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

stomp clap rules sorry

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

Big battery power is on the move -- and that will empower EV construction machines, disaster response powered by clean energy, and more. Me in @spectrum.ieee.org

$Infinity plus one

"In the electric vehicle market there’s about to be a fire sale, and this time it really is a race against the clock." @andrewmoseman.bsky.social argues that there's no better time to buy or lease an EV ⬇️

"But in the time of electric vehicles, when driving too fast slashes a car’s range and burns through increasingly expensive electricity, the speed penalty is front and center again." Driving an EV changes the way you think about speed, says @andrewmoseman.bsky.social.

I'm not saying there's anything the news industry could have done to *beat* the tech giants. But they certainly could have done better than this race to the bottom that's been going since day one, from banner ads and Facebook bait to the inevitable collapse of SEO

It's not a technology problem. We could have an abundant Jetsons future. We already have all the pieces necessary for a country that doesn't need fossil fuels. It's just that America traded it all in to own the libs and protect the barons. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

How could something whose very nature is based on regurgitating source material do anything other than make us boring and dull www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

I tried to tell you [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/used-tesla-elon-musk/682246/]: Get a cheap used Tesla while the market is saturated with them insideevs.com/news/763738/...

"The new Nissan may arrive as one of the most compelling of the 'affordable' EVs that are, finally, coming to drivers," writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social. Why the new Nissan Leaf is the EV to watch ⬇️

Long range EV batteries are a game changer, writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social. "EVs are already better than combustion cars in the city. Once driving range reaches well above 300 miles, they’re just about as good on the interstate, too."

a real country could achieve this level of civil discourse

Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who helped bring DYL to life: @goodjillian.bsky.social @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @kbrigham.bsky.social @emilypont.bsky.social @jeva.bsky.social @andrewmoseman.bsky.social @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social @charusinha.bsky.social

Read more from @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on the wonders of the Waffle House EV charging experience ⬇️

It used to be that we couldn't have a better future because of dull technocratic reasons like NIMBYism and inadequate infrastructure funding Now we can't have a better future because maga wants to hurt us and laugh while everything burns heatmap.news/energy/house...

👇🎯💯👇🎯💯👇🎯💯👇🎯💯 I couldn’t screenshot the entire thing, but all of this.

I take them smothered, covered, and charged insideevs.com/news/760076/...

In this house we watch Dick Wolf's FBI, and my favorite part of FBI is the line of exposition awkwardly shoehorned into the beginning of every episode where one of the FBIs mentions why this is an FBI case rather than the jurisdiction of the NYPD. It is the sole item on my FBI bingo card.

gimmie that EV construction equipment asap heatmap.news/electric-veh...

Are Americans ready for the Spirit Airlines model to come to the EV world? EV startup @slateauto.bsky.social is betting on it. @andrewmoseman.bsky.social has the full story on the "rock-bottom, dirt-cheap" trucks that may convince buyers to go electric ⬇️

Pictured here is the Lynk & Co Z20 (02 in europe) a small hatchback EV that shares a lot under the skin with the Smart #1 and Volvo EX30.

"In other words, it’s exactly what you would’ve imagined if someone said to picture a Subaru EV." @andrewmoseman.bsky.social tackles Subaru's new long-awaited EVs ⬇️