This gives a flavour of the reach, determined and well funded backing the fossil lobbyists have. They send out an average of 2 to 3,000 ‘reports’ every month, these are then cut and pasted into the papers and hey presto. Another avalanche of bullshit for the extreme right to smash in our faces.

If you live near Rugby I will be having fun talks with the wonderful Tom Heap next Friday, 10th July

"What are you going to do when the wind isn't blowing?" latest. While advances in lithium and sodium ion batteries provide night time backup (eg for solar), longer term (days) is needed especially for wind. The iron-air battery is one example of a new technology in Long Duration Energy Storage

And my memories of 1976 unraveling as we live through 2026 llewellyn.substack.com/p/50-years-on

Meanwhile, a more intelligent approach

Up in the top 1,000 incredibly dumb knee jerk reactionary edicts from the orange emperor, banning the sale of Polestar cars in the US. TRAGIC, short term shouty blame everyone else when you are hyper unpopular and desperate. I predict Polestar will be back. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Happy 10th birthday to Brexshit! open.substack.com/pub/llewelly...

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I jotted down some thoughts and questions about the beautiful game open.substack.com/pub/llewelly...

Another pile of books being sent around the world. Fulfilment is so fulfilling! For more info: Robert's modern bookshop robertsmodernbookshop.bigcartel.com

Every now and then a European car maker brings out something that really stands out and gives a hint that maybe some of the established European brands will be around for a long time. Basically it's the ones who are taking electrification seriously.

Did anyone listen?

Just to update if anyone is the least bit interested. I'm now on at about 9:15, if I can stay awake.

I'm about to be on LBC radio, SIMON MARKS standing in for IAIN DALE. Talking about the well orchestrated push back against any kind of government reduction target of dated, dirty and hopelessly inefficient combustion engines. Not that I'm massively biased or anything. hey ho. Might be amusing.

We are in the middle of a global shift in energy generation. This is a fascinating discussion with Sonia Dunlop, the CEO of the Global Solar Council. What is happening in Pakistan alone is mind boggling.

When I first heard of the plan to build a 3 gigawatt solar installation in Australia’s Northern Territory it sounded mad, but not bad. Now of course, the vile billionaires club have come up with a truly mad bad alternative.

China passes its agricultural machinery electrification target China near 43% terminal electrification across rural and agricultural sectors so far 2026 14th 5-Year Plan benchmark was 10% by 2025 For China, targets are not a destination, they're a trajectory 200HP e-tractors driven & autonomous

First reveal of the IONIQ 3 N Line at Everything Electric West in Cheltenham today and tomorrow Nice motor

Oooh, there’s an extra stall at today’s Everything Electric West show in Cheltenham.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I don't recall the white protestent masked blokes in the northern bit of Ireland rioting about the 10 men, 3 women & 2 children murdered in Northern Ireland over last 12 months. All the accused in these case are white. Could that be vaguely relevant?

A short message from a possibly insane self publishing writer.

Just out, the Leapmotor B10. Just a really well made, very competent electric car.

A while back an amazing battery announcement caught the attention of many people outside the clean tech, new energy, EV bubble. Donut labs, a startup in Finland had cracked the code and built truly incredible solid state batteries. I'm proud to say I was skeptical. electrek.co/2026/06/08/d...

It’s stopped raining and the sun has come out. How do I know? I just check my solar generation like a tragic energy nerd.

IKEA didn't build renewable generation to power 1.47 million homes because politicians told them to. They did it because the economics stacked up. With much of the investment already paid off, savings of over half a billion USD per year on electricity costs, the fundamentals become hard to ignore.

You know that Hegseth bloke? The American with opinions about us and how we live and what we should do. I mean, I'm a polite chap, I have no wish to offend, but mate. Fuck off.

I wrote a comparison of what might happen as we burn less stuff, and our adoption of incredibly powerful machines. Tech that doesn't burn fuel is already cheaper, tech that makes new stories is so cheap it's hugely disruptive. But is it good?

We are approaching two things that technology is enabling. A very good one with a potential reduction in burning fuel, and a slightly more terrifying one in the shape of incredibly credible AI generated movies.

Designed in California, built in Italy, causing distress among diehard Ferrari aficionados the world over. After everyone else has posted about it, we present, the extraordinary Ferrari Luce youtu.be/tJIh4qLzWWs

For steam fans, this is a beautiful episode about a brilliant project.

Just so you get a glimpse at the incredible wealth of anyone who's ever been on old school TV. Check this out. Thank you Spain!

#ElectrificationIsEverything That's it. That's the post.

I started the Fully Charged Show, now Everything Electric in 2010. The way electric cars have developed over the last 16 years still amazes me. The Polestar 5 is a paradigm shift, a truly impressive machine that totally negates the need for fossil fuel and combustion engines youtu.be/9XGXs23wUec

Literally just out. Not only a beautiful car, but also (I think) a very beautiful episode (if you can ignore the old bloke) A short drive through the south of France in the literally fabulous Polestar 5

A bit of pondering and a little announcement

Just out, an episode which may indicate a really positive response to the influx of cars from China. I was really impressed with VW's new Polo. Both standard and GTi. I think they are hitting exactly the right note. youtu.be/l-NuEtz9gD8

He Who Pays the Piper: The BBC, Tony Blair, Rishi Sunak and a Failure of Journalism News organisations need to be much clearer about the potential conflicts of interests that surround the 'interventions' made by former politicians, argues Adam Bienkov

I adore helpful men. Always happy to offer corrections in record time. I misspelled muntjak and had 4 chaps jump in with helpful guidance within seconds of me posting.

Just had a visitor in my garden. An adult Monkjack.

Just in case you want to know what I'm blathering about

Mildly interesting observation. I scrolled through more posts that usual on Threads. A large amount of discussion on the recently released Ferrari Luce which I wrote about this morning. Over here on Bluesky, other than my blather, I don't see much discussion about a half million pound sports car

I went to Rome, I saw a car, I even sat in it, I came back, here's my report

I will be posting my experience seeing the Ferrari Luce tomorrow. I’ll just say this. The bar for truly impressive high end electric cars has been raised.

On my way home, and have finally been allowed to take off the stickers covering the lenses on my phone. Knackered old git. #highlevelsecurity

I have had to be a bit mysterious about where I am and what I’m seeing, but at approximately 9pm UK time all will be revealed. Not by me. I’ll be on my way home. We don’t do breaking news, more broken news but there will be an episode on Everything Electric Cars soon-ish.

I might be about to film something for The everything electric cars Channell on YouTube. I literally cannot say anymore at this time. I will be revealing More in the next 24 hours.

Okay, it’s possible I’m about to see something I did not expect to live long enough to witness. It’s in the electric ground transport arena, that is all I’m prepared to divulge at this time. I may post more in the next couple of days.

I wrote something that is occassionally a little critical of the tiny cohort of dodgy blokes who are pushing AI. I thought I'd get a lot of pushback, but it seems many agree.

Here's something you don't hear so much any more. 'I'd love an electric car but they don't have the range.' One of the reasons we don't hear that is the subject of this episode of Everything Electric Cars The new Volvo EX60 driven by the incredible Imogen Bhogal youtu.be/ofriDvpAzBM

Good news, countering the totally depressing announcement that we (the UK) now have to buy fossil fuel from putin just to keep things moving. The sooner we reduce our torrent of toxic fuel imports to a trickle the better.