In this special episode, we take a look back at all the EV Café Takeaway guests of 2025. We hand the wand (or seashell, block of wood, or lightning bolt…) to pioneers, collaborators, and innovators across the electric vehicle and sustainability world, asking them what their one wish would be… decarbonisation
- 💰 Professor Richard Allan (University of Reading) 🪄 Make the full value of things we buy apparent
- 🚗 Melanie Shufflebotham (ZapMap) 🪄 For there to be 10 available models of electric cars with at least 250 mile range for under £15,000
- 🌳 Carla Detrieux (Volta Trucks - now MAN) 🪄 Sustainability and for people to make the right choices
- 😇 Glenn Saint (Prospedia Media) 🪄 For people to focus on the requirement when solving a problem
- 🌡️ Jonny Berry (Novuna Vehicle Solutions) 🪄 Stop climate change
- 📺 Gary Comerford (EV Musings) 🪄 High visibility public service announcements that dispel myths about EVs
- 👶 Mike Costain (Nineteen Group) 🪄 Wants his kids to be happy
- 💥 Abby Chicken (Openreach) 🪄 Wants to explode certain people
- 🗣️ Josh Spencer (Ford & Slater) 🪄 Compel people better into EV adoption
- 🔌 Jonas Andersen (Spirii) 🪄 More grid connections
- 🚛 Matt Eisenegger (CV Driver) 🪄 Recognition for commercial vehicle drivers
- 📈 Ian Mills (Spirit EV) 🪄 Wants his business to grow
- 🧠 Stephen Hards (RHA) 🪄 Mental Health awareness
- 🙂 Rick Boullemier (Generate Media) 🪄 Don’t be a prat
- 🔋 Will Reeves (SMMT) 🪄 Charging infrastructure proliferation
- 🧑⚖️ Fraser Crichton (Dundee City Council) 🪄 An holistic approach to renewable energy in government
- 🚛 Chris Welch (Welch Group) 🪄 More logistics operators to embrace renewables
- 📣 John Fairlie (AW Group) 🪄 Champion positive change
- 🖖 Chris Hazell (Felten) 🪄 Wants to bring about a global government
- 🛞 Gunnlaugur Erlendsson (Enso Tyres) 🪄 For more tyre companies to embrace sustainability
- 🧑🍳 Adam Bishop (Strong Man / IVECO) 🪄 Personal chef
- 🤝 Ian Plumber (Auto Trader) 🪄 Better inclusivity and representation in the industry
- 🔋 Rosario Surace (Drax) 🪄 Getting power locally - not nationally
- 👨⚖️ Niall Riddell (Paua) 🪄 Charging regulation should only be passed by those who will use it
- 🚗 James Rooney (Network Rail) 🪄 Flying cars
- ⭐️ Brett Howton (IVECO) 🪄 Wants to give people confidence
- 🧱 Trevor Palmer (EV Blocks) 🪄 More of the same
- 🧑⚖️ Sarah Papamichalis (Milence) 🪄 User-centric legislation
- 🚑 Jack Cousens (The AA) 🪄 A greater focus on road safety
- 🧠 Tom Pearson (CPD Bodies) 🪄 For people to be able to talk openly about mental health
- 🔓 Tim Campbell (Campbell's Consultancy) 🪄 Unlock electrification and renewables in the truck industry
- 💡 Vicky Edmonds (EVA England) 🪄 For electrification to be done already
- 📍 Faisan Ahmed (First Bus) 🪄 A global platform for charging
- 📉 Tim Morris (Europcar) 🪄 Fix the economy
- 🤔 Andrees Blin (ChargePoint) 🪄 For car buyers to have an open mind
- 📈 Chris Bunce (IVECO) 🪄 Stability in the market
- 🚐 Stephen Briers (Bauer Media Group) 🪄 Van electrification
- 🍷 Evelyn Tourish (Europcar) 🪄 Personal sommelier
- 🙋♀️ Michelle Breffitt (Women Drive Electric) 🪄 Better vehicle experiences for women
- 🎓 Paul Hollic (AFP) 🪄 AFP apprenticeship program
- ❗️ Philip Morris (IVECO) 🪄 Willingness for change in the industry
- 🇬🇧 Chris Demitriou (Islington Council) 🪄 For more London authorities to embrace decarbonisation
- 🚗 Stuart Murphy (Royal Mail) 🪄 A family car with 400 mile range
- 💬 Lisa Thomas (Motability Operations) 🪄 Awareness of Motability Operations' positive impact
- 🤗 Nigel Allsop (BT) 🪄 For everyone to be healthy, prosperous, and to look out for each other
- 🤝 Michael Braybrook (Zaptec) 🪄 More synergy between OEMs and utility companies
- 🧒 Srah Gray (Dawnsongroup Vans) 🪄 Wants her daughter to be happy
- 😖 Rebecca Denyer (Seabring Works) 🪄 Alleviation of frustration for things outside her control
- 🏆 Dale Eynon (Fleet Consultant) 🪄 Better recognition for the industry
- 🙌 Lyndsey Hetherington (Drax Electric Vehicles) 🪄 Let people be themselves
- ⚡️ Paul Kirby 🪄 Certainty from Government
- ⚡️Sam Clarke 🪄 More EV registrations, proliferation of EHGVs, for government to listen to the science
- ⚡️ Sara Sloman 🪄 Let's help each other to succeed
- ⚡️ John Curtis 🪄 Price parity between EVs / ICE vehicles