EP 9 EV Rally

William Ranierifilm

The Electric Show! All about EV and much more!.  Film and edit by William Ranieri

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00:37Good morning, Harrison.

00:38Look at this.

00:39The sun is out, we're on Brighton seafront.

00:42What a lovely start to the day.

00:44We're here at the site for the London to Brighton to Paris electric vehicle rally.

00:50We are.

00:51This is where the E-Village is actually going to be.

00:53So Bill, what is the E-Village?

00:54What is going on down here for the people that don't yet know?

00:58We are running the Europe's first international electric vehicle rally.

01:05So we're starting at Westminster, coming all the way down.

01:08This is on Saturday the 1st of July.

01:11We're going to then make sure that all of our entries, of which we've got 72 team members,

01:18ready to take part in their vehicles.

01:20Motorcycles, cars, vans, commercial vehicles, self-builds.

01:25Championing one thing, which is energy conservation and how you can better drive an electric vehicle.

01:29So we want to conserve energy from London to Brighton.

01:33Yeah, and once we get down into Brighton, what's the plan?

01:35What's going on down here?

01:36I know you've booked out the entire of Madeira Drive.

01:39So what is going on down here, Bill?

01:41So here I'm pretty much standing at where we've got two of our big partners.

01:46Motability Operations and EDF are going to have stands and stalls here,

01:51showing the best in sustainable technologies and how any ability,

01:55any person can get into an EV and actually drive an EV.

01:58So there'll be some really informative chats from Motability Operations.

02:01Now you said get into an EV.

02:02Can we drive EVs down here?

02:04Can we test drive?

02:05Absolutely.

02:06There's going to be a test drive area courtesy of Motability

02:09and another partner, which we're about to announce.

02:12So stay tuned, folks.

02:13We're going to be doing another test drive from the top of Madeira Drive

02:18on a three, is it three, three and a half mile, three mile test drive on the day.

02:22Book it in, drive an EV for the first time.

02:25We're going to chauffeur them down to here

02:27so that you'll be able to pick up your test drive just outside the Brighton Zip.

02:30Who can do that?

02:31Is it anyone?

02:32Do you have to book?

02:32Anyone.

02:33Come early on the day.

02:35What time does it start?

02:35The E-Village opens at nine o'clock in the morning.

02:37OK.

02:38We then have entertainment.

02:41We've got stages, live music, DJs.

02:44The contestants from London will start arriving around 11 o'clock in the morning.

02:48OK.

02:49We have coffees and pastries and things at Soho House, our partners.

02:53And then we'll offer the whole of Madeira Drive up for the best in EV development.

03:00Scooters, bikes, cars, everything.

03:03There's kind of charging facilities that make EV possible.

03:06Amazing.

03:06I can't wait.

03:07So anyone that wants to come along, they just walk along.

03:09They don't need to book.

03:09They don't need to register.

03:11Nothing.

03:11Free of charge.

03:12Be here.

03:13We're doing some giveaways.

03:14We've got a really nice kind of sound system.

03:16Like I say, there's some live music as well.

03:18But it's about experience.

03:19It's about seeing what EVs do for you.

03:21How you can charge them.

03:22We've got some great partners we're charging.

03:25And we want to make sure that all the innovations from the companies like Warbox

03:31are doing with their technologies.

03:33But also we've got other ones on display as well

03:35so that it can show any abilities any age can get involved.

03:38And it's about how you get into a vehicle.

03:41I don't care.

03:42This isn't necessarily about EV enthusiasts.

03:44This is about EV enthusiasm.

03:47Okay.

03:47We've got the Soho House send-off happening up here.

03:50So people will be raising glasses.

03:53Waving their flags.

03:54In the glorious sunshine, waving their flags.

03:56And then as the cars come past here,

03:59they'll be off to New Haven to the ferry,

04:02which is 11 o'clock in the evening on Saturday the 1st.

04:06So the ferry leaves at 11 o'clock.

04:09But what a send-off.

04:09If it's a sunny warm evening coming along Brighton Seafront,

04:13everyone's had a glass of something.

04:14Oh, it's going to be lovely.

04:15Just to kind of celebrate all things EV.

04:18You know, like they say, and to quote a friend of mine,

04:21the sun always shines on EV.

04:23Oh, on that note, I think we've got to leave it there.

04:26Thank you very much.

04:27Looking forward to it.

04:28So this is where we'll be on Saturday the 1st of July.

04:31That's the view you'll see.

04:32The Palace Pier is a landmark for the vehicles to come through.

04:35We have a finish arch spanning Madeira Drive.

04:37So all those who come down from 9 o'clock in the morning

04:39on the 1st of July will see the vehicles come in.

04:43They should be here sort of 10, 30, 11 o'clock onwards.

04:46There's kids entertainment, there's music,

04:48there's DJs, there's giveaways.

04:51It's a really lovely experience for those people

04:53who are interested or just kind of curious about EVs

04:56and how they can bring them into their lives.

04:58So this is it.

05:00It's going to be a glorious day like it kind of is today.

05:03I can guarantee it on the 1st of July.

05:05And then for those lucky enough to have entered and sponsored,

05:08they'll be having an event at Soho House here

05:12and with food and drink to celebrate

05:14what is the first international London to Brighton to Paris

05:18electric vehicle rally on Saturday the 1st of July.

05:34If you imagine Nigel Havers and Jason Statham having a child,

05:38this is what the child would look like.

05:40It's a sexy child.

05:41This is the Jaguar I-Pace EV.

05:44This is pretty much what Tesla conversion therapy looks like.

05:55So, Harrison.

05:56Hello.

05:57We're doing the second car for Jaguar.

06:00We're doing the second car.

06:02What do you think?

06:04Tell me.

06:05I mean, it's hardly a demure, quiet colour.

06:09I couldn't have picked any brighter, could I?

06:11So we are here with the fabulous Nissan Ariya

06:15and it is genuinely a very good car.

06:31This is a car for the trailblazers of EV adopters.

06:36Oh, that's the nicest thing.

06:38Did you bring champagne, darling?

06:39I did. I've got a hot toddy in the boot.

06:41The new Maxxis T90.

06:51Gosh, it's a very long story,

06:53but to make it short and not boring,

06:56I've been flying now for 55 years

06:59and I never imagined I would ever fly in an electric aeroplane.

07:03Here we go.

07:03So quiet.

07:04Yeah.

07:29Yeah.

07:33Woo!

07:37Yeah.

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