Good morning great and good, grievous and gracious and welcome to the newest, shiniest and most alliterated version of this here very blog; the Dan and Matt Xero Journal. Now, all of you who have taken the odd glance at this page probably know the standard way we like to operate, namely along the lines of WELCOME-XERO-RANT-DEEP THINKING QUESTION TO CLOSE and breeeaaathe. It’s a staple now and one we have championed. However this will change for today, oh yes it will change, because today I have been irked by something irksome (surprisingly). So prepare for a rant as I offer a rebuttal to some negative press from so-called ‘impartial’ organisations towards electric cars that have surfaced in the last week or so. If you have been affected by any of this nonsense, please allow me to offer an impassioned defence.
Mitsubishi are soon to release their I-MiEV model of electric car in the UK, surely a move that will be welcomed by all members of society, perhaps even praised for its progressiveness? Well no not in certain sections of the media. There appears to be a general suspicion of the model and I have even heard the car described as ‘controversial’. Now, in a week involving cricket scandals and IRA cover-ups I think it is rather unfair to call a car designed to help lower carbon emissions as ‘controversial’, particularly considering that the main cause of this controversy is that Mitsubishi have dared to lower the retail price by 10 thousand pounds, damn them! It’s this use of dismissive language, this almost contempt towards a positive change that is really starting to annoy us who love all things carbon-free. Another case in point is a piece in the Daily Telegraph predicting that electric car “servicing costs SHOULD be lower” compared to petrol equivalents. Well, no they ARE lower, this isn’t something we can’t predict in the future- 4 working parts in an electric car, circa 300 in a petrol one; this isn’t something a journalist should have trouble working out and is indicative of scepticism prevalent in conservative reporting circles.
The prevailing conclusion its seems, is that we should drag our heels, keep an eye on it “promise ourselves that one day we might buy an electric car” and for now then, what exactly? Global warming is still happening, and sweeping change has never been made with hesitancy, but with positive, direct action; suffragettes threw themselves under horses, individuals stand in front of tanks, monks set themselves on fire. Ok, I’m not suggesting that anyone has to martyr themselves to the electric vehicle cause, but the stakes are just as high.
So let’s address the burning issue these news stories have highlighted as the biggest problem- the cost. A comparison run by the BBC claims that electric vehicles are really only worth splashing out on for people living in London, as the congestion charge costing means you save about 4 thousand pound a year, compared with an actual slight loss for those living outside the capital. Interesting figures, interesting figures indeed, but let’s have a look. First of all the BBC have chosen the MiEV as representative of all electric vehicles, an interesting ploy (and I will now think of Phil Mitchell after a crack cocaine binge as representative of them) considering that the retail price of the MiEV (around £30,000) brings the whole average price thing rather upwards. They could of course choose the Nissan LEAF, another new electric car soon to hit the market that has a higher top speed, longer range and hopefully a lower retail price, but hey they’ve got to make this comparison striking. Indeed if this were 12 months down the line they could choose a Xero car, although we plan on making our retail price only a fraction of the MiEV’s, making such a comparison null and void. But no, they have taken the MiEV and held up a 1.2 Fiat next to it, one of the most economical petrol cars currently selling for a ‘fair’ comparison ; nice move, BBC. You might think this is logical considering the cars will have similar performances on the road, but that’s not the point. We don’t just want your Micra’s, your Fabia’s and your Reliant’s to be traded in for an electric car, we want the gas guzzler’s too, the ones that will really start making a change, your BMW’S, Ferrari’s or Delorens (I’m looking at you Doc Brown) because once we get that then we will really get the point.
And that’s what it’s all about really, not how the car looks, how it performs, or even really how much it costs, the main point of electric vehicles is to try and stem the flow of carbon emissions, something we all need to remember, so if someone could point that out to the press then that would be lovely.
Till next time,
Dan and Matt
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Sour Milkshakes...
