{ "id": "epd7wakgc2", "slug": "fully-charged", "title": "Fully Charged", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.early_english_webseries", "label": "Early English-language web series (1997–mid 2010s)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.early_english_webseries" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.culture.performance", "label": "Western Europe · Not dated: Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.culture.performance", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate", "label": "Western Europe · Not dated", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.culture.performance" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Fully Charged is a British YouTube series and podcast on electric vehicles and clean energy, created by Robert Llewellyn in June 2010, known for its \"Stop Burning Stuff\" slogan, Patreon-funded independence, and Fully Charged LIVE expos; distinct from the 2018 animated series Mega Man: Fully Charged.", "snippet": "Fully Charged is a British YouTube series and podcast on electric vehicles and clean energy, created by Robert Llewellyn in June 2010, known for its \"Stop Burning Stuff\" slogan, Patreon-funded independence, and Fully Charged LIVE expos; distinct from the 2018 animated series Mega Man: Fully Charged.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.early_english_webseries", "markdown": "# Fully Charged\n\n**Fully Charged** is a British YouTube series and podcast about electric vehicles, home energy and clean technology, created and hosted by the actor and presenter [Robert Llewellyn](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-llewellyn) in June 2010. The show's stated aim is to explain that a large share of the energy the world demands can come from clean sources such as solar, wind and energy storage, summarized in its slogan \"Stop Burning Stuff\".[1](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/) After more than a decade of growth it became the core of the wider Everything Electric network of channels, podcasts and live exhibitions.[2](https://evkx.net/reviews/channel/FullyChargedShow/) The name is also used, separately, for the 2018 animated series *Mega Man: Fully Charged*.[3](https://www.wildbrain.com/trade-news/sony-pop-gets-meganized-with-mega-man-fully-charged)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| First episode | Released 11 June 2010 by Robert Llewellyn, in a presenter-led factual entertainment style learned over 30 years in broadcast TV[4](https://llewellyn.substack.com/p/15-years) |\n| Subject matter | Reviews, test drives and industry analysis covering electric vehicles, renewable energy and home smart-energy systems[2](https://evkx.net/reviews/channel/FullyChargedShow/) |\n| Presenters | Robert Llewellyn, Maddie Moate, Jack Scarlett, Helen Czerski, Chelsea Sexton and Andy Torbet, among others[1](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/) |\n| Live events | First Fully Charged LIVE exhibition at Silverstone, 9-10 June 2018; 26 expos held globally by 2026[5](https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hybrid_vehicles/fully-charged-youtube-ev-show-becomes-a-20180425) • [6](https://fullycharged.show/blog/end-of-an-era/) |\n| Scale by 2026 | 1 million subscribers, 2,000 episodes and podcasts, over 2 billion views across digital platforms, and about 180,000 electric test drives at events[6](https://fullycharged.show/blog/end-of-an-era/) |\n| Funding | Overwhelmingly from the founder's own pocket and Patreon contributions of $2 to $10 a month, to preserve editorial independence[7](https://fullycharged.show/faqs/) |\n\n## Origins\n\nRobert Llewellyn, a British actor known for playing the mechanoid Kryten in the science fiction comedy *Red Dwarf* and for presenting the [Channel 4](https://www.edgepedia.org/channel-4) gameshow *[Scrapheap Challenge](https://www.edgepedia.org/scrapheap-challenge)*, launched Fully Charged in 2010 after being impressed by early electric cars.[1](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/) The first episode appeared on 11 June 2010 and explained the then-nascent idea of joining many computer batteries into one large pack to drive a vehicle's electric motor.[4](https://llewellyn.substack.com/p/15-years) Early coverage described the show as an effort to bust the myths surrounding electric cars, with two ten-minute episodes available on YouTube and iTunes.[8](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2010/06/25/fully-charged/)\n\nThe founding question behind the show, in its own account, was whether humans could live, work and travel without burning things, a direction of travel motivated by air pollution and climate breakdown.[1](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/)\n\n## Format and presenters\n\nThe channel publishes reviews, first drives, interviews, factory visits and explainers about electric transport, placing individual vehicles within the broader transition to electrification rather than concentrating on standardized range or charging tests.[2](https://evkx.net/reviews/channel/FullyChargedShow/) Recent episodes have covered mainstream electric cars such as Tesla, Polestar and MG models alongside home renewable setups and smart-home energy solutions.