Making of a Fastned station 🚧🚧🚧 #alwaysbecharging ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #MOREPLUGS 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱 www.linkedin.com/posts/vvandi...

WELT: “Times when the German car industry was competitive will no longer exist” (video) #alwaysbecharging www.welt.de/wirtschaft/v...

April 2026 has one more week to go, Dutch registrations show 8 BEVs in the Top 15! Can we get to ten before the end of the month? #alwaysbecharging www.kentekenradar.nl

Morgen seit langer Zeit mal wieder ein negativer Strompreis, d.h. mit Steuern und Gebühren. Kostenlos Autoladen. 🔋 Am Markt sind das bis zu -19 Cent 😳

Qué pasa con Leapmotor? Llegan a principio de mayo Utilizan Tanger para redistribuir la carga a otros Ro-Ro hacia diferentes puertos (hub) A ver cuántos llegan a España... y si traen alguna novedad!

Volkswagen prefers to set aside reserves for CO2 penalty payments. bsky.app/profile/thom...

This here is the Wuling Bingo (Binguo) Pro; an updated version of the Wuling Bingo (Binguo) hatchback. This updated car is more of a “car” featuring more range and more power — it’s top speed is up to about 85 mph, from the not-comfortable-on-the-freeway 60 mph of the old Bingo. #sgmw

Who in Germany can do this? What do they produce? Here's @faznet.bsky.social reporting: Tesla fährt die Produktion hoch #alwaysbecharging www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

This is how Fastned is still going strong fifteen years in Honswijck was #104 back when it opened in 2019 (it's in the top of this photo, the old station) It opened without solar panels, and was still an ABB exclusive (this was before alpi became a thing!) Up to 400kW 🔌 8 > 16 #alwaysbecharging

More than a year after alpi announced their #HYC1000, and all of Europe has them in the field already... Here's ABB with their counterargument! 800A CCS! I'm ready 1200kW cabinets! #alwaysbecharging #MOREPLUGS ⚡️⚡️⚡️ The name might be the worst part: OM M-Series When @fastned.bsky.social?! :D

Nederland heeft de beste laadinfra ter wereld & die wordt elke dag beter. De dekkingsgraad is 90%, maandelijks kwamen 1600 publieke laadpalen bij in 2025.

The question of course: Conditions w/ SWM charging card and the direct payment via smartphone are the same: 0.49 €/kWh AC DC plugs: 0.69 €/kWh #alwaysbecharging #munich #deutschland

Munich now has an "Olympiapark" charging hub (154 plugs!) with 86x (up to?!) 22 kW plugs and 68x (up to) 50 kW plugs #alwaysbecharging www.electrive.net/2026/04/23/g...

Hilarious photo this morning shared by Sebastian Henßler 📸 - will we ever be able to snap one like it in Berlin or Munich? ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #alwaysbecharging 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 www.linkedin.com/posts/sebast...

"You may have seen this stunning chart of AI data center investment vs. other megaprojects I added another megaproject to it in red: the Chinese push into solar, wind, and batteries under the last Five-Year Plan ... ...which is even bigger and scaled even faster than AI in the US."

Daan Walter: "China is approaching electrotech the same way the US is approaching AI: relentlessly investing to win the market. If we in the West want to compete, we will need to do the same thing." #alwaysbecharging ⚡️⚡️⚡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/daan-w...

Spain and Ireland have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the possibility of interconnecting the two countries’ electricity grids

Indonesia is currently on the fastest trajectory in the world when it comes to new registrations, at least that I know of. At this rate they would be at 80% 2028.

“🇩🇪 carmakers have hit a historic low on the world’s largest EV market China 🇨🇳 combined market share of VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes + Porsche in China’s EV segment fell to just 1.6% in Q1 2026 — the lowest ever. 19,200 new registrations, a drop of more than 55% from a year earlier.” #stekkerauto

People have told me Indonesia couldn't possibly keep up this insane transition speed, yet they show little to no signs of this changing currently, so I guess if this speed does end, then it's at least not yet.

China oil stockpile in context: a billion barrels more than the US. Also, Japan oil stockpile in context: bigger than all of OECD Europe. Note: *before* strategic releases in March 2026 www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

Welcome to Amsterdam: Two Chinese EVs (not affordable or cheap!) squeezing/hugging a Taycan 😅 #alwaysbecharging Devil is in the detail: the NIO can battery swap faster than a Porsche can charge and the ZEEKR charges faster than a Taycan confirmed by me last summer ⚡️⚡️⚡️🌶️

⚡ Europe’s BEV transition since 2018 — visualized in one chart Every dot = a country’s BEV share in a given year 🔵 Blue dot = where each country stands now (Q1 2026) You can literally see the shift happening 👀

⚡ BEV share in Europe’s leading markets — Q1 2026 🇳🇴 Norway: 97.95% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 80%

⚡ Biggest BEV markets in Europe — Q1 2026 1⃣🇩🇪 Germany: 159,630 (+41.3% vs Q1 2025) 2⃣🇬🇧 UK: 137,614 (+14.5%) 3⃣🇫🇷 France: 112,083 (+50.4%) 4⃣🇧🇪 Belgium: 39,469 (-2.3%) 5⃣🇮🇹 Italy: 38,084 (+65.7%)

My Trade Secrets today. Robust industrial policy, derisking from China and establishing geopolitical autonomy: the EU (among other govts) has been trying all of that. But the member states' desire for juicy Chinese investment in EV factories is undermining it. See also Canada & Mexico vs the US.