Good morning dear readers of this very blog. It has been a little while since we spoke hasn’t it. Apologies but like all good things and thick beers, they come to those who wait.
Right Xero, what have we been doing, where have we been doing it and what the devil are we doing about it. Well it’s been an interesting month to say the least, again we have been showing our faces at various Polo events, Best Buy have been Best Buying along and we have said a teary if content goodbye to those lovely people at CostCo as our special event has come to an end.
Aside from the normal hubble and bubble of running a business however, Xero does have one piece of shiny new news to share, namely that as of September the 1st we shall have our own showroom and industrial unit down in the lovely surroundings of city of Exeter. So all of you who have rung up to enquire where exactly you can try one of our green go-fasters (you know who you are) then wonder no longer, because rather than direct you to your nearest Best Buy, we will be able to point to you to our own showroom. I can feel the excitement in our potential customer’s bones pulsate from here, so please come down and meet the Xero team, try a Scooter and have a chat, we are a nice bunch down here, honest.
As for the green world in general, it has been a rather strange and mixed few weeks for all concerned. There has been widely conflicting reports that the Gulf Oil Spill is either the worst environmental disaster in the history of the U.S contrasted with claims that it has all been a spin campaign by the Obama administration. To be honest, calls from papers such as the Daily Mail to defend BP against the “most cynical spin campaign ever” are exceedingly beside the point. Whether the blame lies with Joe public’s thirst for oil, the greed and stupidity linked with the mermaid- barons of these deep-sea drills or indeed with the U.S’s own slack drilling legislation the fact of the matter is that this should not have happened. Even if the oil tasted like chocolate and all the animals rather enjoyed swimming about in a newly sticky texturised sea for a change, the fact remains that there should have been fail-safes against this kind of thing. To make out Tony Hayward as some sort of poor defenceless child being bashed about by that mighty brute Obama for no reason except old Barrack loves a berating that that Mr Hayward happens to be British is a flimsy claim at best. And don’t even get me started on the ‘coincidence’ of BP drilling in Libya not so soon after the Lockerbie bomber was freed. If any good has come out of this incident it is to highlight the shady ways some of these N.G.O’s work (yes, BP is a non government organisation and NOT a British one).
Apologies for my oil rant, but we just think things would be a lot simpler with our vehicles running on electricity, I mean who drills for deep sea leccy’? I was also rather taken with the weekend showing of ‘There will be blood’- the sight of Daniel Day-Lewis screaming ‘I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE’ at an evangelical priest to help describe his black-gold-thievery has made me rather intrigued about these barons... why not check it out on youtube, that man won his Oscar and then some.
You see, here at Xero we are electricity barons- we have zing, we are shocking, we are dynamic and we plug into all normal homes. Ask good old Chris Huhne, whether or not his promises go anywhere, he at least agrees with us. So what would you rather be? Some sort of black, sludgy, milkshake drinking underwater, eco-system destroying oil baron (albeit with a parody worthy of an Oscar) or a bright and renewable piece of the jigsaw puzzle we call an eco-friendly future?
Interesting, no?
Right Xero, what have we been doing, where have we been doing it and what the devil are we doing about it. Well it’s been an interesting month to say the least, again we have been showing our faces at various Polo events, Best Buy have been Best Buying along and we have said a teary if content goodbye to those lovely people at CostCo as our special event has come to an end.
Aside from the normal hubble and bubble of running a business however, Xero does have one piece of shiny new news to share, namely that as of September the 1st we shall have our own showroom and industrial unit down in the lovely surroundings of city of Exeter. So all of you who have rung up to enquire where exactly you can try one of our green go-fasters (you know who you are) then wonder no longer, because rather than direct you to your nearest Best Buy, we will be able to point to you to our own showroom. I can feel the excitement in our potential customer’s bones pulsate from here, so please come down and meet the Xero team, try a Scooter and have a chat, we are a nice bunch down here, honest.
