Huh, power's gone out, time to play with the VtoL on the new car. (*car starts up rotors and accelerates into the sky*)

Currently engaged in a very important investigation to see if the text "Build your dreams" on the back of an Atto 3 can be arranged into something more useful. "Uber, milady?" is currently winning.

The two Silksong states of mind: 1. Oh this is beautiful, it's like a dance. Gorgeous. Ooh what's over there? 2. NO MY ROSARIES!!!!!!!!

It is amazing after all these years to finally see a local video of FSD. Not Americans, not Canadians. *Us*. As an Aussie who has just invested in a new car to do Uber, though, "fully autonomous driving" is welcome to stay unavailable here for as long as it likes... 😅 youtu.be/5DKHOHH_BzY?...

Heh, the <insert proud child voice> "I'm Six!" as we call it in our household.

Ohhhhh shit. Be still, my beating heart.

Re-entering the country - a strange jumble of dour law-enforcement and the obscene orgiastic halls of Duty Free.

I done a meme.

Oh. My. Fucking. God. I still have no idea why these massive trucks which I have no use case for or likelihood of owning make me FEEL THINGS. But oh boy, do they. Guess they're in the same category as aeroplanes and car-shipping ships.

Eagerly awaiting the review of the Pewgot. 😁 youtu.be/6Lg8Smq0flE?...

Yet another new car brand arrives on our shores! Made in China, designed in Gotham City... wait...

New Cat Shack vid 😁

🎵 Oooone more year in Yorkshire 🎵 January, February, April, May, September and July... 🎵 Seriously, my, like, two friends, if you ever get the chance to see the stage musical of Calendar Girls.... DO IT.

This week from @kiwiev.bsky.social: The glorious "oh shit, can you get the roof closed in time?" test. The sweet revenge of the "freedom of the wind in your hair" test. And Gav's professional dedication to the mafia test as he strives to fit into a boot designed for a golf bag. youtu.be/7oDXq0b-rR0

Yes, hello. I'll take two, please.

Oh hello, it's Tesla results day again. Wonder what the actually-interesting-stuff to Elon-having-a-sook ratio is today.

A comfortable entry-level EV, with an accessible review to match. Don't be fooled, it's still chock full of Gav's delicious one-liners, but also won't frighten your grandma. youtu.be/WlT4Uz8zeMg?...

Bloody annoying Aussie super-fan here. Gav does indeed make the EV and clean-tech revolution more fun. Apart from the universal joy of things that go zoom, the vehicles' performance in Kiwi environmental conditions is also of interest to drivers in Tasmania. Subscribe! ⬇️ youtu.be/YfFJNtk_sos?...

OK. So. What I really, really want to know as a result of this thorough and comprehensive test is... ~16:30 - Why in the name of everything unholy does BYD have the words 'fuck' and 'fucker' in its voice recognition dictionary? 😂 What commands is it ever expecting to use them for??

Me actually doing what I'm supposed to be doing for the first time in months, instead of being distracted by... other things. youtu.be/43_qn-ImGEg?...

Curse you, Larry, your shadowy machinations are laid bare!

It's good for mother nature to let a bit of greenery accumulate on your electric car... Right? 😅

A fancy plugin hybrid with a bunch of bells and whistles that will appeal to a certain market segment with a lot of $$. Also the brown interior option appeals to Gav because he has an inexplicable yet unshakeable fondness for earth-flavoured vehicular decor. 😄

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW! RICK ASTLEY SINGING 'PINK PONY CLUB'!! Loving the trend of men covering this song. youtu.be/2vF26QG9he4

Mmmm, hundred-thousand schmackeroos' worth of delicious nostalgia. Like '80s cartoons, the original maybe wasn't quiiite as epic as we remember, but apart from the 'subscription fee', this reboot seems to be rating well.

