As a BBC freelancer I couldn’t agree with
@GaryLineker
more.
He’s a freelance sports presenter, not a news or current affairs journalist and given that he’s opened his home to refugees he knows more about their plight than most.
Bravo Gary 🙌🏼
#GarylinekerSpeaksForMe
I’ve been an EV driver for years. I have two apps.
One is for for my car, which does brilliant things like help me manage my charging remotely and pre-heat it on cold winter mornings.
The second is Zap Map.
And that’s it.
More complete and utter bollocks from the Daily Mail. The headline is a flagrant lie. Drivers aren’t *forced* to download 30+ apps. In almost every case, the app is an added-value choice. You don’t *need* it. For the vast majority of rapid chargers, you just need a bank card FFS.
I asked
@grantshapps
if he thought petrol & diesel cars would get the green light today. This was his reply:
“You’ll look back and think “My God, we actually allowed vehicles to pump out noxious fumes, and kids to walk past to go to school and thought nothing of it.”
#ITVTonight
1. I’m not ‘selling’ anything
2. I launched the company, wrote the article and drove the car
3. I love wearing a dress to work on a sunny day. That’s my choice.
Why wouldn’t a woman be driving this car? The sisterhood at its finest.
As a 52 year old motoring journalist with over 25 years experience & a role as advisor for
@WorldCarAwards
I suggest you check your facts Alison😊
Off to Cornwall & planning my charging, only two ultra rapids within a 40 min drive of where we’ll be. ⬇️
Of course the
@bppulseuk
units are broken, so I’m down to one! ⚡️
At what point do some network operators begin to understand they’re running critical infrastructure! 🙄
Lots of opinion about the dreadful Rowan Atkinson piece in todays papers.
Here’s one for everyone who thinks synthetic fuel is the answer.
e-fuels emit the same amount of NOx pollution as fossil fuels, so using e-petrol in our cars will have little impact on poor air quality.
Hi
@SalmaOuaguira
I see you've used original content from
@ElectrifyingCom
as the basis for a factually incorrect article with your byline.
Please remove this from
@TheSun
website & take down our video which has also been re-edited and no longer reflects our opinons
@IpsoNews
A message to the clubs who thought the
#europeansuperleague
was a good idea.
This is football. Kids playing their heart out this weekend, coached by volunteers.
If your aim is to keep the game relevant & encourage new supporters around the world, invest your millions in this ⚽️
The Prime Minister is behaving like my teenage son, delaying the tough stuff to do later.
Putting the brakes on the ban is a big mistake; by turning this into a political issue & kicking the can down the road he’s creating uncertainty for the industry & consumers alike.
#2030Ban
Here’s a perfect match for you… charging and chocolate!!
I’ve just spotted a chocolate vending machine next to the
@Shell_Recharge
chargers at Tot Hill Services. Genius! ⚡️🍫
⚡️Jaguar going all-electric by 2025 ⚡️
Hydrogen to play a part with testing on UK roads by end of '21.
First of 6 all-electric
@LandRover_UK
by 2024.
They had a great start with
@WorldCarAwards
winner
#IPACE
, can't wait to see what comes next.
What do you think team?
#Reimagine
Sunday stress on my Buzz road trip thanks to the UK charging network.
@ElecHighway
Keele Services ❌
@bppulseuk
Stafford ❌
@InstaVoltUK
Warwick ✔️ but I’m only getting 26.9kW and I’m paying for 125kW! I also have to drink horrible McDonalds tea.
Fancy a chat
@Mark_J_Harper
?
Here you go gang, the first glimpse of the
@renault_uk
@renaultgroup
Renault 5 E-Tech. ⚡️
It’ll start at £25k, comes with a brilliant illuminated charge monitor & baguette basket! ❤️
Full story over at
@ElectrifyingCom
What do you think, better than the concept?!
#R5volution
‘Charger rage’ is sadly a reality. With no system for queuing, chargers that don’t deliver anywhere near the output they advertise & patchy, unreliable infrastructure we have a long way to go.
Time to take the focus off the number of chargers & address some of these issues! ⚡️
I think the term is ‘fully loaded’!