As for the green world in general, it has been a rather strange and mixed few weeks for all concerned. There has been widely conflicting reports that the Gulf Oil Spill is either the worst environmental disaster in the history of the U.S contrasted with claims that it has all been a spin campaign by the Obama administration. To be honest, calls from papers such as the Daily Mail to defend BP against the “most cynical spin campaign ever” are exceedingly beside the point. Whether the blame lies with Joe public’s thirst for oil, the greed and stupidity linked with the mermaid- barons of these deep-sea drills or indeed with the U.S’s own slack drilling legislation the fact of the matter is that this should not have happened. Even if the oil tasted like chocolate and all the animals rather enjoyed swimming about in a newly sticky texturised sea for a change, the fact remains that there should have been fail-safes against this kind of thing. To make out Tony Hayward as some sort of poor defenceless child being bashed about by that mighty brute Obama for no reason except old Barrack loves a berating that that Mr Hayward happens to be British is a flimsy claim at best. And don’t even get me started on the ‘coincidence’ of BP drilling in Libya not so soon after the Lockerbie bomber was freed. If any good has come out of this incident it is to highlight the shady ways some of these N.G.O’s work (yes, BP is a non government organisation and NOT a British one).
Apologies for my oil rant, but we just think things would be a lot simpler with our vehicles running on electricity, I mean who drills for deep sea leccy’? I was also rather taken with the weekend showing of ‘There will be blood’- the sight of Daniel Day-Lewis screaming ‘I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE’ at an evangelical priest to help describe his black-gold-thievery has made me rather intrigued about these barons... why not check it out on youtube, that man won his Oscar and then some.
You see, here at Xero we are electricity barons- we have zing, we are shocking, we are dynamic and we plug into all normal homes. Ask good old Chris Huhne, whether or not his promises go anywhere, he at least agrees with us. So what would you rather be? Some sort of black, sludgy, milkshake drinking underwater, eco-system destroying oil baron (albeit with a parody worthy of an Oscar) or a bright and renewable piece of the jigsaw puzzle we call an eco-friendly future?
Interesting, no?
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Words, actions and footballs
Well who saw that coming? England out of the World Cup? To Germany you say? Never! Nein Nein Nien! Well, 10 actually, South Africa 2010 and England are goners. The combined efforts of world beaters Upson, Barry and ‘two left feet would be a staggering improvement’ Emile Heskey have surprisingly proved incapable of beating any country with a population over 12 or any nation whose Prime Minister doesn’t double up as some 1850’s cockney shoe shine.
Apparently there was some controversy about a disallowed goal clearly crossing the line or something, I wouldn’t know, I didn’t see it; I was too busy refereeing the match... (Insert symbol crash here).
And the reaction has been pretty standard too- new coach, ditch the older players, new tactics, new players, new ideas.
Well this all sounds pretty familiar, in fact it had happened just over a month before when we had a new government (ConDem United), a new coach (David ‘cutter’ Cameron), we ditched the older players (Brown) and brought in new tactics and idea for our country (4.4.2 is being cut I hear for a more deficit clearing 1.1.0)
Meanwhile however, last week the government did outline its ideas on the Green future by throwing Chris Huhne centre forward to explain a few things for us at the UK energy summit. ”We’ve inherited bad habits” he said, just after clarifying for everyone that the pope is indeed a Catholic, and outlined the government pledge to make “this the greenest government ever”. So far, very wise, very noble and very, very obvious. While simultaneously seemingly making big promises and nailing down none, Mr Huhne did at least give us one token for thought that “no less than £200 billion of investment is needed in our energy infrastructure over the next decade”.
And what do these greener incentives mean for Xero and electric vehicles as a whole? Well for one thing, once the Xero car does begin production, you lucky people will be eligible to 5 grand off its retail price and when we add that to the lovely incentives already being offered of no road tax, cheap insurance and the gazillions (never one to exaggerate) of new charge points being put up around the country, meaning we see zero (as well as Xero) reasons why we can’t help start cleaning up our environment together.
