Jun 2016
Electric Quad Bike
165/ 7 Jun 2016
Electric Cars are Dirty!
164/ 1 Jun 2016
Tesla Model X
163/ 25 May 2016
Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
162/ 18 May 2016
Tesla Autopilot – Summon
161/ 15 May 2016
Corrections and additions
160/ 11 May 2016
Riversimple
159/ 4 May 2016
Tesla Model 3
158/ 27 Apr 2016
BMW i3 REx
157/ 20 Apr 2016
Hinkley Point C – Oh Deary Me
156/ 15 Apr 2016
Tesla Model S P90DL
155/ 3 Apr 2016
Patreon
2015 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
154/ 3 Dec 2015
Final show of 2015
153/ 26 Nov 2015
Flux Capacitor
152/ 18 Nov 2015
Toyota Mirai HFC
151/ 11 Nov 2015
Longer Range 30kWh Nissan Leaf
150/ 5 Nov 2015
Low Carbon Vehicles review
149/ 1 Nov 2015
Bosch pro electric Lawnmower
148/ 28 Oct 2015
Tesla Autopilot
147/ 21 Oct 2015
Batteries to the Future
146/ 14 Oct 2015
Three Wheels Are Terrific
145/ 8 Oct 2015
Battery V Petrol. The Lawnmower Test
144/ 1 Oct 2015
Electric cars and the Blind
143/ 27 Sep 2015
Dieselgate rant
142/ 24 Sep 2015
Tesla Trip to Italy
141/ 17 Sep 2015
VW Passat GTE
140/ 12 Sep 2015
BYD e6 – Thriev
139/ 7 Aug 2015
Coming soon
138/ 31 Jul 2015
Tesla Model S P85D
137
Airbus E-Fan
136/ 16 Jul 2015
Tesla 1,007 mile update
135/ 14 Jul 2015
Nissan env200 Evalia
134/ 8 Jul 2015
DHL Blue Sky Award
133/ 7 Jul 2015
Autonomous Off Road Vehicle
132/ 3 Jul 2015
Tesla Model S Handover
131/ 1 Jul 2015
The Electric Highway
130/ 25 Jun 2015
Hyundai ix35 HFC
129/ 19 Jun 2015
Berlin Formula E
128/ 10 Jun 2015
World Record Attempt
127/ 6 Jun 2015
Batteries
126/ 26 May 2015
VW Golf GTE arrives
125/ 19 May 2015
Orkney – Island of the Future
124/ 15 May 2015
Smart Cities
123/ 8 May 2015
BMW i8
122/ 5 May 2015
Traffic Jam Assist
121/ 28 Apr 2015
Oslo to London for €5
120/ 25 Apr 2015
Escrypt by Bosch
119/ 22 Apr 2015
Tesla – 1st Acceleration Test
118/ 16 Apr 2015
Bosch eBike
117/ 14 Apr 2015
Ivanpah Solar Project
116/ 10 Apr 2015
Toyota Prius V
115/ 7 Apr 2015
DHL Blue Sky Transport Award
114/ 2 Mar 2015
Cadillac ELR
2014 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
113/ 6 Dec 2014
KIA Soul EV
112/ 17 Oct 2014
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
111/ 17 Sep 2014
BMW i8
110/ 8 Sep 2014
VW Golf GTE
109/ 24 Aug 2014
Formula E
108/ 15 Aug 2014
Tesla Model S Road Trips
107/ 17 Jul 2014
Flat Battery
106/ 10 Jul 2014
Nissan e NV200
105/ 3 Jun 2014
Porsche Panamera S e-Hybrid
104/ 22 May 2014
Dale Vince Ecotricity
103/ 16 May 2014
Richard Noble
102/ 8 May 2014
Volts for Miles
101/ 2 May 2014
Volts for Oil
100/ 30 Apr 2014
Lexus is300h
99/ 23 Apr 2014
Renault Kangoo ZE , Gravity Light
98/ 16 Apr 2014
Electric Avenue
97/ 9 Apr 2014
MetroCab
96/ 2 Apr 2014
VW e-Golf
95/ 26 Mar 2014
Tesla Model S 85 performance plus
94/ 19 Mar 2014
200 mph electric car
93/ 12 Mar 2014
Zero Carbon Cheese
92/ 5 Mar 2014
Ford Focus Electric
91/ 26 Feb 2014
Second Generation Nissan Leaf
90/ 19 Feb 2014
Welsh Electric Road Trip
89/ 12 Feb 2014
VolksWagen e-UP!
