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Electric vehicle batteries are slowly coming down in cost. But there's a quicker way automakers are trying to make their EVs more affordable. Here's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on their latest obsession: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

I tried out 'damp' January and all I got was this YouTube rabbit hole. Me in @slate.com slate.com/technology/2...

The new battery-powered Toyota Highlander signals that the Prius-maker is finally ready to go all-electric — just as the rest of the industry is retreating. Here's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on the move: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

A tea kettle The Shroud of Turin Ghee A protractor and The ~ mystery mousketool ~

The best features I've done for @caltech.edu tend to highlight not a particular discovery but the often quirky and very particular culture of science. Like the how and why of naming a newfound mineral: magazine.caltech.edu/post/mineral...

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I'm on the podcast today talking new EVs in 2026

The Chevy Bolt is already dead. Again — to be replaced by an internal combustion Buick. Here's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on why this tells us everything about the U.S. auto market: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

GM has already killed the new Chevy Bolt… and it’s revamping its Kansas factory to make internal combustion cars, @andrewmoseman.bsky.social writes: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

Right around Disneyland, there's a spot where my Tesla's Autopilot thinks it's on the access road rather than the freeway and suddenly tries to brake down to 45 mph. I talk about the growing pains of EVs, AI, and autonomy on @npr.org show 1A: the1a.org/segments/cyb...

Sending energy from a flying Cessna down to the ground sets the stage for real power beaming. Me in @spectrum.ieee.org today: spectrum.ieee.org/wireless-pow...

Last year was a doozy for electric vehicles. Will 2026 be any better? Here's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on some of the most exciting EVs set to come out this year:

"Because they started out expensive, EVs have yet to be seen as economy cars — in the United States, at least. But with more affordable models arriving just as the car market starts to creak, that could soon change," writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

It's me on @wbur.org @npr.org, talking about tiny cars and America www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

"Chile has begun construction on its first utility-scale Tesla Megapack project in the Atacama Desert, deploying 240 Shanghai-made units for a 225 MW/900 MWh battery system at Colbún's Celda Solar plant. The $260 million project, Tesla's first major deployment in Latin America." #battchat

We don't need kei cars. We need the cars we *used* to have.

Trump is enchanted by Japanese kei cars, and we get it. They're adorable! But they're also an awkward fit in American driving culture. @andrewmoseman.bsky.social has some alternative suggestions: heatmap.news/politics/tru...

EV market isn't slowing: "Every 5th new car registered across Europe is now a pure electric BEV model That applies to both a 12-month trailing basis & also during opening 10 mo of 2025" #alwaysbecharging

Fire-prone counterfeit li-ion batteries are infiltrating the market. Here's how to spot one. By @andrewmoseman.bsky.social with special thanks to experts at @ulresearchinst.bsky.social and University of Maryland. spectrum.ieee.org/counterfeit-...

How to spot a counterfeit lithium #battery: My latest in @spectrum.ieee.org

What happens when the software-dependent car gets old? We still don't know. by me in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

GM is one of the big winners of the EV race — and yet it's still taking a $1.6 billion charge in Q3 because of the Trump administration's huge policy swings. Here's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social with the story:

Americans raced to buy any EV they could get their hands on before the federal tax credit expired last month — except for Tesla's Cybertruck. Here's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on how the ultimate bromobile became Tesla's Edsel:

Cool chart, turns out that “when the sun doesn’t shine” not so important already in California

The #Bolt isn't perfect, but at this price, who cares heatmap.news/electric-veh...

I fast-charged the 2026 Nissan Leaf, and the experience was flawless: 10-80% in 32 min Takeaway: Real-world, it’s road-trip quick, actually faster-charging than the Ariya. More details to follow.

The needle-in-a-haystack problem of finding new materials to make better #batteries is, it turns out, the perfect application for AI spectrum.ieee.org/ai-battery-m...

NEW from @andrewmoseman.bsky.social: The latest game-changing EV feature is charging speed, which "gets the EV driver back on the road quickly rather than forcing them to find new and creative ways to kill time until the battery is ready." More below ⬇️

Fascinating

"There's reason to believe maybe this fiscal year will be better than the last" - Accounting Crows

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Me: I can't believe we live in a world dominated by AI slop. How do people watch this dreck and retain any kind of self-respect? It hurts my soul that someone is making bank posting YouTube videos of DALL-E Pomeranians dancing to the K-Pop Demon Hunters so— My kid: PUT ON THE DOGGOS SINGING GOLDEN

Remember when they used to cite energy independence as a reason to produce more fossil fuels? Renewables + storage is real, honest-to-god homegrown energy independence, made of electrons we're not going to put on a boat and ship overseas

Special thanks to the YouTube compilation of K-pop Demon Hunters musical numbers that entertains my daughter just long enough for me to catch up on the overnight emails

We can usually count on the folks at @spectrum.ieee.org to come up with at least one, long-form, well-researched, aviation-oriented article each month, and September is no exception. Informed by @andrewmoseman.bsky.social's article, we'd love to hear your thoughts on this interesting project. | 🛩️ 🥇

1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).

We're gonna need a bigger plane: Me in @spectrum.ieee.org on the Radia WindRunner spectrum.ieee.org/wind-turbine...

I would not use it at my job I would not let it email Bob It would not write my resume It would not text my mom, OK? It can't say if the Chiefs will cover I do not want it as a lover I do not want it in my phone I'd just as soon be left alone I do not like ChatGPT! I do not like it, Sam-are-we

"When EVs charge in this mindful manner, using energy during times of day when it’s cheap for utilities to provide it, data suggests they can effectively push down electricity prices for everyone," writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social. How EV ownership could lead to lower energy bills for everyone:

Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever. Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts. Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been <2.5c/kWh all day.

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"It’s a clever and promising method to give those batteries a second life, where old car parts help to create new cars." Read @andrewmoseman.bsky.social's overview of Toyota’s new “sweep” system, which repurposes old EV batteries to make new EVs.

Find a publisher that lets you link out to Eddie Rabbitt songs and you'll know you're home

"Now, in a world of expensive electricity, a heavy EV could hammer a driver’s wallet." As electricity prices rise, @andrewmoseman.bsky.social warns, big EVs are going to cause big problems:

There's plenty of juvenile writing in here that I'd change now, but my point stands: Crapping on August is lame — and worse, it's boring. www.theawl.com/2012/08/in-d... RIP The Awl

Even more good news: Ford will invest $2 B to in a Kentucky factory to produce EVs that it says will outcompete cheap rival models. It’s all about the assembly line not the car, writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social at @heatmap.news News. heatmap.news/electric-veh...

"The Detroit giant says it is about to reimagine the entire way it builds EVs to cut costs, turn around its struggling EV division, and truly compete with the likes of Tesla." @andrewmoseman.bsky.social breaks down Ford's new "Model T moment" and the Ford Universal EV Production System ⬇️

“Without the tax credit, most EVs can’t compete on price alone.” Pricey EVs are bound to be the norm thanks to the OBBBA, argues @andrewmoseman.bsky.social.

one of the great disappointments of my life is going to John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl surrounded by plastic lightsaber-wielding dorks who think the Imperial March is musically superior to Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Superman, or the Jaws theme that they DIDN'T EVEN PLAY