But why us, why now? Well I would like to announce on this blog the start of our network marketing scheme, essentially making all of our customers certified Xero agents and giving you the chance to earn a little bit back on the investment, find out more here. Alongside this announcement, I would also like to declare the launch of a little project of ours, X-TV, where you fortunate readers will finally be able to put a face to the madman scribbling away his thoughts here, as well as see some of our products in action. Oh these be exciting times.
Speak soon
Dan und Matt
Apparently there was some controversy about a disallowed goal clearly crossing the line or something, I wouldn’t know, I didn’t see it; I was too busy refereeing the match... (Insert symbol crash here).
And the reaction has been pretty standard too- new coach, ditch the older players, new tactics, new players, new ideas.
Well this all sounds pretty familiar, in fact it had happened just over a month before when we had a new government (ConDem United), a new coach (David ‘cutter’ Cameron), we ditched the older players (Brown) and brought in new tactics and idea for our country (4.4.2 is being cut I hear for a more deficit clearing 1.1.0)
Meanwhile however, last week the government did outline its ideas on the Green future by throwing Chris Huhne centre forward to explain a few things for us at the UK energy summit. ”We’ve inherited bad habits” he said, just after clarifying for everyone that the pope is indeed a Catholic, and outlined the government pledge to make “this the greenest government ever”. So far, very wise, very noble and very, very obvious. While simultaneously seemingly making big promises and nailing down none, Mr Huhne did at least give us one token for thought that “no less than £200 billion of investment is needed in our energy infrastructure over the next decade”.
And what do these greener incentives mean for Xero and electric vehicles as a whole? Well for one thing, once the Xero car does begin production, you lucky people will be eligible to 5 grand off its retail price and when we add that to the lovely incentives already being offered of no road tax, cheap insurance and the gazillions (never one to exaggerate) of new charge points being put up around the country, meaning we see zero (as well as Xero) reasons why we can’t help start cleaning up our environment together.
But why us, why now? Well I would like to announce on this blog the start of our network marketing scheme, essentially making all of our customers certified Xero agents and giving you the chance to earn a little bit back on the investment, find out more here. Alongside this announcement, I would also like to declare the launch of a little project of ours, X-TV, where you fortunate readers will finally be able to put a face to the madman scribbling away his thoughts here, as well as see some of our products in action. Oh these be exciting times.
Speak soon
Dan und Matt
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Relocation, relocation, relocation
“The times they are a changin”; six very obvious words written by that man armed with a guitar and talent for a rhyme, Bob Dylan, in 1964. Time ticks on, people grow older, hairs become greyer and every ten years or so someone digs out some thousand year old prophesy normally involving some remote South American tribe predicting the world will end. Well it’s been a while since I checked but as far as I know it hasn’t, not yet anyway.
You see I’m in a thoughtful mood today, as for for the past three weeks or so myself and my good friend Matt have been out on the road exhibiting our lovely green products to the Great British public. And while I have been greatly encouraged by words of support from the vast majority of the people who have given their time to say a kind word and wish the company luck, it has got me thinking about the task ahead for zero emission vehicles.
I am currently sitting at a computer with my mobile phone to the left of me, Ipod to the right, and here I am stuck in the middle typing to you. 30 or 40 years ago I would have been flapping at a typewriter and listening to a gramophone, probably while smoking a pipe and wearing a monocle, the fact is things change and quickly too. People expect better, faster, more impressive technology, and this is an ethos that is killing the natural world, particularly when it comes to cars. This is the first time in the teleological path of humanity that to help save our environment, we have to make a little sacrifice in our technology. I have no doubt that in the not too distant future electric vehicles will be more than comparable in terms of range and top speed with that of fossil fuelled vehicles. It’s just that initial push that people need. I’d point to this little beauty of a story as a prime example of this.