[9](https://socialdiscovery.app/en/youtube/channel/fully-charged-show) At one point the show released one podcast and four episodes a week across its YouTube channels.[10](https://www.mygreenpod.com/wp-content/uploads/magazines/MGP_EARTHDAY22_MERGED_SINGLES_compressed_compressed.pdf)\n\n**Presenters.** The show has been hosted by Robert Llewellyn together with Maddie Moate, a BAFTA-winning presenter of educational science content; Jack Scarlett, an automotive presenter; [Helen Czerski](https://www.edgepedia.org/helen-czerski), a physicist and oceanographer at [University College London](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-college-london); Chelsea Sexton, an electric-vehicle advocate who began on the [General Motors EV1](https://www.edgepedia.org/general-motors-ev1) program and co-founded Plug In America; and Andy Torbet, an explorer and former bomb disposal officer.[1](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/) In earlier years Jonny Smith co-hosted the show,[11](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/bobby-is-fully-charged/) and Nicki Shields later stepped in for a series on converting combustion engine cars to electric.[12](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/tough-times/) A six-part beginner's series, *Maddie Goes Electric*, documented the process of buying an electric car and featured the charging-map service Zapmap.[13](https://www.zapmap.com/news/new-fully-charged-series-looks-to-help-ev-newcomers)\n\n## Funding and independence\n\nFor its first decade the overwhelming majority of funding came from Llewellyn personally and from Patreon, the crowdfunding platform on which supporters contribute $2 to $10 a month, supplemented by [Google AdSense](https://www.edgepedia.org/google-adsense) revenue and occasional sponsorship.[7](https://fullycharged.show/faqs/) By 2016 the show had run for over six years with almost 200 videos produced and funded directly by Llewellyn, with only some support from energy companies and manufacturers sponsoring the show.[14](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2016/04/15/back-bobby/) The team states that supporter contributions mean it never sponsors an episode on the main channel, and describes itself as an independent voice powered by people.[12](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/tough-times/)\n\nThe audience is predominantly male, with almost three quarters between the ages of 25 and 54, and about 87 percent are consumers rather than industry professionals.[7](https://fullycharged.show/faqs/) Only about 30 percent of the viewership own electric vehicles, of whom around three quarters power them with renewable electricity, and 78 percent of viewers intend their next vehicle purchase to be electric.[7](https://fullycharged.show/faqs/)\n\n## Fully Charged LIVE and the live events business\n\nIn 2018 the YouTube show was extended into a live exhibition, Fully Charged LIVE, first held at the Silverstone circuit in the UK on 9 and 10 June 2018, with tickets at £29.50, discounted to £17.50 for Patreon backers.[5](https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hybrid_vehicles/fully-charged-youtube-ev-show-becomes-a-20180425) • [11](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/bobby-is-fully-charged/) The first event featured an exhibition of renewable energy technologies, every electric vehicle available in the UK, the UK debut of Tesla's Tiny House, and 20 live theater sessions hosted by Llewellyn, Jonny Smith and Helen Czerski.[5](https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hybrid_vehicles/fully-charged-youtube-ev-show-becomes-a-20180425) • [11](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/bobby-is-fully-charged/) One account dates the first live show to 2017,[15](https://thedriven.io/2022/10/20/fully-charged-festival-of-electrification-to-debut-in-australia-supported-by-the-driven/) while the company's own investment announcement counts five years from the first Fully Charged LIVE exhibition as of 2023, consistent with the 2018 Silverstone debut.[16](https://fullycharged.show/blog/fully-charged-show-confirms-1-2m-of-direct-investment-and-several-senior-appointments/)\n\nThe events expanded internationally: the Farnborough, England event of 29 April to 1 May 2022 attracted more than 23,000 visitors and doubled its footprint versus the 2021 event,[17](https://fullycharged.show/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fcl-us-press-release-23-09-22.pdf) and the festival debuted in Australia with a Sydney show in March 2023, promoted as including the biggest ever collection of electric vehicles in Australia with more than 40 live sessions.[15](https://thedriven.io/2022/10/20/fully-charged-festival-of-electrification-to-debut-in-australia-supported-by-the-driven/) By 2026 the company counted 26 expos globally across Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK and the US, and about 180,000 electric test drives.