Robert Llewellyn Gives Mother Earth a Cavity Search

I’m very thankful towards the British actor Robert Llewellyn, as last week he released a video on Youtube showing, explaining, and entertaining the world in the ways of the humble, yet often misunderstood electric vehicle.

The video is a 10 minute pilot episode of a potential new series called “Fully Charged“, which looks at what’s new and exciting in the world of electric vehicles – as well as the mythology that surrounds them.

Mr Llewellyn – who owns an impossible Welsh surname that slows down my typing every time I get near it – has does something other electric car videographers have so far failed to do; and that is to explain and dispel EV myths in a fun & easy-to-understand way.
He uses fast-changing scenes, dispels loads of fun facts, and has an animated on-screen persona that makes it hard to look away – even when cringing at the many stereotypical accents he uses throughout the video.

From here on I’ll be able to simply link to questions in future emails, rather than rewriting the same explanations over and over.
For example, I get asked about the supposed “cleanliness” of electric cars quite often. It’s the most common question I get asked in fact, next to “No, seriously, can electric cars really go faster than 20 mph?”.

You see, electric cars are actually cleaner to operate than gasoline or diesel vehicles with less carbon emitted – even when charging off coal-fired electricity.
It’s a fact that’s been proven in more than 40 independent studies. Yes, that’s right, 40. It’s undeniable. Yet there are still people who challenge these results. Now while I encourage skepticism when it comes to electric vehicle claims, hanging onto that belief is just crazy.

What annoys me the most about people asking the “carbon question”, is that they don’t actually care about carbon output; they just want an argument and believe they have a good standpoint.
Explain to these people that they’re wrong and watch out – they often get quite angry. The thing is, these people typically drive large cars – and they like it that way. They don’t give a hoot about carbon output, they just see the electric car as a threat to their 20th century way of life.

Finally I can just tell people to check out Robert Llewellyn’s (that name turns me into a “Hunt & peck” typist) video and save myself a lot of effort. Which, by the way, is available by clicking here.

If you’re like me, then you’re probably still a decade or two away from being able to afford a Tesla, iMiEV, or Leaf so I suggest you go start a home-conversion before that oil does one of the two things Mr Llewellyn suggests it will.
Good luck!