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EV QUEST

Adrian Maidment

Welcome to EV Quest — your source for electric vehicle insights, based in New Zealand. Hosted by Adrian Maidment, the podcast features a weekly roundup of the latest EV news from Aotearoa, Australia, and around the world, often joined by Riz Akhtar from Carloop. You"ll also hear interviews with key figures from the EV industry and the wider sustainability sector, along with reviews of the latest electric vehicles.

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7:03

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - April 20, 2024

EV QUEST ·

2024/04/20

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from New Zealand, Australia, and around the rest of the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: EV Sales - Tesla Cybertruck recall, more CO2 than claimed by manufactures, no more referrals from Tesla.

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2:49

News Shorts - April 18, 2024

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2024/04/18

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. 👉 Included in this episode: Tesla staff cuts, flying EV in NZ, new Jaguar.Inside EVs: Jaguar - https://insideevs.com/news/716318/jaguar-land-rover-chery-platform/As mentioned: Christopher Boyle from Fabrum. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5oJhX7At2H11P9R7ZIEikV?si=0i15illDQ_-worMb7kC3iQ

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21:22

The future of EV Light Commercial Vehicles - Jack...

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2024/04/16

The EV light commercial sector is a growing one. So in this podcast, to find out more, I’m speaking with Jack Puzin, Chief Executive Officer of Australian based company EV Automotive. Ev Automotive supply electric vans, with and expanding vehicle range on the way.🔎 EV Automotive: https://ev-a.com.au/

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9:41

News Shorts - April 13, 2024

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2024/04/12

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: EV5 Roadshow, new BYD battery, Omoda launch.

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19:11

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - April 6, 2024

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2024/04/06

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: EV Sales - Up. EV Sales - Down. New model EVs on the way, and Tesla rumours.NZ Ev Sales Data: https://evdb.nz/most-popular-evs-nzVOLVO EX30 review: https://youtu.be/q5FPARvmsOQ

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13:57

Volvo EX30 Review

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2024/04/01

The Volvo EX30 is now available to buy in New Zealand. It’s built on a new platform for Volvo, from Geely. The EX30 is promoted, with its focus on sustainability and recycling, but how does it drive?In this podcast, Adrian Maidment checks out the EV30’s “minimalist” interior, exterior, technology, practicality and performance over a range of driving conditions. Also - pros and some issues with the vehicle.🚗 Vehicle supplied by Ebbett Prestige Tauranga (Volvo in Tauranga) -

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13:19

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - March 31, 2024

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2024/03/31

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: Finally an Electric Hilux?, End of an era for Volvo, and the Australian government agrees on fuel efficiency standards.

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12:14

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - March 24, 2024

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2024/03/23

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: Test driving the Volvo EX30, EV price drop in Australia, Kia EV9 wins another award.

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24:26

EVSE Co-Founders Brendan Wheeler and Sam Korkees |...

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2024/03/18

Learn what it takes to turn an idea on the future of EVs into a successful business!This episode Adrian Maidment is talking with EVSE Co-Founders Brendan Wheeler and Sam Korkees.EVSE is an Australian company specialising in battery charging technology for residential and commercial purposes. EVSE is also about to expand operations in the New Zealand market.EVSE WEbsite: http://www.evse.com.au=========================================Connect with EV QuestTicTok:

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13:55

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - March 17, 2024

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2024/03/17

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: Australian sales growth, the value for money Dacia Spring, a very fast Porsche, Honda and Nissan join forces.To check out EV Quest videos ➡ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLanpCxojG8G9000A_IZ5jQ

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19:19

Wevolt Interview | Make money from your charger

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2024/03/11

Wevolt is an Australian technology company with its development team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Wevolt App makes it easy for electric vehicle drivers to locate and use charge points and for residential and commercial Charge Point Owners to monetise their chargerIn this interview, Adrian Maidment talks with Jagroop (Jay) Gill: Co-founder & CEO, and Tom Kerr-Sheppard: Head of Business Development.They're talking - business growth and challenges, new markets, and the larger EV

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9:22

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - March 10, 2024

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2024/03/09

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode: Australian EV sales for February, Tesla and Polestar leave FCAI and new brand arrives in NZ.LINKS:Oz vehicle sales: https://thedriven.io/2024/03/05/australian-ev-sales-take-off-in-february-with-record-share-of-9-6-per-cent/Omoda:

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9:37

Vallkree electric bikes arrive in NZ

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2024/03/04

Dan Wallace is the Vallkree Cycles distributor in New Zealand. In this episode he explains the brand, key features, and why it could be the electric bike for you. To find out more, go to about Valkree in Aotearoa, go to vallkree.com.

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9:33

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - March 3, 2024

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2024/03/03

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode - Hello Renault 5, goodbye Hydrogen Toyota?, BYD Atto3 updates.Mentioned 👇NZ EV Car sales - https://evdb.nz/most-popular-evs-nzToyota Hydrogen car sales -

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4:22

BYD Seal Model Comparisons: Dynamic, Premium or...

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2024/03/02

What's the difference between the BYD Seal model variations? And what's the same? IAdrian Maidment compares the Seal Dynamic, Premium and Performance model variations.A big thanks to BYD Tauranga for letting me into their showroom to film these EVs.

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11:42

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - February 25, 2024

EV QUEST ·

2024/02/25

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️ 👉 Included in this episode - Sales on now, New EVs now available and Mercedes yes, but now a bit later.Mentioned 👇Mercedes-Benz backtracks: https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/mercedes-benz-backtracks-on-plan-to-only-sell-evs-by-2030/Volvo EX30:

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12:35

News Shorts (Weekend Edition) - February 18, 2024

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2024/02/17

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. Adrian Maidment talks with Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. This episode we review being at Everything Electric in Sydney, What's happening with Ev sales?, and new model releases in New Zealand and Australia.Mentioned 👇Carloop: https://carloop.com.au/Evrything Electric: https://au.everythingelectric.show/Volvo EX30:

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5:18

Tiny Solar Homes (At Everything Electric Australia)

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2024/02/15

Tiny Solar Homes was at Everything Electric Australia this year. Tiny Solar Homes is a small, family-run business owned by brothers Guy and Blake. It was great to learn about the focus on sustainability in this tiny home. It's even classified as a caravan!Find out more 👉 https://www.tinysolarhomes.com.au/

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4:59

NEWS SHORTS at Everything Electric Australia

EV QUEST ·

2024/02/15

Everything Electric Australia was on Feb 9-11. Here is my catch-up with Riz Akhtar from Carloop, to review the event. We were there on the first day. The event included EVs, Live talks, test drives, and home energy options.

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8:45

Everything Electric Interviews - Savic, Hikotron,...

EV QUEST ·

2024/02/15

Everything Electric Australia was on Feb 9-11. Here are three of the exhibitors I spoke to.I also sat in an electric Lotus, which was awesome.Savic Motorcycles- https://www.savicmotorcycles.com/Hikotron - https://www.hikotron.com/Versinetic - https://www.versinetic.com/Lotus - https://www.lotuscars.com/en-AU

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