JK Rowling: i was jusst thinking, maybe we should ssecretly photograph women in public bathroomss Rowling: you know, in casse they're transss Stephen Fry: so um Fry: i don't think we should be friends anymore Rowling: omg that came out of nowhere

Happy my-birthday, everyone, have a @kiwiev.bsky.social video with a bunch of NZ/AU-centric EV-etc news, plus promos/summaries of all his recent content. You know, IN CASE YOU MISSED ANY OF IT. Thank you. - Ministry of Propaganda youtu.be/dnkbsdzvcDc?...

We are supposed to be driving to Huonville with the in-laws in one of these today, but a delay has been encountered due to it being brilliant except for, oh yeah, *no spare tyre*. youtu.be/DeSgs_t1Q20?...

Not even @kiwiev.bsky.social's glorious revelation that there was once a vehicle called the Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard (and realising that this is *still* what the MU in MU-X stands for) can make me accept that this car wishes to be addressed as the 'Hashtag One'. NO!! youtu.be/G6YUBklzOcM?...

"Our Flag Means Death. A wonderful show about pirates, in which I became a gay icon overnight." 😁 youtube.com/shorts/zUFiR...

Behold a giant battery-swapping toaster for trucks! Just over 4 minutes in and out. youtu.be/qlOxqhWbsk4?...

Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.

Simply put. Ancient Greece wasn't a gay pride parade... No, it was that one privately educated 57 year-old gay man with a lot of 'art' who goes on holiday to Florence every year, drinks gin like water and refers to the plumber as 'my gentleman caller' with a filthy wink.

So the other day I was having a rant about car companies doing their market research by means of dangling new vehicles at the AU/NZ public and going "oohhh, yesss, peasants, you want this? You want this? Start begging!" Today I'm feeling like I may have misread the balance of power... Behold! ⬇️

This is cool. (Inscription on the front near the mirror) www.reddit.com/r/cybertruck...

The refreshed Model Y, the vehicle CarSauce spoke of approvingly as now having a "juicy bum", Gav summarises as a "fuller, butch look". There's just something about this vehicle, I guess... 😆🤔 Extra appreciation points from 🇦🇺 for the esky shout-out in the segment on uses for the fartment 🧊

All the Liberal fuckwits fuckwitted too hard, Labor are too precious to talk to the Greens, and so now we've got to have *another state election*. Also, something about a boat. Whee! youtu.be/ou2EMZxBg9I?...

👾 hark, the pitter-patter of little robot feet behind us in the darkness 👾

😂. "For men, that's the holy grail [of marketing]. We've been urinating on things our entire lives and we have never thought to grade them technologically. And already we have a winner, right?" youtu.be/RPNqPlrEF3c?...

Brilliant call to action - needs to be under the nose of every policymaker and part of a larger public education campaign. "Really, what's our excuse?" indeed.

I hear something fun has been happening today on theserviceformerlyknownastwitter...

The stormtrooper-helmet-on-wheels that is the i3 is indeed weird, but the best value item in this vid is the visit to the independent EV repair workshop, which are now a real thing, and a lot more affordable than going back to the manufacturer.

The tale of Elon's latest escapades

A Starship launch! It gets going at about 2:35:00 into the livestream. Launch and separation great, booster does well until they do a bunch of overstress tests on the way down. Ship goes tumbly when it tries to re-enter and sends back some pretty plasma video. www.youtube.com/live/T6tP0il...

Faceborg has now stopped desperately trying to get me to engage in impossible reproductive-related activities and is now slaveringly plying me with every article and picture it can find of both Pedro Pascal and Alexander Skarsgard. Which I guess is just fine. Still not getting that vasectomy, tho.

Just discovered a new Greatest Song Ever. music.youtube.com/watch?v=xkOo...

This electric car from BYD has "flash charging" which is megawatt charging to you and me. That means it can dump more than 500 km into the battery in under 5 minutes. This isn't sci-fi. It's real and it exists now. This car also costs only $35k USD here in China.

YESSSSS

Ginger Billy here doing all the really important calculations. youtu.be/lPgdWFMPkCk

I really really needed to know what the hell was going on here, and thanks to an image posted by another commenter, now I do, and so do you. 😆 www.jalopnik.com/it-has-come-...