My wife and I have had our Renault Zoe – our first electric car – for nearly four years now, and we love it. But I’m also the first to admit that electric cars are not for everyone, at least not yet. They aren’t exactly cheap, and there are many other barriers to ownership for a lot of people. However, there is no doubt that they are the future of personal transport and I think it’s important to understand how … Read more
I’ve talked previously about my first impressions of our all-electric 2015 Renault Zoe, as well as our experience of living with it for the first few months. Now it’s time to talk about the main ‘elephant in the room’ when it comes to electric cars; what is it like on longer journeys?… Read more
In February 2019, we bought (second-hand) our first electric car; a 2015 Renault Zoe. I wrote a post about it shortly after we picked it up and now, one year on, it’s time for an update.
One of my recent projects involved working alongside engineers and researchers from the energy sector, which has fueled my interest in green energy and lead me to – among other things – the Fully Charged show and other similar channels on YouTube. Through all this, I became interested in electric cars and I got the impression that the technology had advanced far enough that the time was right to give it a go.
Last month we went for a test … Read more