Sam Clarke is a life-long entrepreneur, industry advisor, EV owner for 23 years and a three-time Guinness World Record Holder for EV driving and riding. His EV journey started back in 2002 with electric motorbikes before founding a zero-emission logistics firm (Gnewt) which he sold to John Menzies Plc in 2017. He now works on national charging infrastructure needs for GRIDSERVE in particular, leading on the £100M+ Government funded (ZEHID) eHGV Electric Freightway Project. He is also a founding member of The EV Café webinar and news channel.

In 2015, Sam was a Great British Entrepreneur’s Award winner and by 2022 he was made a GreenFleet EV Champion for services to the industry and was voted #1 in the Motor Transport Power Players list and #8 in the greenfleet.net top 100 most Influential list in 2025. He also holds #3 Guinness World Records for the longest journeys ever driven in an electric car, van and motorbike on a single charge (569, 311 and 192 miles respectively).