88/ 5 Feb 2014
The Electric Highway | London to Edinburgh
87/ 29 Jan 2014
BMW i3
86/ 22 Jan 2014
Zero S electric Motorbike
85/ 15 Jan 2014
Electric Land Rover Defender
84/ 9 Jan 2014
VW XL1
2013 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
83/ 26 Dec 2013
Fully Charged | 2014 tease
82/ 31 Oct 2013
Fully Charged | New Season Announcement
81/ 16 Apr 2013
Racing Nissan Leaf
80/ 16 Apr 2013
Green Power at Silverstone
79/ 16 Apr 2013
Carbon Capture
78/ 16 Apr 2013
Hydrogen Production
77/ 16 Apr 2013
Home EV Charger
76/ 16 Apr 2013
Supercapacitors
75/ 16 Apr 2013
Tidal Turbines
74/ 16 Apr 2013
Wind Farming
73/ 16 Apr 2013
Whisky Power
72/ 29 Mar 2013
The Renault Zoe
71/ 24 Mar 2013
An Electric car called Trev
70/ 13 Feb 2013
Renewable Energy in 60 Seconds
69/ 30 Jan 2013
Hydrogen Fuel Cells in 60 Seconds
68/ 23 Jan 2013
Masdar City in 60 Seconds
67/ 18 Jan 2013
Car Sharing in 60 Seconds
66/ 16 Jan 2013
National Grid in 60 Seconds
65/ 9 Jan 2013
The Energy Efficient House in 60 Seconds
64/ 2 Jan 2013
Electric Bikes in 60 Seconds
2012 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
63/ 19 Dec 2012
Heathrow Pods in 60 Seconds
62/ 5 Dec 2012
Agility Saietta in 60 Seconds
61/ 28 Nov 2012
Renault Twizy in 60 Seconds
60/ 8 Nov 2012
Red Dwarf Interview with Doug Naylor
59/ 5 Oct 2012
Behind the Scenes and Bloopers!
59/ 3 Oct 2012
Masdar: The City of the Future – part 2
59/ 26 Sep 2012
Masdar: The City of the Future – part 1
58/ 5 Sep 2012
Customer Led Network Revolution (CLNR)
57/ 29 Aug 2012
The Green Deal
56/ 23 Aug 2012
Smart Meters
55/ 15 Aug 2012
Inductive Charging
54/ 8 Aug 2012
Energy Harvesting Factory
53/ 1 Aug 2012
ULTra PRT
52/ 25 Jul 2012
The Energy Efficient House
51/ 18 Jul 2012
Renewable Energy in Germany
50/ 11 Jul 2012
Car Sharing
49/ 4 Jul 2012
Q&A Part 2
48/ 27 Jun 2012
Lightning GT
47/ 20 Jun 2012
Q&A
46/ 13 Jun 2012
Agility Saietta
45/ 6 Jun 2012
Electric Bikes
44/ 30 May 2012
Home of the Future
43/ 23 May 2012
Wind, Waves and Whisky
42/ 16 May 2012
Green Power at Silverstone
41/ 9 May 2012
Imperial College London
40/ 2 May 2012
National Grid
39/ 25 Apr 2012
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
38/ 18 Apr 2012
Renault Twizy Review
37/ 11 Apr 2012
Volvo Electric C30 &
36/ 4 Apr 2012
Standby
35/ 28 Mar 2012
Farming Wind
34/ 21 Mar 2012
Welcome To Fully Charged
33/ 19 Feb 2012
2012 Announcement
2011 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
32/ 1 Nov 2011
Round Up 02
31/ 7 Oct 2011
Mia
30/ 28 Sep 2011
Ford Transit Connect
29/ 23 Sep 2011
Peugeot 3008 Diesel Hybrid
28/ 27 Aug 2011
Volvo V60 PHEV
27/ 3 Aug 2011
Top Gear Eco Rally
26/ 26 Jul 2011
Renault Fluence ZE
25/ 16 Jul 2011
Vauxhall Ampera EREV
24/ 9 Jul 2011
Infiniti M 35h Hybrid
23/ 29 Jun 2011
YASA Motor Works
22/ 13 Jun 2011
Renault and Nissan CEO Interview
21/ 7 Jun 2011
Solar PV
20/ 30 May 2011
Rolls Royce 102 EX & The Vauxhall Ampera
19/ 17 May 2011
Delta E4 & The Blackcurrent
18/ 19 Apr 2011
Zero Carbon Leaf Drive
17/ 25 Mar 2011
Delta E4 Coupe
16/ 14 Mar 2011
Lexus CT200h
15/ 7 Mar 2011
Geneva Motor show 2011
14/ 12 Feb 2011
Volvo C 30 Electric car
13/ 16 Jan 2011
My Trusty Old Land Rover
12/ 12 Jan 2011
Tesla to Edinburgh in 1 day
2010 [ ]
Episode / date
Name
11/ 4 Dec 2010
Farewell iMiev
10/ 22 Nov 2010
Discussion with Rory Reid
9/ 30 Oct 2010
8/ 2 Oct 2010
Plug In Prius
7/ 2 Sep 2010
Toyota Auris HSD
6/ 16 Aug 2010
Round-up 001
5/ 2 Aug 2010
Nissan Leaf
4/ 26 Jul 2010
Mini E
3/ 5 Jul 2010
Mitsubishi iMiev
2/ 22 Jun 2010
Honda FCX Clarity
1/ 16 Jun 2010
Pilot | Fully Charged
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