#44 - Podcast Hangout with Danny Thai, Zecar and Shaun Garrard, EV Industry Expert

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?