Norfolk, the very flat place which can be found on the sticky-out round bit on the east side of the UK, seems to be a hotbed of electric vehicle activity these days. First off, the flat lands of East Anglia (of which both Norfolk and Suffolk are part of) is ideal for any EV owner. There’s a high number of small NEV vehicles which find homes here. The open flat roads make ideal conditions for long-distance EV drives. Unlike their western counterparts who moan about inaccurate sales literature stating optimistic ranges for EVs, the Norfolk EV’er often exceeds them without a second glance.
The ultimate EV challenge.
This year I’ve been rather keen to do a charity run from John O Groats to Land’s End in an EV. It’s a project that I’ve thought about several times in the past few years but never actually got around to doing. My intial idea would be that the proceeds of the run would go…
Velma the PHEV, RIP.
Velma the PHEV is dead. It’s a sad day for us.
EVcast 248
News from this week at aminorjourney.com
Nikki Drives – A trip back in time with the City El
A letter to the BBC.
The BBC have just ran a story on their Breakfast show about electric and other green vehicles. There’s an EPIC fail on the part of the BBC… Sigh..
A small ute but a mighty project!
Meet one of the smallest pickup trucks ever made. Now converted into an EV by a very clever Australian.
EVcast #246 ReVolting!
Join Nikki for EVcast #246 ReVolting!
Buying Second Hand EVs – Whose (brain)child is this?
This is the second in the series of articles on buying a used EV rather than a brand new one. Let’s face it, in today’s economic climate forking out an an extra few thousand big ones for the benefit of having a new car is not quite as attractive as it once was. Who wants to buy a car which will depreciate the minute it pulls, silently, off the dealer lot? My last article dealt with some of the issues you face when buying a second-hand EV either made by a big company or converted by one. Today we’re going to look at the other end of the spectrum. Looking at a car which has been completely converted by someone in their spare time.
A link for Electric Car Conversion
I’m afraid I’m not posting my own article at www.aminorjourney.com today. As many of you may already know my partner Kate and I are getting married in two month’s time and we are also going through the adoption process. Combined with the many tens of thousands of words we’re writing up in our adoption paperwork,…