Attitude and perception challenging is what we do here at Xero, so petrol heads, diesel divas and coal carnivores, we are coming for you. To get the word out about the fact that despite BP’s best efforts to convert seawater into an alternative fuel source, electric vehicles really are the transport of the future, Matt and I have been manning the stand at CostCo HQ and soaking up the rays at the wonderful sun drenched Polo in the Park. There is nothing quite like direct customer interaction to gauge peoples reaction to new technology, ranging from the initially suspicious (“this is electric?”) to the enthusiastic eco fighters we all want to be (“This is electric! Wow!”). Little by little, the message is spreading. Indeed those jokers over at Radio 4 are attempting to drive aimlessly around Europe in an electric car, just to see if it’s possible. Well I can tell you it is, so round of applause please. Find out more here, or follow those crazy cats on facebook if you dare…
Now, as Colombo would say “Just one more thing”. As I have already mentioned, Polo in the Park was very much a fun occasion for myself and the company. Polo is an interesting game, originally used hundreds of years ago to train the Calvary how to fight at close quarters and now used as a sport to amuse a mainly upper-class audience. So in essence it has gone from being a transport method designed to hurt into a jolly good day out. I can’t help but wonder if in a hundred years time people will sit around a field, Pimms in hand, flowery hat on head, brightly coloured chinos on leg, watching people ride around on Harley Davidson’s asking themselves how the human race could once be so nasty to mother Earth. Just a thought.
These Times are indeed-a changing.
Dan and Matt
You see I’m in a thoughtful mood today, as for for the past three weeks or so myself and my good friend Matt have been out on the road exhibiting our lovely green products to the Great British public. And while I have been greatly encouraged by words of support from the vast majority of the people who have given their time to say a kind word and wish the company luck, it has got me thinking about the task ahead for zero emission vehicles.
I am currently sitting at a computer with my mobile phone to the left of me, Ipod to the right, and here I am stuck in the middle typing to you. 30 or 40 years ago I would have been flapping at a typewriter and listening to a gramophone, probably while smoking a pipe and wearing a monocle, the fact is things change and quickly too. People expect better, faster, more impressive technology, and this is an ethos that is killing the natural world, particularly when it comes to cars. This is the first time in the teleological path of humanity that to help save our environment, we have to make a little sacrifice in our technology. I have no doubt that in the not too distant future electric vehicles will be more than comparable in terms of range and top speed with that of fossil fuelled vehicles. It’s just that initial push that people need. I’d point to this little beauty of a story as a prime example of this.
Attitude and perception challenging is what we do here at Xero, so petrol heads, diesel divas and coal carnivores, we are coming for you. To get the word out about the fact that despite BP’s best efforts to convert seawater into an alternative fuel source, electric vehicles really are the transport of the future, Matt and I have been manning the stand at CostCo HQ and soaking up the rays at the wonderful sun drenched Polo in the Park. There is nothing quite like direct customer interaction to gauge peoples reaction to new technology, ranging from the initially suspicious (“this is electric?”) to the enthusiastic eco fighters we all want to be (“This is electric! Wow!”). Little by little, the message is spreading. Indeed those jokers over at Radio 4 are attempting to drive aimlessly around Europe in an electric car, just to see if it’s possible. Well I can tell you it is, so round of applause please. Find out more here, or follow those crazy cats on facebook if you dare…
Now, as Colombo would say “Just one more thing”. As I have already mentioned, Polo in the Park was very much a fun occasion for myself and the company. Polo is an interesting game, originally used hundreds of years ago to train the Calvary how to fight at close quarters and now used as a sport to amuse a mainly upper-class audience. So in essence it has gone from being a transport method designed to hurt into a jolly good day out. I can’t help but wonder if in a hundred years time people will sit around a field, Pimms in hand, flowery hat on head, brightly coloured chinos on leg, watching people ride around on Harley Davidson’s asking themselves how the human race could once be so nasty to mother Earth. Just a thought.
These Times are indeed-a changing.
