#44 - Podcast Hangout with Danny Thai, Zecar and Shaun Garrard, EV Industry Expert
Description
Three EV-focused friends sit down at a table and discuss zero emissions transport on World EV Day.
Danny Thai is the founder of zecar.com, a one-stop-shop for electric car news, comparisons, data and clean energy.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannythai123/
Shaun Garrard has extensive experience across the automotive and electric vehicle sectors in the Asia Pacific region, including with Tesla Australia and WM Motor in Shanghai.
Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - What's happening this week in EVs
02:50 - Shaun's background
06:20 - Do western countries see China as a serious automotive player?
08:35 - Wan Gan - the man behind China's EV dominance
13:30 - Talking NIO
18:07 - Battery swapping; will it work in Australia?
22:00 - The cost of charging infrastructure
26:40 - Tackling residential charging issues
29:20 - EV Uptake in Australia
30:15 - Are there benefits from not being first; will it pay off to watch other countries makes the switch to EVs from fossil fuel
30:50 - Carrot + stick - how to drive people into EVs, and what should Australia's national strategy be?
37:20 - Which future products are we looking forward to?
United States
