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Published: May 3, 2020, 11:29 a.m.

This week on PTERODACTYL, we interviewed Chris Ramsey, a wonderful delight to speak to, the Electric Vehicle Adventurer, EV Educator, and Founder of Plug In Adventure. You can find all of his glorious adventures documented at www.PlugInAdventure.com.

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00:00 ~ Introduction and Announcements

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01:50 ~ What is Plug In Adventure? Who is Chris Ramsey?

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07:07 ~ Haggis and Burns' Night

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08:19 ~ The Edinburg to Monte Carlo Rally

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08:44 ~ Driving through political turmoil and warzones

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10:18 ~ How is an adventure funded?

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11:47 ~ The irony of Big Oil divesting itself from Oil

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13:48 ~ Game - "Breaking the Record"

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16:09 ~ Cars are Magic, Chris's profound moments

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18:45 ~ The EV Community

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19:24 ~ Guy's best adventure in a vehicle

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22:01 ~ The Mongol Rally route

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25:55 ~ The World Wildlife Federation

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27:15 ~ Social Media plugs

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29:02 ~ Dealerships and EVs

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30:13 ~ Is Nissan losing its status as a leader in EV?

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34:14 ~ What is "RapidGate"?

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36:11 ~ Stories from CES

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37:43 ~ What happened to Ecotricity?

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42:40 ~ The Orkney Islands, and Island power generation

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45:20 ~ Charging Standards

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47:27 ~ Defending Ecotricity     ~ CCS vs. Chademo

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51:58 ~ How EV Chargers got to Kazakhstan

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57:10 ~ EV Chargers are spreading across Siberia ~ What it was like before there were any

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59:13 ~ The Adventure lifestyle

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59:48 ~ The Nissan Leaf's retrofits

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1:02:36 ~ Batteries and Weight vs. Power ratios

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1:07:25 ~ The Do-It-Yourself movement     ~ Converting vehicles from gasoline to battery electric

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1:17:54 ~ Final Thoughts

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1:25:38 ~ Epilogue