Off on my first road trip in the
@SKODAUK
Enyaq.
Efficiency has been great so far, I’m getting around 325 miles from a full charge.
It’ll be interesting to see how it fares on the run to Cornwall as it’s carrying a lot of extra weight!
Wow,
@ElectrifyingCom
has won the EV publication of the year in the
@NewspressTweets
awards. A big thank you to the jurors said we ‘stole the show’!
Thanks to my brilliant team who keep the show on the road & have made us an award winning brand!
I’ll be talking electric cars, autonomy, Cornish lithium, gigafactories, car maintenance and RAC mobile charging systems tonight at 7.30pm on ITV!
How do we need to adapt as we head to the 2030 bank on the sale of new petrol & diesel cars?
Interesting times ahead.
I’m so sad to hear that Sir Stirling Moss has just passed away.
I had the honour of meeting him over the years and not only was he an incredible racing driver, but also a lovely man.
Sending love to all his family and friends.
#SirStirlingMoss
At what point does
@British_Airways
get stripped of the right to use ‘British’ in its name?
They can’t manage their business, the planes are dirty, food is dreadful and the inflight entertainment doesn’t work.
They don’t deserve to be our national carrier.
Day two of the Manchester road trip… open Tesla superchargers to the rescue! 🦸🏻♀️
Worked straight away, fully charged and on the go in no time.
As it should be. ⚡️
⚡️BREAKING⚡️Ban on sale of new petrol & diesel cars by 2030! No shock.
I asked
@grantshapps
if they'd get the green light now. His reply:
“You’ll look back & think “My God, we allowed vehicles to pump out noxious fumes & kids to walk past to go to school & thought nothing of it.”
Big drive yesterday from Oxfordshire to Westminster & then up to Yorkshire. Stopped for a break & charge at the fab
@motoway
Rugby.
To everyone worried about the prospect of long journeys in an electric car take it from me, the drive was the least stressful part of my day! 😊⚡️
By using eco mode and making the most of regenerative braking this mornings 26 mile journey to the track in a
@JaguarUKPR
#IPACE
only knocked 17 miles off the range...⚡️
#ShesElectric
I’ve been doing a LOT of driving on my filming travels & my network of choice is fast becoming the speedy & reliable
@InstaVoltUK
⚡️
It’s great they get it right, but some of the other networks need to get their act together so this experience becomes the norm for drivers.
In just 15 years time the government has said the sale of all new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars will be banned. But how ready are we to embrace electric cars?
What do you think team? Have you already made the switch and if not, would you?
#ITVTonight
#ThursdayThoughts
Many moons ago I was asked to screen test for
@BBC_TopGear
with JC. It went well, but I was finally told that the BBC commissioner had decided she wanted a ‘boys club’ feel with three male presenters. This was the early noughties and it worked at the time.
I’m thinking of everyone out there missing people they can’t be with this Christmas, who feel lonely, or are struggling right now. This time of year can be wonderful, but it can also be bloody hard.
Hugs to anyone who could do with one…🤗
It’s the Aston Martin V12 Speedster.
£765k.
88 will be made.
What a lovely way to watch a press conference. Please can we do this every year?
Do we really need to transport people & cars around the world to shows like
#GMIS
? It also costs car-makers millions.
#AstonMartin
Skoda Enyaq Cornish road trip update! ⚡️
Very busy at
@ElecHighway
Exeter but only had to wait 10 mins.
A huge thanks to the lovely
@motoway
team here managing the charging. They’re doing a great job and it’s brilliant to see a system in place.
It’s far less stressful!
Weekend wheels, it’s the new Mini Electric! It’s 140ish miles divides opinion. What do you think folks?
I’ll just point out that cars spend 90% of their time idle & are driven for an average of just 20 miles a day.
Full review coming soon at
@ElectrifyingCom
#MINIelectric
Another day. Another bout of charger anxiety… 😟⚡️
We have so far to go with our public charging network to make it fit for purpose.
Do you have any brilliant charging experiences to share to help keep my spirits up?!
