Tag: Decarbonisation

S03E10: Neill Emmett – Are Motorway Service Stations the Key to EV Success?

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S03E10: Neill Emmett – Are Motorway Service Stations the Key to EV Success?

About the episode:

Toby speaks with Neill Emmett, Global Marketing & Brand Director at Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a company with a 160-year legacy in refueling and energy solutions. Now leading the EV transition, Gilbarco’s Konect provides turnkey solutions for fuel retailers adapting to electric charging. Neill shares insights on seamless EV infrastructure, retail profitability, and the future of fuel stations in the electrified world.

In the episode, Toby and Neill discuss Konect’s role in EV transition, how to ensure quality service in EV charging, competition in the EV charging landscape, monetising the EV charging experience, adapting to the EV Transition, how Konect expands beyond fuel sites, and how best to address myths and misunderstandings about EVs.

Guest Name: Neill Emmett

Neill Emmett is the Global Marketing and Brand Director at Konect, a subsidiary of Gilbarco Veeder-Root. He has over 25 years of experience leading award-winning campaigns in vehicle electrification and financial services. Known for strategic expertise and team empowerment, he joined Konect to redefine EV charging infrastructure delivery. 

Konect provides a turnkey electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure ecosystem, enabling seamless integration with existing fuelling, payment, and service offerings. 

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S03E09: Tom Hurst: Will EV Charging Keep Up? The Future of Ultra-Rapid Charging

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S03E09: Tom Hurst: Will EV Charging Keep Up? The Future of Ultra-Rapid Charging

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Toby welcomes Tom Hurst from FastNed, a leading company in ultra-rapid EV charging across Europe. Fastned operates in nine countries with over 2,000 chargers at 340+ locations, providing high-speed, accessible charging solutions. Tom shares his journey from oil and gas to sustainable energy, discusses the evolution of EV infrastructure, and tackles industry myths, highlighting Fastned’s commitment to efficiency, accessibility, and future expansion.

Guest Name: Tom Hurst

Tom Hurst, UK Country Director: Tom joined Fastned in late 2017 and is currently its UK Country Manager, where he is responsible for driving the roll-out of the UK’s best-rated charging network. Prior to getting involved in the e-mobility adventure, he spent six years as a consultant with Arup, advising cities, governments, NGOs, and corporations on their energy and climate change strategy. He has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, an MSc in Sustainable Energy, an MBA and is a Chartered Environmentalist. 

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S03E08: George Symes: 🚨 Can Emergency Vehicles Go Electric? 🚓⚡

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S03E08: George Symes: 🚨 Can Emergency Vehicles Go Electric? 🚓⚡

About the episode:

Toby speaks with George Symes, founder of Evaluate Strategy, a consultancy specialising in decarbonising complex fleets. With over 15 years in transport and infrastructure consulting, George shares insights on the challenges and opportunities of electrifying emergency services, rental fleets, and logistics companies. From the UK’s ZEV mandate to fleet telematics, this discussion dives into the future of sustainable mobility.

Guest Name: George Symes

George runs EValuate Strategy Consulting, helping complex fleets to decarbonise. These fleets include emergency services, and shared mobility operators such as car rental, car sharing and e-scooter operators. Typically, they are characterised by unpredictable and “spikey” demand, critical services and a “many-to-one” relationship between the drivers and vehicles. 

George has over 15 years strategy consulting experience in the infrastructure, automotive and mobility industries, with experience across fleet and charging infrastructure in the UK, mainland Europe and Australia. He has diverse experience within new mobility in both advisory and operational roles: with Neuron Mobility (e-scooter and e-bike sharing), Zipcar (car and van sharing) and Avis. 

Prior to EValuate he worked at GrainCorp and KPMG, focused on infrastructure, transport and energy clients. 

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