Walked past the gas station with my skis yesterday. Realised that it's been a long time since the gas price on the big glowing sign outside meant anything to me. I haven't owned a car in years, and my wife's got an electric.
The rural / small-town fascist voters have it right. Us suburbanites around the big cities really do not share their concerns. But I'd be happy to vote to reinstate and increase the EV subsidy.
New World Order — A Cliff, Not a Trend. This isn’t ideology or hype, it’s economics in motion. Heavy trucks flipped first because freight doesn’t lie. Balance sheets vote, cost curves compound & legacy systems aren’t debating the future — they’re being priced out. #Bettrification #Renewables #EVs
New World Order - A Cliff, Not...
:no_nazi: Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-earnings-profit-q4-2025/
A piece of good news.
“Trump administration must release EV charger funds, court rules”
US Senators are FURIOUS at #Canada 🍁 🇨🇦 For Affordable Chinese EV Deal. Via @theelectricvking #EVs #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #KillGasCars ⚡🚘🔌🚗🔋 #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ youtu.be/rO5Bb7GoFXI?...
US Senators are FURIOUS at Can...
'Popularity of #EVs in country is part of global trend of emerging markets spurning #fossilfuel cars at surprising speeds'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/28/turkey-eu-electric-car-sales
So. #Ford' retrenchment in #EVs is just in the US?
https://youtu.be/qG4DEsIQW-8?si=QlADgdzbuZT72hUA
Don’t go trying this yet but
https://forgejo.insearchofportlandia.com/Aminorjourney/Node_RED_Open_EVSE_Load_Sharing
Your #EV FUD headline for the day:
“Is Canada equipped to handle Chinese EVs?”
#EV #EVs #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/chinese-evs-charging-grid-infrastructure-9.7061631
Thinking of trading in my Skoda Superb PHEV for a fully fledged #EV.
Looking for something similar size and shape: 5 door hatchback with generous boot space but NOT an SUV. Would also consider an estate.
Not going to buy a Tesla, obvs.
Main contenders so far are Polestar 2 or Hyundai Ioniq 5. May also look at Mercedes CLA estate.
Good reliability is a must. Don't want to have to be switching it off and on again every time the software crashes.
Anything else I should look at?
am .. 20. / 21. März sind wieder #PicoBello - Tage im #Saarland
wer will dabei sein ?
jetzt mit deiner Gruppe bei #EVS anmelden (bis zum 23. Feb)
https://www.evs.de/evs/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/saarland-picobello
so geht's:
https://www.evs.de/fileadmin/user_upload/EVS/saarland_picobello/2026/picobello_Meilensteine.pdf
I need to do some EV venting.
I can hardly tolerate that some EV charging networks require their app to use the stations. OK, you do you.
But what I cannot understand to save my life is that those apps are more often than not restricted to the App Store from the country in question.
So, if I am traveling internationally and I need to charge… sorry, you are out of luck, we don’t want your money.
WTF?
4 Sisters Invent Electric Tractor with Mom and Dad and it’s Selling in 5 Countries
#goodnews #business #engineering #farming #EVs #innovation #family #invention #Switzerland
4 Sisters Invent Electric Tractor with Mom and Dad and it’s Selling in 5 Countries
California hits 2.5 million milestone for ZEV sales, Tesla drops to 3rd place in overall sales.
#zev #ev #evs #bev #electricvehicles #evsales #zevsales #california #automobiles #electriccars #autoindustry #tesla #teslasales #autoindustry #us #transportation #mobility #zeroemission
California hits 2.5 million milestone for ZEV sales, Tesla drops to 3rd place in overall sales.
#zev #ev #evs #bev #electricvehicles #evsales #zevsales #california #automobiles #electriccars #autoindustry #tesla #teslasales #autoindustry #us #transportation #mobility #zeroemission
China is now producing the first commercial sodium-ion batteries at scale. The future of electric vehicles.
#EVs #SodiumIonBatteries #China #CATL
CleanTechnica
@cleantechnica.bsky.social
CATL Begins Commercial Production Of Sodium-Ion Batteries
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/23/catl-begins-commercial-production-of-sodium-ion-batteries/
You can't separate #tech and #politics! Episode 463 of my #MobileTechPodcast with @emilyforlini.bsky.social this week is a banger 🙂 We dive right into it all, Canada🇨🇦, China🇨🇳, #EVs⚡️, @OnePlus drama, #mobile tech, and more... It's all here -- listen and subscribe: https://worldpodcasts.com/canada-getting-chinese-evs-volvo-ex60-oneplus-drama-honor-magic8-pro-air-redmagic-11-air-and-more-with-emily-forlini-of-pcmag/
"Hungary is one of the most striking examples of what happens when Chinese battery companies expand abroad. The country is home to at least four plants already under construction, including possibly the biggest overseas factory ever planned by a Chinese battery company that’s worth approximately $8.5 billion. Hungary has become a gateway for Chinese firms to sell their products to the European market. As a result, it also provides an early blueprint for how communities will react when a Chinese battery factory opens up shop in their backyard.
Many people in Hungary are skeptical about whether Chinese companies will prioritize hiring locals or bring in cheaper workers from elsewhere instead. They arrived in the country at a time when local labor supply was low because many Hungarians moved to other parts of Europe in recent years in search of work, says András Bartók, an assistant professor at the Ludovika University of Public Service who has studied Hungary’s relationship with Japan and China. The companies have worked with the Hungarian government to bring in migrant labor from Central Asia and Southeast Asia, but that has prompted backlash from local residents. When CATL, the world’s largest lithium battery maker, laid off more than 100 employees at its planned Hungarian factory site last summer, the local municipality launched an investigation into whether the firm had kept its stated promise to hire locally.
CATL is also facing local protests in Hungary over its water use and environmental footprint, criticisms that it inherited from Japanese and Korean battery companies that built factories there over the last two decades."
https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-battery-makers-are-building-factories-across-the-world/
Airline exec baits Tesla CEO Elon Musk on social media, reels in free publicity.
#ryanair #elonmusk #tesla #teslasales #evsales #evs #trump #trumpmusk #musktrump #airlines #aviation #travel #airtravel #budgetravel #budgetflights #starlink #socialmedia #online #publicity #communications
