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Mel's Electric Adventure

Mel's Electric Adventure

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Life and electric cars with comedian, former Great British Bake Off host and Eurovision commentator Mel Giedroyc and journalist Giles Whittell.


Join them as they test drive different electric vehicles, discuss how life is going to be changed by the electric revolution and get lost along the way.


A new weekly show from Tortoise, launching Wednesday 8 March.


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  • Electrifying a classic car

    Electrifying a classic car
    May 11 2023

    In the final episode Mel and Giles go on a special adventure. Under the arches by the Thames they meet Matthew Quitter who runs London Electric Vehicles, they take an electric Austin Healey for a drive and go to Essex to see the 1950s Bristol that Mel's husband wants to electrify.


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    37 min
  • A bumpy ride

    A bumpy ride
    May 3 2023
    Mel and Giles drive the Polestar 2. In this episode they discuss whether it matters that this Scandi car is made in China, what's driving the shift towards electric vehicles and Mel comments on the bumpy ride. Thank you to Octopus Electric Vehicles for providing the car and the expertise. For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year. As a member you’ll also get our newsletters and tickets to live events. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/slowdown. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable.

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    32 min
  • Oh-MG

    Oh-MG
    Apr 26 2023

    In this episode Mel and Giles drive the MG4. It's the best selling EV on the market and Mel can see why. They also discuss charging at home and Mel compares plugging it in overnight to putting on her slow cooker.


    Thank you to Octopus Electric Vehicles for providing the car and the expertise.


    For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year.


    As a member you’ll also get our newsletters and tickets to live events. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/slowdown.


    If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable.

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    31 min

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