#ChargerAnxiety
#Chargers
There’s a lot of love for the
@BYDCompany
Seal in Shadow Green at
@ElectrifyingCom
HQ today. My crappy iPhone pics don’t do it justice… it’s a gorgeous colour!
EV road trip update! The
@AudiUKPress
e-tron performed brilliantly, averaging 2.5 m/kWh for 230 miles mainly on motorway. That can’t be said for
@ecotricity
@ElecHighway
which is dreadful. Was this a bad experience or is this the norm folks? Sorry for the rant...
#VBEV
#etron
Charging update on the Cornish road trip.
So… my closest chargers
@bppulseuk
at Wadebridge have been offline since 11th July.
Are they fit to run a network that’s part of our critical infrastructure?
Their customer service folk are lovely (embarrassed) & I feel for them.
I should be driving the Defender today, but sadly life got in the way.
I’ll drive it soon & will report back as I know you have LOTS of questions about it. So what would you like to know team?
In the meantime I wish
@LandRoverUKPR
well for their first socially distanced launch!
New Years Day visit to the industrial estate on the
#IDBuzz
road trip! 🤣
The
@InstaVoltUK
chargers are working, but I had to drive 30 minutes to get to them and I’m only pulling 61kW ⚡️
Sadly the closer
@bppulseuk
@bp_Press
ultra-rapids are offline & have been for days!
0 to 60 in 3 seconds...in an electric car! 😳
See more of
@GinnyBuckley
’s
#ITVTonight
report on the ever-changing motor industry, What Car Should I Buy? On
@ITV
at 7:30pm
Just putting it out there that we’ll never give up our cars whilst
@networkrail
is such an utter and complete shambles.
In my experience the train service this year with
@GWRHelp
& others has been appalling.
Does anyone have any good stories to share about public transport?
Meet the Kia EV3, what do you think gang?
⚡️Small outside, spacious inside
⚡️Starting range of 254 from the 58.3 kWh battery
⚡️Larger 81.4 kWh option with a whopping 372 miles
⚡️Charging up to 128 kW
⚡️Starting at around £33,000
⚡️Comes with V2G & V2L
Who would launch a startup in the midst of a global lockdown?
Anyone who knows me will tell you I don’t often choose the easy path. But even by my standards this one is challenging!
Here are my thoughts on why I’ve launched
@ElectrifyingCom
. ⚡️
Bravo to my home County
@LancashireCC
for introducing penalties for petrol & diesel cars that park in EV charging points.
Great to see you taking a lead 😉 on this! Nobody likes being ICED....
We need more Counties to follow suit.
@leponline
I’m calling it. My favourite car of 2020?
The
@CitroenUKPR
Ami.
Yes, I know it’s not really a car. And it has looks that only a mother could love.
But spending a day with it filled me with joy. And there hasn’t been much of that this year.
Sending love to you all for 2021 x
Sadly there aren’t many women in our industry, so it was lovely to hang out with these two at the
@AudiUKPress
dinner last night.
Congratulations
@ErinBakerMotors
for developing the ‘We Drive’ female content workshop, it’s helping to close the gender gap in auto journalism 🙌🏼
Drivers don’t have to head to the darkest corner of the car park to top their car up with other fuels, so why should it be any different with electricity? 🤷🏻♀️⚡️
Come on charging providers, let’s get this sorted shall we?
@raymasseytweets
@AAPresident
@ElectrifyingCom
This is how charging should be done, fantastic set up from
@MotorFuelGroup
in Carmarthen. Next to a
@Pret
and
@DiscoverBudgens
so I can quickly refuel while I charge. More of this please!
INSANE.
My 10 year old is in tears every day as he hasn’t seen another child for 7 weeks. But it’s ok to let 10,000 people fly into the UK EVERY day without a health check or quarantine. 🤷🏻♀️
A reminder of
@YouTube
’s content policy for
@SalmaOuaguira
&
@TheSun
⬇️
‘YouTube assigns this default license to all videos uploaded to the platform. Under this license, the video is only viewable on YouTube and cannot be downloaded or reused without the creator's permission’
Hey
@whatcar
perhaps you’d like to share how many women you have in your senior road test and editorial team giving advice to car buyers?
People who live in glass houses and all that...