Dan and Matt
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
A Green buy is always the Best Buy
Good morning/afternoon/evening (ours is a blog for all occasions and tastes) little blogees, you amazing (and hopefully amassing) people. My musing for today is upon our second week of work in exciting and Green luscious world that inhabits the inside of Xero Technology HQ. Seriously, its like Narnia in here, you step through the door and little slave beavers take you through the woods to the enchanted pond… ok, that’s enough of that. This week has been incredibly exciting however; as we learn more about our chosen profession and really get our teeth stuck into life here.
Soooo, where to start? Press openings, dealing with journos, Polo and the light that threatens my sanity with each growing day (it doesn’t seem to be able to make its mind up about something, it just hmmmm’s all day). Well how about we start with our MASSIVE, EXCITING, AMAZING, BRILLIANT THESOURAS EMPTYING NEWS! And that is, ladies and gentleman, if you haven’t heard from elsewhere, that Xero eScooters and Epedals are now available for purchase at the new Best Buy stores you may have noticed starting to pop up around the place. Now, if you are unfamiliar with Best Buy then allow me to fill you in. Best Buy is incredible- that’s it. What? You want more? Fussy people! Ok Best Buy are an American retail outfit selling electrical products- and when they say they sell electrical products they aren’t joking- this place has everything including, thanks to being a green thinking company, our own delicious little cycles. The only problem here is that Best Buy’s first store opening is in Thurrock, Essex, and I am in here, the office, Newton Abbot. So to make the VIP opening meant a half four rise and lots of coffee for myself, Matt and Ollie to make the VIP opening. Now, when I mentioned there were various perks to the job I wasn’t telling fibs. So if I just throw out some words to you see if you can join them together to make a picture of our day- 3D Television, me, Ipads, Matt, various fruit drinks, electric bike testing, a Tesla sports car (those words do not do its awesomeness justice), a game testing room, HD television, free food and lovely, blue shirt wearing guides who certainly know their stuff. Hopefully you get the idea. It was amazing, and best of luck to Best Buy, we hope we can do our best for them and in turn we get the best for our products (noticing a theme here…?).
In other news, Xero Technology has managed to secure stands at some (insert praise-worthy adjective I haven’t already used on Best Buy here) events. That’s right faithful reader; Xero will be selling our Zero Emission vehicles at both the Madrid Masters (tennis that is, Federer, Nadal, and the o so cheery and smiley Mr Andy ‘tears’ Murray) on the 7th to the 16th of May and at Polo in the Park on the 4th to the 6th of June! How exciting! Well I for one can’t wait, thems the brakes and these the perks! So if you happen to be passing the tennis or fancy a bit of dry land Polo then please stop on by.
Another target to Xero in on are your local newspapers, we are attempting to be a bit more visible and as we are incredibly proud of our Green products we want you all to know as much about them as possible. Having chatted away to a few of the plucky wordsmith journalist writers of these circulars this week we should be getting some more coverage- so keep watching the skies! No wait, we haven’t launched our electric UFO range yet… just keep watching the newsagents… that would be better.
Ciao for now!
Matt and Dan
Soooo, where to start? Press openings, dealing with journos, Polo and the light that threatens my sanity with each growing day (it doesn’t seem to be able to make its mind up about something, it just hmmmm’s all day). Well how about we start with our MASSIVE, EXCITING, AMAZING, BRILLIANT THESOURAS EMPTYING NEWS! And that is, ladies and gentleman, if you haven’t heard from elsewhere, that Xero eScooters and Epedals are now available for purchase at the new Best Buy stores you may have noticed starting to pop up around the place. Now, if you are unfamiliar with Best Buy then allow me to fill you in. Best Buy is incredible- that’s it. What? You want more? Fussy people! Ok Best Buy are an American retail outfit selling electrical products- and when they say they sell electrical products they aren’t joking- this place has everything including, thanks to being a green thinking company, our own delicious little cycles. The only problem here is that Best Buy’s first store opening is in Thurrock, Essex, and I am in here, the office, Newton Abbot. So to make the VIP opening meant a half four rise and lots of coffee for myself, Matt and Ollie to make the VIP opening. Now, when I mentioned there were various perks to the job I wasn’t telling fibs. So if I just throw out some words to you see if you can join them together to make a picture of our day- 3D Television, me, Ipads, Matt, various fruit drinks, electric bike testing, a Tesla sports car (those words do not do its awesomeness justice), a game testing room, HD television, free food and lovely, blue shirt wearing guides who certainly know their stuff. Hopefully you get the idea. It was amazing, and best of luck to Best Buy, we hope we can do our best for them and in turn we get the best for our products (noticing a theme here…?).
