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S3 E3: Euan McTurk – Battery Breakthroughs: Debunking Electric Vehicle Myths
About the episode:
Battery chemist and founder of Plug Life Television, Dr. Euan McTurk, uncovers the facts behind EV batteries, from ethical sourcing and recycling to cutting-edge technology that’s driving down costs and boosting range. Discover why EV fires are rare, how new charging methods can extend battery life, and what the latest advancements mean for the future of small, powerful, and sustainable cars.
Guest Name: Euan McTurk
Dr Euan McTurk is a Consultant Battery Electrochemist who has been working on – and driving – electric vehicles since 2009. Having worked on next-generation cell chemistries during his PhD at the University of Oxford, developed ways to study how electric vehicle cells fail and how to stop them failing (at WMG*, University of Warwick) and built up a state-of-the-art 200 kW battery test facility in Edinburgh, Euan founded Plug Life Consulting, which provides technical, strategic and public outreach services to projects involving battery electrochemistry, electric vehicles, energy storage systems and charging infrastructure. Euan is also the creator of Plug Life Television, a YouTube channel on batteries and EVs that explains complex electrochemistry in a way that anyone can understand and busts common myths and misconceptions about electric vehicles.
*Warwick Manufacturing Group
Transcript:
Links:
LinkedIn: Euan McTurk
Plug Life Television: www.pluglifetelevision.co.uk
The Plug Life Television episode, “Can electric vehicle batteries be recycled?“
Charge Saint: https://chargesaint.com/
Links to other organisations and topics covered in this episode:
- ReLib Project at the University of Birmingham: https://relib.ac.uk/
- Article (English) about the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency on super-efficient fire fighting techniques for EVs, at CTIF (International Association for Fire and Rescue Services)
- Original report from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (in Swedish only)
- Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick
- Connected Energy: Connected Energy
- EV Fire Safe: https://www.evfiresafe.com/
- Fairphone: https://www.fairphone.com/
- The Fair Cobalt Alliance: https://www.faircobaltalliance.org/
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