Robert is probably best known for his role as Kryten in the BBC series, Red Dwarf, and for spending ten years on a pile of rubbish in Channel 4s Scrapheap Challenge. He's published 11 books, countless newspaper and magazine articles and written 5 stage plays. For the past 5 years Robert has been increasingly interested in electric vehicles and the changes in attitude and awareness they encourage. For the past 2 years he has been driving electric cars, covering a total distance of 30,000 miles without ever running out of battery power. He produces and presents an online series Fully Charged which looks at electric vehicles and the future of energy. Robert lives in the Cotswolds with his family and writes in an office festooned with solar panels.
For a start, it’s a daft thing to do, but I’d been toying with the idea for years. “I’d love to drive the electric car to up to Snowdonia,” I’d say to the Mrs as I scrubbed the kitchen floor aroun...
Actor-turned-EV advocate, Robert Llewellyn was lucky enough to witness Lord Paul Drayson break the land speed record for an electric car, last night. Here’s his account of watching a legendary Dray...