Trevor Larkum, Author at Electric vehicle news by Fuel Included

People’s Climate March – Part 2

[Continued from Part 1] The exit from Temple station was severely congested with crowds of people trying to move slowly out. We were herded to the right and towards the Thames and embankment where apparently the back end of the march crowd would be found. There was still some time to go before the march

People’s Climate March – Part 1

Nov 17, 2014Trevor Larkum6 CommentsBlog, Charging, Electric Cars, Energy and Climate Change, Model S, Renault, Tesla, ZOE

On 21 September I had a bit of an adventure, travelling down to London to attend the People’s Climate March – my first ever protest march. I have been concerned about climate change for about three years, and have blogged about climate and energy for the last two. Wanting to know more about the scientific

Northampton e-Car Club Nissan Leafs

A few weeks ago I spotted a set of electric cars parked up near the town centre in Northampton. Today I parked up nearby on my way to picking up my girls from choir and had the opportunity to investigate further. There are three 2014 Nissan Leafs in a row, all black and marked ‘www.e-carclub.org‘

My Longest Trip in the Renault ZOE – Part 2

Once our Brighton trip was over, after lunch we packed up and headed north out of town. We charged up at Cobham services again without incident, and then headed into London to visit family. Late in the evening after our visit was over we went to Cobham again. This new opportunity to charge (Cobham has

My Longest Trip in the Renault ZOE

During the summer we took our longest ever single trip in the ZOE, from our home in Northampton down to Brighton and back in a weekend. We went down for a gymnastics competition on the Saturday in which my daughter was taking part. After the event was over, we had a good time walking around

Renault ZOE Range Record: 142 Miles

It’s a year since I managed to persuade my ZOE to go 122 miles on one charge so, with the weather being mild, it seemed like a good time to try for another range record. Previously I had aimed for driving to work and back (typically 38 miles round trip) twice, and then driving around

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