meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Everything Electric Podcast

Freelander Goes Electric?! AI's Power Problem & Megawatt Charging!

Everything Electric Podcast

The Fully Charged Show

News, Leisure, Tech News, Automotive

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode of the Everything Electric podcast, Robert is joined by fellow presenter Imogen Bhogal. What starts as a quick catch-up soon descends into a slightly unhinged conversation about the surprising return of the Freelander as an EV joint venture in China, the staggering energy demands of AI and data centres including battery systems measured in tens of gigawatt-hours that rival the power consumption of entire cities, and Robert's unexpected VW fandom...!
 
Links to stories: 
 
 
 
 
 
00:00 – Intro: A "First Best" Guest?! 
01:35 – Freelander Returns?! JLR's China EV Strategy 
13:55 – April Fools 
17:40 – The Rise of Mega-Batteries 
26:25 – Electric Trucks & 1.5MW Charging 
31:40 – The US EV Market: What's Really Happening? 
34:05 – Renewables vs. Politics 
37:40 – Are These "Dark Times" Temporary? 
41:25 – Upcoming Reviews: BYD & Volvo 
43:55 – Accidental VW Loyalty... 
48:25 – Everything Electric Harrogate Preview 
50:55 – Final Thoughts & What's Next
 
Why not come and join us at our next Everything Electric expo: www.everythingelectric.show 
 
 

Support our StopBurningStuff campaign: https://www.patreon.com/STOPBurningStuff


Become an Everything Electric Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fullychargedshow


Become a YouTube member: use JOIN button above


Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : https://buff.ly/2GybGt0


Subscribe for episode alerts and the Everything Electric newsletter: https://fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/


Visit: https://FullyCharged.Show


Find us on X: https://x.com/Everyth1ngElec


Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/officialeverythingelectric


To partner, exhibit or sponsor at our award-winning expos email: commercial@fullycharged.show

 

EE NORTH (Harrogate) - 8th & 9th May 2026 

EE WEST (Cheltenham) - 12th & 13th June 2026 

EE GREATER LONDON (Twickenham) - 11th & 12th Sept 2026
EE SYDNEY - Sydney Olympic Park - 18th - 20th Sept 2026

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another exciting episode of the Everything Electric podcast.

0:15.6

Now, we did have a rather special guest book for this week, but through the complexities of booking people and

0:23.3

timings, we weren't able to do it, but that person is going to appear on the podcast soon.

0:30.0

But in the meantime, I don't think we've got second best. I think we've got first best.

0:35.3

Oh, because we have the fabulous Imogenogen Bogle ready and waiting with a huge

0:41.8

mountains of data and information from around the world that she spent months researching.

0:49.5

Oh my gosh. If only, if only that were true, we kind of came into this and I think it, well, we've been, we've been chatting for about 25 minutes and I said.

0:59.7

Which we shouldn't have been doing. No, that's wrong.

1:01.6

Because then we kept saying things that we thought were very funny and should have been on the podcast.

1:05.4

Yes. But some of them were probably, you know, legally delicate.

1:11.9

I don't know.

1:12.9

But the thing is that, well, because I just, when I was looking at stories yesterday,

1:18.5

the first one I saw, and that just, I didn't even look for it, it came into my, you know,

1:22.5

when you get those, I don't even know where it came from, you know, an email update was

1:27.3

for an electric Land Rover.

1:29.8

I think we should inform the viewers and listeners that you have very, you know, you have direct

1:37.8

experience of the company that makes Land Rover's JLR. You work there. When I first met you, you were at

1:43.1

JLR. Yeah, that's right.

1:45.1

That's where I did a graduate scheme as an engineer. So I've probably said this a thousand times.

1:51.4

So for anyone who's heard the story before, buckle up. You're about to hear it again.

1:55.9

But yeah, I was an aerodynamics engineer. And then I worked for a long time, both in aerodynamics and also in design, which I loved.

2:05.0

Because yes, these are technical products and somehow, somehow tens of thousands of hours of engineering and tens of thousands of people managed to produce a car.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Fully Charged Show, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Fully Charged Show and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.