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Description

Evie is the first municipally-owned electric car share program in the country! To find out what it's like to use the service and how it might fit into your life, we're riding along with Madi Johnson on her first Evie trip. We're also joined in the studio by James Vierling from HOURCAR to give more background about Evie.

Episode summary

00:00 | Intro
01:01 | Ian's car share story
04:16 | Madi's transportation story
10:07 | Differences between Evie and HOURCAR
14:37 | Starting our journey
17:59 | "There's nothing super futuristic about it"
18:59 | Driving to Fleet Farm
22:07 | The municipal ownership model
27:16 | The home area
33:20 | Making fewer, consolidated trips
36:52 | Strategically placing charging stations
38:15 | The car's handling
43:43 | Long distance trips
47:55 | Unloading
50:08 | Plugging in
52:26 | The invoice
54:47 | Outro

Photos from the journey

Ian with his microphone next to the Evie logo on the side of the car. Madi is visible through the window on the other side of the car.

Madi posing next to the car's trunk filled with five 50-pound bags of chicken feed.

View of the backseat, with three more bags. Madi is smiling at the camera through the window.

Ian doing a ridiculous pose in front of the car's trunk. The back seat is down so his bike would fit in the back.

A view of the car's dashboard. There is a large LCD screen in the center of the dashboard with several infotainment controls. In front of the driver (behind the wheel) there is another screen showing speed, battery charge, and compass direction.

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Attributions

Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck's Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about his band The Urban Hillbilly Quartet on their website.

This episode was hosted and edited by Ian R Buck, with transcript by the indominable Mike Allen. Christy Marsden is our awesome guest booker, and technical assistance is provided by the super professional Brian Mitchell. If you're able to help make sure this team gets paid for the hard work they do, please consider donating. We really appreciate it!

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