In other news, Xero Technology has managed to secure stands at some (insert praise-worthy adjective I haven’t already used on Best Buy here) events. That’s right faithful reader; Xero will be selling our Zero Emission vehicles at both the Madrid Masters (tennis that is, Federer, Nadal, and the o so cheery and smiley Mr Andy ‘tears’ Murray) on the 7th to the 16th of May and at Polo in the Park on the 4th to the 6th of June! How exciting! Well I for one can’t wait, thems the brakes and these the perks! So if you happen to be passing the tennis or fancy a bit of dry land Polo then please stop on by.
Another target to Xero in on are your local newspapers, we are attempting to be a bit more visible and as we are incredibly proud of our Green products we want you all to know as much about them as possible. Having chatted away to a few of the plucky wordsmith journalist writers of these circulars this week we should be getting some more coverage- so keep watching the skies! No wait, we haven’t launched our electric UFO range yet… just keep watching the newsagents… that would be better.
Ciao for now!
Matt and Dan
Monday, 26 April 2010
Re-Writing the rule book
As we all know, the English language is a strange one - words are not spelt how they sound, random n’s and s’s are thrown in with gay abandon and with a total disregard for any non-native chap attempting to learn the language. However luckily for many of us living in English speaking countries this is a problem for those we know little about, helpfully classed as ‘other people’. Where is this rambling diatribe going, I hear you cry. Well quite simply, here at Xero Technology we have our own lexicon, if I were to say to we had ‘Zero expansion’ then that would not be seen as a good thing however, using our finest scientists, engineers and wordsmiths we have yanked the Z away from that sentence and welded in an X, and changed the meaning so that zero expansion becomes XERO EXPANSION- a much, much better, happier, livelier and lets face it, exciting meaning (X’s are more fun than Z’s anyway- for example I bet the sentence ‘you pxxpxx can’t wxxx out whxx I’m saxxxx’ is more fun than zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)
And this brings me to my point, the raison d'être of this blog - Xero has expanded; Matt and Dan have entered the building. Then we sat down, then had a cup of coffee and finally decided to write a blog. As the newest members of the young and exciting Xero Technology we thought it would be a great idea to keep our readership up to date about what it is that goes on at a young Zero Emission’s company with an energetic workforce and the not so small task of stemming the tide of global pollution. You see, although both of us want to make a change and feel lovely, warm and fuzzy inside because we work for a green company, we did not know a lot about electric vehicles and how they can be used to help the environment as well as all their positives like being cheaper to run and being pretty gosh darn snazzy. Well this is another purpose of our blog- as we learn hopefully so will you. Making a difference to the environment isn’t easy, but it’s a task for all of us and one none of us should shy away from, just by following our musings we hope to help change perceptions. Indeed as we are both in charge of Public Relations and Marketing the task of changing perceptions is pretty much our job description… hopefully we will not disappoint!
