Electric cars in the fast lane
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The UK government says new petrol and diesel-powered cars will be banned by 2030. Will developments in battery tech deliver electric vehicles for the mass-market? Plus how Kenya is looking to wind energy to bring cleaner power to off-grid communities. And has the pandemic permanently changed how we look at screen-time? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Electric Mini Cooper charging on a central London street, Credit: BBC).
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| 0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:05.6 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:08.3 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
| 0:12.8 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
| 0:15.9 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
| 0:17.8 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
| 0:20.1 | Science with funny bits. |
| 0:21.9 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the sound of climate change. |
| 0:35.6 | Find out what it all means at the end of this podcast. |
| 0:44.5 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to all the hottest news and trends from the technology industry. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm Rory Kathleen Jones, and this week we've a big focus on what tech can do to advance renewable energy. |
| 0:56.9 | As the UK sets a deadline of 2030 to stop the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, |
| 1:02.5 | we find out whether battery technology is advancing quickly enough to make electric cars attractive to the mass market. |
| 1:09.3 | And we hear how Kenya, a country with a strong record on |
| 1:12.2 | renewable energy, but with half the population not on the grid, is banking on wind energy to make |
| 1:18.0 | the difference. Plus, how lockdowns have opened our eyes to the positive role technology can play |
| 1:23.9 | in the lives of young people. Joining me this week is BBC Technology reporter Jane Wakefield |
| 1:29.3 | and possibly her cat. |
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