The EU's love-hate relationship with Chinese FDI. Brussels and member states have different goals - and they are proving hard to reconcile @alanbeattie.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/f082...

Good to see Spiegel today confirming my scoop about an EU ban on funding Chinese inverters - my report came out 9 days ago

💥Brutal Récord de 100% Eléctricos en Europa en marzo💥 344.064 en un sólo mes! Superando increíblemente a diciembre de 2025 🥊El interanual se dispara hasta 2.735.000 clientes menos en 1 año para las gasolineras europeas❗ Llegaremos a los 3.000.000 en junio?

No more cheap charging in Bassecourt... At least for now The expansion work at Tellis has begun, but no advance notice, and no timeline posted on location 🙁

Bidirectional reality for a couple of BMW drivers in Munich🪩 #alwaysbecharging ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Weil Gas wegen des Prinzips Merit Order immer dann den Strompreis bestimmt, wenn ein Gaskraftwerk die letzten Megawattstunden liefern muss, und Gas teuer ist. 3. Batteriespeicher verdrängen Gaskraftwerke aus dem Markt - in Kalifornien kann man das live miterleben.

5. Je öfter also Batteriespeicher Gaskraftwerke ersetzen, desto weniger verdienen die großen Versorger - und DESTO BILLIGER WIRD DER STROM für uns alle.

Okay, dus het kabinet wil geen verlaging van accijnzen op brandstof, want ongerichte maatregel en contraproductief qua milieu/klimaat. Maar de aandeelhouder van Schiphol stemt wel in met korting om vliegvakanties goedkoop te houden. www.nu.nl/economie/639...

1. Die deutschen Strompreise sind zu hoch, finden alle. Auch Katherina Reiche. Sagt sie jedenfalls ständig. 2. Warum sind die Strompreise hoch? Wegen Steuern, Abgaben - und Gas.

Every fossil fuel shock drives Europeans toward EVs. Ukraine 2022. Iran 2026. Same pattern. When prices hurt, people look for the exit. zerocarbon-analytics.org/energy/europ...

“🇩🇪 carmakers have hit a historic low on the world’s largest EV market China 🇨🇳 combined market share of VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes + Porsche in China’s EV segment fell to just 1.6% in Q1 2026 — the lowest ever. 19,200 new registrations, a drop of more than 55% from a year earlier.” #stekkerauto

Een echte inspirator aan het woord ⚡️⚡️⚡️ @olofvandergaag.bsky.social #alwaysbecharging #NAL

El BYD Atto 2 se ha convertido en el 5° modelo 100% eléctrico en superar las 1.000 unidades vendidas en lo que va de 2026 en España 🎉FELICIDADES!🥂🍻 Puede haber sorpasso para el 6° en conseguirlo? Antes de fin de mes lo sabremos!

Another day, another flight. SHA-PEK for Beijing Auto Show. My Didi driver is watching Social Media videos at every red light. Let's hope the pilots aren't behaving similarly.

Exports of solar products from China reached a massive new record high in March of 68 GW! Panels: 32 GW Cells: 18 GW Wafers: 18 GW First month of data since the conflict in the Middle East began + incoming changes in Chines tax rebates for solar products

Germany is sleepwalking into permanent stagnation www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

Even worse than that. It’s fully awake

holy FUCK. (story coming soon.)

The numbers are in. Battery-electric cars made up 19.4% market share in Q1 in the EU, 20.2% in March.

Europeanen kopen vaker elektrisch

Wil je een huis bouwen dat klimaatpositief is? Kijk dan op www.oarshus.nl klik op 'Woningen' en bekijk de 5 woningconcepten die we bij Oarshûs ontwikkeld hebben. Klimaatpositief betekent dat het huis meer CO2 opslaat (door het gebruik van natuurlijke bouwmaterialen) dan het uitstoot.

We're live blogging TSLA earnings today, follow along (after market close!) www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

I'm waiting for a journalist to ask Leavitt: Yesterday, Secretary Wright said he'll die before coal loses its dominant position in power generation. Is the President sure that his health is sufficiently robust to exercise his duties for the next few years?

Interesting forecast. Here’s what the last 25 years looked like.