So just a few words upon the matter of our first week at Xero, looking back it has been quite an introduction and most of the adjectives I can think to describe it handily begin with an ‘f’- fun, friendly, frantic and find me an office! Settling down was a little harder to achieve than we first thought, mainly because our boss was stuck in Madrid because of our erstwhile Icelandic friends’ unpronounceable volcano (although I think the closest I can get to pronouncing it is by mashing my keyboard, so lets give it a go- Mount gjdsfdrgjwfepasjdaspwefbj caused the ash cloud). However on the upside of this, he did make a rather hilarious video on the matter, found here. Hopefully one day Iceland will get rid of the James Bond villain inhabiting their shores, setting it on fire and bankrupting the country for what I can only think is some sort of elaborate insurance fraud claim.
When Ollie (our boss) did finally turn up what a pleasure it was. Ollie is a very interesting and passionate man- a well educated, well spoken and, hell I’ll say it, handsome young man, so much so in fact that both of us are completely won over by these amazing little vehicles he produces (have a look at a the little profile we have made for him here ). We never had a clue for example exactly how economical they are- no road tax, no parking fees and no congestion charges- amazing! In fact we are getting a go at test driving the little beauties this week, something I am incredibly excited about and will report back on next week.
And this is the point, dear reader, we have spent our first week settling in and understanding our product. Thanks to the marvels of the internet, you now have the chance to do the same as we have pages all over the frankly frightening amount of social media available to us today- so please do check it out. But I am afraid that is all from us for now… we shall be writing again soon enough to let you know of our activities, news and plans for world domination.
Speak soon Green lovers,
Dan and Matt
And this brings me to my point, the raison d'être of this blog - Xero has expanded; Matt and Dan have entered the building. Then we sat down, then had a cup of coffee and finally decided to write a blog. As the newest members of the young and exciting Xero Technology we thought it would be a great idea to keep our readership up to date about what it is that goes on at a young Zero Emission’s company with an energetic workforce and the not so small task of stemming the tide of global pollution. You see, although both of us want to make a change and feel lovely, warm and fuzzy inside because we work for a green company, we did not know a lot about electric vehicles and how they can be used to help the environment as well as all their positives like being cheaper to run and being pretty gosh darn snazzy. Well this is another purpose of our blog- as we learn hopefully so will you. Making a difference to the environment isn’t easy, but it’s a task for all of us and one none of us should shy away from, just by following our musings we hope to help change perceptions. Indeed as we are both in charge of Public Relations and Marketing the task of changing perceptions is pretty much our job description… hopefully we will not disappoint!
So just a few words upon the matter of our first week at Xero, looking back it has been quite an introduction and most of the adjectives I can think to describe it handily begin with an ‘f’- fun, friendly, frantic and find me an office! Settling down was a little harder to achieve than we first thought, mainly because our boss was stuck in Madrid because of our erstwhile Icelandic friends’ unpronounceable volcano (although I think the closest I can get to pronouncing it is by mashing my keyboard, so lets give it a go- Mount gjdsfdrgjwfepasjdaspwefbj caused the ash cloud). However on the upside of this, he did make a rather hilarious video on the matter, found here. Hopefully one day Iceland will get rid of the James Bond villain inhabiting their shores, setting it on fire and bankrupting the country for what I can only think is some sort of elaborate insurance fraud claim.
When Ollie (our boss) did finally turn up what a pleasure it was. Ollie is a very interesting and passionate man- a well educated, well spoken and, hell I’ll say it, handsome young man, so much so in fact that both of us are completely won over by these amazing little vehicles he produces (have a look at a the little profile we have made for him here ). We never had a clue for example exactly how economical they are- no road tax, no parking fees and no congestion charges- amazing! In fact we are getting a go at test driving the little beauties this week, something I am incredibly excited about and will report back on next week.
And this is the point, dear reader, we have spent our first week settling in and understanding our product. Thanks to the marvels of the internet, you now have the chance to do the same as we have pages all over the frankly frightening amount of social media available to us today- so please do check it out. But I am afraid that is all from us for now… we shall be writing again soon enough to let you know of our activities, news and plans for world domination.
Speak soon Green lovers,
Dan and Matt
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