[6](https://fullycharged.show/blog/end-of-an-era/)\n\n## Business development and rebrand\n\nIn 2023, thirteen years after the first episode, Fully Charged Show Ltd raised £1.2 million of direct investment as part of a £1.5 million target, choosing direct investment over crowdfunding, and formed a formal board with Dan Caesar as Chief Executive Officer and Llewellyn as founder, plus non-executive directors Helen Czerski, Quentin Willson and Simon Hackett.[16](https://fullycharged.show/blog/fully-charged-show-confirms-1-2m-of-direct-investment-and-several-senior-appointments/) The company's subsidiary brands include Everything Electric and Stop Burning Stuff.[16](https://fullycharged.show/blog/fully-charged-show-confirms-1-2m-of-direct-investment-and-several-senior-appointments/) The main vehicle-focused YouTube channel now operates as Everything Electric CARS, and the wider network covers electric vehicles, charging, home energy and clean technology through videos, podcasts, articles and live events.[2](https://evkx.net/reviews/channel/FullyChargedShow/)\n\nIn 2026 Dan Caesar announced he would hand over leadership of the company on October 1 after roughly ten years, describing a period of right-sizing after serious challenges from what he called politics over the previous 18 months. His summary of the organization's achievements included multiple awards, more than 2 billion views across digital platforms, 1 million subscribers, 2,000 episodes and podcasts, 26 expos, about 180,000 electric test drives, the anti-misinformation campaign StopBS, and the industry-to-consumer lobby group EVUK.[6](https://fullycharged.show/blog/end-of-an-era/) Llewellyn marked sixteen years since the first episode, saying he could never have anticipated the show's impact.[6](https://fullycharged.show/blog/end-of-an-era/)\n\n## Mega Man: Fully Charged\n\nA separate work uses the same name. *Mega Man: Fully Charged* is an animated series based on Capcom's Mega Man video game franchise, an original co-production of DHX Media and Dentsu Entertainment USA written and executive produced by Man of Action Entertainment and animated at DHX Media's Vancouver studio. It introduces the hero's alter ego Aki Light, a schoolboy robot with nano-core technology that transforms him into [Mega Man](https://www.edgepedia.org/mega-man), and is aimed at children aged 6 to 11.[3](https://www.wildbrain.com/trade-news/sony-pop-gets-meganized-with-mega-man-fully-charged) Season one comprises 52 episodes of about 11 minutes each, rated TV-Y7-FV, and in the United States it streams free with ads on Tubi and is available to buy on Amazon Video and Fandango at Home.[18](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/mega-man-fully-charged)\n\n## References\n\n1. [About Fully Charged, fullycharged.show](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/)\n2. [FullyChargedShow reviews, EVKX.net](https://evkx.net/reviews/channel/FullyChargedShow/)\n3. [Sony Pop Gets \"Meganized\" with Mega Man: Fully Charged, WildBrain](https://www.wildbrain.com/trade-news/sony-pop-gets-meganized-with-mega-man-fully-charged)\n4. [15 Years, by Robert Llewellyn, Substack](https://llewellyn.substack.com/p/15-years)\n5. [Fully Charged YouTube show becomes a new exhibition Fully Charged LIVE, Renewable Energy Magazine](https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hybrid_vehicles/fully-charged-youtube-ev-show-becomes-a-20180425)\n6. [End of an Era?, Everything Electric](https://fullycharged.show/blog/end-of-an-era/)\n7. [Fully Charged FAQs](https://fullycharged.show/faqs/)\n8. [Fully Charged, Red Dwarf official website, 25 June 2010](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2010/06/25/fully-charged/)\n9. [Everything Electric CARS: similar YouTube channels, Social Discovery](https://socialdiscovery.app/en/youtube/channel/fully-charged-show)\n10. [Fully Charged's Dan Caesar reveals why 2022 is definitely not 'the year of the electric car', My Green Pod](https://www.mygreenpod.com/wp-content/uploads/magazines/MGP_EARTHDAY22_MERGED_SINGLES_compressed_compressed.pdf)\n11. [Bobby Is Fully Charged, Red Dwarf official website, 27 April 2018](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/bobby-is-fully-charged/)\n12. [Tough Times, Everything Electric](https://fullycharged.show/about-fully-charged/tough-times/)\n13. [New Fully Charged series looks to help EV newcomers, Zapmap](https://www.zapmap.com/news/new-fully-charged-series-looks-to-help-ev-newcomers)\n14. [Back Bobby, Red Dwarf official website, 15 April 2016](https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2016/04/15/back-bobby/)\n15. [Fully Charged \"festival of electrification\" to debut in Australia, The Driven](https://thedriven.io/2022/10/20/fully-charged-festival-of-electrification-to-debut-in-australia-supported-by-the-driven/)\n16. [Fully Charged Show confirms £1.2m of direct investment and several senior appointments, Everything Electric](https://fullycharged.show/blog/fully-charged-show-confirms-1-2m-of-direct-investment-and-several-senior-appointments/)\n17. [Fully Charged LIVE hits another home run in the US, press release](https://fullycharged.show/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fcl-us-press-release-23-09-22.pdf)\n18. 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