Fully Charged is a

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, and live event focusing on

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founded by writer, broadcaster and actor

Robert Llewellyn Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He plays the mechanoid Kryten in the sci-fi television sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' and formerly presented the engineering gameshow ''Scrapheap Challenge''. He ...

. Llewellyn presents many of the episodes with additional presenting by Imogen Pierce, Jack Scarlett, Helen Czerski, Andy Torbet, and Chelsea Sexton. Previous presenters include former

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presenter Rory Reid and Jonny Smith a former presenter of

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. The channel has covered a wide range of topics around electric vehicles including

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s, electric bikes,

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, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Fully Charged also covers a wide range of renewable energy topics including

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, UK energy policy,

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and air pollution monitoring. Fully Charged began in 2010 and has since amassed more than 974,000 subscribers and 159 million views as of November 2022 with over 700 episodes. The channel is viewer supported through the crowdfunding platform

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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

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. Fully Charged also produces a weekly

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. In October of 2022, the second YouTube channel was renamed to ''Everything Electric Show'' with a focus on home energy systems and solutions.

Presenters

Robert Llewellyn Fully Charged Europe 2022

Live events

The inaugural ''Fully Charged Live'' event, was held at

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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

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, titled ''Fully Charged Live USA'', was at

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near

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on 1–2 February 2020. After a year of lockdown the event continued at Farnborough International in 2021 with over 16,000 attending and Fully Charged continues to host many shows each year at different locations around the world.

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.

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Notes

Footnotes

References

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External links

Official website

Fully Charged (Main YouTube channel)

Fully Charged Podcasts

Everything Electric Show (Second YouTube channel)
British non-fiction web series Driving in the United Kingdom YouTube channels