The world-leading industrial designer Paul Priestman kicked off the Plug It In Summit 2022 with some inspired ideas about battery swapping, solar powered bikes and how to use the Thames to our advantage.

There’s a lot we can learn from the rest of the world, but London can still lead the world in electric transport. That was the message from industrial designer Paul Priestman in his opening keynote to a room of experts at the Evening Standard’s Plug It In Summit on November 24 at London’s Design Museum.

During his speech, Priestman - who is best known for designing London’s electric tube trains during his time at PriestmanGoode, the agency he co-founded - turned his attention to ideas for electric cars and scooters. He drew on his extensive experience of transport from around the world, particularly battery swapping schemes in Korea, China and Rwanda.

Could such schemes be implemented here, perhaps using existing infrastructure such as phone boxes or corner shops?

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