Daily Archives: September 18, 2017

Our Vision for Fuel Included

We want our customers to understand what we are about and where we are heading.

Our immediate goal is to transform how you find the right electric car for you. We want to make your experience more enjoyable, and ensure that we leave the world cleaner and greener than we find it. Our larger goals extend into the world of green energy, and, to help explain what we mean, I have recorded a short video message outlining our vision for this industry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIvVajU82cI&list=PLEkXV5fvxEy9Tk54V9EBCru7_eh_XLjOg
Video Link

The full transcript is here:

“At Fuel Included we want to have an impact on climate change by changing the way people engage with cars and energy.
We use the internet to talk to our customers, and offer innovative ways for them to own green technologies.
Our goal is to make owning an electric car easy, fun and value for money. To do this, we sell electric cars with a unique offer; the cost of the fuel is included in the cost of the car giving fixed price motoring.
We are preparing to sell Solar Panels and Battery Storage solutions to give you energy security and independence.
Ultimately, our vision is to provide your car, your energy systems and your energy for both home and travel as a single package that saves you money and reduces your carbon footprint.
So please join us at Fuel Included and become part of the green energy revolution.”

e-Car Club Nissan Leafs outside Northampton Derngate (Image: T. Larkum)

Going Backwards — Driving A Gas Car For 1 Day After 2 Years In A Nissan LEAF

It is nearly two years since I began my daily journeys in a clean, electrified vehicle — no particulates, zero emissions, human friendly, child friendly. I found myself driving in a light bubble that seemed to push the smell of gas to the periphery.

e-Car Club Nissan Leafs outside Northampton Derngate (Image: T. Larkum)
e-Car Club Nissan Leafs outside Northampton Derngate (Image: T. Larkum)

Becoming free dependence on oil/gas in my personal driving, it was initially easy to enjoy heightened optimism about air pollution and environmental concerns. I hoped that most drivers would to switch to electric vehicles — soon. If I could do it, many could.

Things have changed in an uncomfortable, challenging way within the history of those two years, though. EV range is the least of my worries.

I’m now accustomed to the ease and the smooth nature of the LEAF, and I sometimes take for granted what I fell in love with — the fluid ambiance and the sublime quietude that comes with a zero-emissions electric vehicle.
Remember the old saying,

“you don’t know what you have till it’s gone”?

I recently left the Nissan LEAF at the shop to get a tire changed. It was going to take a day, so Nissan offered me a nice new gasoline-powered loaner. Immediately, I felt the “rougher” feeling of an ICE car … just turning it on. No magical quiet jingles like the LEAF provides.

Taking off was fine, but not nearly as responsive as my LEAF, which moves like a silent airplane through time and space — without the smell of diesel or gasoline. I feel as if I am on a private plane in the LEAF. In the gas car, I was presented with a gravelly sound and feeling from under the car, a rumbling engine, and bad smells of gas. I felt I went backwards in time. It was similar to, but not nearly as deadly as, the day after the last election.

Read more: Clean Technica