Fully Charged
Fully Charged is a YouTube channel and website focusing on electric vehicles and renewable energy founded by writer, broadcaster and actor Robert Llewellyn. Llewellyn hosts as well as Maddie Moate, Helen Czerski, Chelsea Sexton, Jack Scarlett and since May 2020 former Top Gear presenter Rory Reid. Previous hosts include Jonny Smith. The channel has covered a wide range of topics around electric vehicles including electric cars, electric bikes, electric aircraft, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Fully Charged also covers a wide range of renewable energy topics including solar power, wind power, UK energy policy, cycling infrastructure, air pollution  and air pollution monitoring. Fully Charged began in 2010 and has since amassed more than 852,000 subscribers and 131 million views as of January 2022. The channel is viewer supported through the crowdfunding platform Patreon or can be supported through a YouTube channel premium membership which provides access to Fully Charged Plus. The channel was previously supported through advertising and partnerships with Ecotricity, Bosch and British Gas. Fully Charged also produce a weekly podcast discussing news and current topics not covered by the videos. In May 2019 a second YouTube channel, named Fully Charged Plus (formerly "Fully Charged Regen"), was  launched with the purpose of uploading all the podcast episodes in YouTube video format, and releasing other longer-format videos such as talks and lectures, different from the usual episodes. Live events. The inaugural "Fully Charged Live" event, was held at Silverstone Circuit over the weekend of 9-10 June 2018. The event included panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions stalls from vendors and sponsors, and vehicle displays. Attendance at the event exceeded Llewellyn's expectations - attracting over 6,000 people. This event introduced physicist Dr Helen Czerski as a presenter of the team. In 2019 the event took place in Silverstone on  7–9 June, and the first event in the United States, titled "Fully Charged Live USA", was at Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas on 1–2 February 2020. Episodes. 2019 – present. From 2019 to present Fully Charged has greatly expanded the number of episodes being presented which include the main Fully Charged Show, the members only Fully Charged Plus channel, and a weekly podcast broadcast on different podcast platforms.