Media coverage

Coverage of CCCC's activities has been extensive in all parts of the media: newspaper, magazine, radio and television. This page divides between after the solar opening (21 July 2004), after of the charging point opening (15 April 1999) in various media, and before the charging point opening ("Pre-opening").
Post-solar Printed Web Filmed Pre-opening

Post-solar

Energy Saving Trust, July 2005 specification of PV installation and downloadable 2-page document

Permaculture Magazine, no. 42, Winter 2004 "Sun and The City" (magazine current issue)

Positive News (Issue 41 - Autumn 2004) "Running on Sunshine"

South London Press (22 July 2004, p5) "Shining example"

Printed

PowerShift Success stories, Electric Vehicles "Simon Roberts" Jan 2001, 4-sided A4 leaflet (2.3MB PDF), covering the first year or so of using the Peugeot 106 electric.

Mirror Motoring (22 September 2000, pp4-5) "Crisis? Watt crisis? Battery-powered Sarah breezes past blockades"

South London Press (22 September 2000, p8) "Plug in ... and switch off from the fuel fiasco"

Sunday Express (3 September 2000, p89) "Plugged in and purring"

Evening Standard (21 July 2000, p10) "Doctor cures her petrol bill ills with an electric car"

Green Futures (Number 23, July/August 2000, p18) "Change works out for electric car"

Electrical Review (23 November 1999, pp20-21) "All charged up"

Evening Standard, section on The London Motor Show (19 October 1999, pp6-7) "The shock if you go electric"

Positive News (Summer 1999, p8) "Electrically charged in London"

The Independent (24 July 1999) "How sewage sludge will power your car"

The Times (12 June 1999, p49) "Kerbing fumes"

The Guardian, G2 section (17 May 1999, pp10-11) "Plug in, turn on, drive off"

The Express (1 May 1999, p83) "Flash of inspiration"

GP magazine (30 April 1999, p8) "Silent GP is electrically charged"

Autocar (21 April 1999, p11) "UK's first on-street charging point here"

Metro (the London Underground freepaper), 16 April 1999

South London Press (16 April 1999, p7) "Sarah takes the electric avenue, mum plugs into 'green" motoring"

Web

SourceUK.net A Portal for the Public Service Industry, articles:

Simon Roberts (24 May 1999) "The Case For The Private Electric Car"
Vasudev Turwani (London Borough of Lambeth) (24 May 1999) "A Practical Response To The Need For 'Green' Transport"
Kate Hoey MP (27 May 1999) "Electrifying"

London Electricity's press release (15 April 1999) "UK’s First Pavement Electric Car Plugged-in"

Filmed

BBC's "Driven" broadcast 10 April 2001 featuring the charging post with a Ford TH!NK electric car

BBC Open University, recorded 30 November 1999, released early 2000 on video for OU students

LWT for the Discovery Channel, recorded 15 October 1999, for broadcast early 2000

BBC's "Dream wheels" produced by Tomorrow's World, recorded 15 April 1999, broadcast ...

BBC Newsroom South East 15 April 1999

Pre-opening

Guardian (London local, 5 February 1998) "Sparks fly in car battle"

Guardian (London local, 30 December 1997) Review of the Year 1997, March " 'Green' motorist Simon Roberts finally won..."

Electrical Review (8 July 1997) "All I want is to plug in my car"

South London Press (14 March 1997) "Switching on to a greener car, Simon gets the point in his battle for plug-in motor"

Guardian (London local, 6 March 1997) "Electric car goes on street charge"

Auto Express (24 January 1997) "Battery car grounded"

Guardian (London local, 9 January 1997) "Charge of the light car puzzles council" (no pic)

London Radio August 1995

South London Press (25 July 1995) "Plug is pulled on electric car plan, green motor scheme put on hold"

Daily Telegraph (6 June 1995) "Want to think electric? Forget it"
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