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This is a truly awesome demonstration of where EV technology is at now. Kudos to Mercedes.

Great to see @gwr.com achieve 200 miles range in a converted battery powered ex-London Underground train this week. I hope it leads to modern units deployed across the UK. On my trip to Japan last month I rode these 2 car BEMUs around Fukuoka. Here you see one charging at the turn around station.

Jesus wept 🤦

BBC now scared of energy efficiency.

Hydrogen reality: www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aber... archive.is/4lPfc

I was waiting for this article. Surprised it took him so long.

If direct air capture (DAC), a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique, costs $500 per tonne, removing just US emissions would cost ~$3 trillion annually (that's ~4x US military spending). It would also require twice the total power generation capacity of the US today (and it has to be 100% carbon-free).

Oh dear nltimes.nl/2025/03/23/b...

Ironic that the constituency around the Tesla factory is one of only two places in the whole of east Germany that didn't vote AfD and instead went left (although sadly by only 0.1% - less than 200 votes) www.reuters.com/graphics/GER...

The Telegraph is going to have a meltdown when they see this: eandt.theiet.org/2025/02/12/e... cc @bobbyllew.bsky.social

All coming home to roost now. www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/hy...

Back in the UK this past week and first impressions were that EV charging networks are going from strength to strength. This is the car park at South Mimms now: Tesla superchargers, Applegreen and @gridserve.bsky.social rapids, in addition to the original superchargers at the far end. Great!

Quelle surprise! Didn't work in 2001 and doesn't work now. When you need the entire output of the UK grid to fuel 1 airport, it isn't happening. Yet governments on both sides use this to justify airport expansion. Fuel of the future and always will be. www.ft.com/content/1249... archive.is/UnI7J

Anyone surprised by this report from @greencarreports.bsky.social ? www.greencarreports.com/news/1145696...

So apparently Labour decided to spaff £22 billion on unproven carbon capture and storage technology after only consulting with fossil fuel companies. That's like sitting down with butchers to plan a vegan menu. Every day, they find new ways to disappoint. www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Elected Republican officials are already calling for U.S. citizens to be deported for saying things they dislike. It's only the second full day of the Trump administration. How bad would you say it's going to get, now that a plurality of American voters have given the keys to the kingdom to madmen?

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin - right now! In cooperation with @ledbydonkeys.org

The battery on fire here has the same era LG Chem lithium NMC cells as those recalled for fires in the Chevy Bolt, Jaguar iPace, Renault Zoe and Porsche Taycan. I never got the wisdom of using NMC in stationary storage, but has any one single product done more to damage confidence in the industry?

As a rider, I already hate transit wraps, but this is Hall of Fame stuff right here

The fact that fossil fuel lobbyists continue to openly lie about climate research - including research produced by their own industry - suggests they're not overly concerned with the good of the planet, let alone its inhabitants.

This @bloomberg.com story about Toyota is probably the best I've read—ever—about why the world's biggest automaker is so late to EVs. It's not just about the will to do it or wanting hybrid/hydrogen tech to win. It's about having no clue how to build next-generation cars.

Searching for an old article and Google's AI somehow thinks @bobbyllew.bsky.social and I are one and the same... But it's going to fix all the country's problems though, right? 🙄

✍️ My latest column for @CityAM argues that hybrids offer a false sense of security to OEMs as we move towards the EV transition. Time to rip the plaster off. www.cityam.com/ex-aston-mar...

Finally got around to using a Twitter to Bluesky bulk import tool to move my entire timeline over here, so I can refer back to useful historic threads. No more need to send traffic back to the old place. Very simple process when you follow the instructions here: github.com/marcomaroni-...

Amazon revs-up 'largest ever' UK order for 148 electric trucks incm.pub/3CaE6Gp

My first piece of 2025 for Byline Times: 🔴 The Times Is Forced to Correct a Misleading Article Claiming Electric Vehicle Demand Is Falling When It’s Actually Rising Britain’s ‘newspaper of record’ had two complaints over inaccuracy upheld against it in one day bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/t...

Key point by the FT Editorial Board on the nonsense being promulgated on the right that the West needs to disengage with China. Of course, if you believe climate change is a hoax ….

Interesting. Worth noting: the EU tariffs are tailored to encourage Chinese producers to relocate plants to the EU. The more domestic production, the lower their tariffs. The UK approach will seemingly depend on persuasion and, one presumes, some hefty subsidies (as with Japanese firms in the 80s)

Barely more than 6 months now until we all get to celebrate Daniel Hannan day!

It is not looking good for DOGE that its leader and Shadow President Elon Musk does not understand the simple fact that the Sierra Club does not receive any government funding… but we do appreciate his past support!

World hits 1.5C warming Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...

NEW ANALYSIS: Right-leaning UK newspaper editorials have relentlessly attacked energy secretary Ed Miliband since last year's election, calling him "hysterical", a "madman" & "demented" The papers have also published a record number of editorials opposing climate action… 1/2

The new Mazda 6e looks good! 🔋 68.8kWh (300 miles, 10-80% in 22 minutes) or 80kWh (345 miles, 10-80% in 45 minutes) ⚡️ 200kW charge speed 🛞 RWD; 320Nm torque; 0-62mph in 7.8 secs 📦 330-litre boot, 70-litre frunk 👍 Not another SUV! No idea of cost yet but it's coming to Europe this year; UK in 2026.

"A fire broke out on Thursday, January 2, at the Optymo bus depot in Danjoutin, Territoire de Belfort (west of France) destroying seven hydrogen-powered buses. Firefighters contained the fire after several hours, and the risk of explosions has been ruled out" www.sustainable-bus.com/news/danjout...

I hadn't realised this was Tim Smit, saviour or ruiner of St Austell, depending on who you ask. Imagine being able to buy a museum on a whim for £10m then dispersing the collection because it "doesn’t make enough surplus".

CATL powers a third of the world’s EVs and now it’s facing a US blacklisting

We've had rapid charging electric city buses here for 5 years, but now electric buses are being introduced across the region. Longer routes are served by these Chinese Yutong U15s. I've never been on such a fast accelerating bus. Cup holders, laptop trays, faux leather seats and no rattles either!

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CATL is an interesting one, given the US companies they supply...

This is a photo of Trump and his supporters in Waco with their hands over their hearts while a pro-January 6 insurrection anthem plays. The screen is playing footage of MAGA insurrectionists attacking the Capitol. This is not normal. No matter who is in the White House.

Call me sour, but EVERY mention of this "victory" should acknowledge that it's funded entirely by the profits of ongoing fossil-fuel production. Since the IEA said "no more new oil and gas fields if we are to hit net zero by 2050" in 2021, Norway has issued >150 new production licenses.

Oh no it's snowed everywhere and I have to drive my EV 500 miles home. The Facebook experts tell me this is impossible. How will I survive? 😱

A car submerged on the A555 Manchester Airport Link Road, which was completed in 2018, today.

Yesterday Chinese railway co. unveiled not 1, but 2 prototype trains designed for 400 km/h (250 mph) in passenger service. This is the same speed HS2's route is planned for. The trains are said to be >20% more energy efficient than their predecessors (at top speed?). english.news.cn/20241229/d7b...

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

Looks like the Renault 5 price gouging already started.

Fascinating. Secondary literature (and presumably press reporting and social media) have been over-estimating the contribution of tyre wear to air pollution. Good news (though all that tyre rubber must still end up somewhere in the environment). pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Just electrify it already. www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/wo...