Felix Hamer • electricfelix

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@gredmondking.bsky.social: “We know net-zero is the only solution to limiting increasingly dangerous climate change impacts, but we also know net-zero represents exceptionally good business, something not lost on China.”

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China Is Winning by Waiting How Beijing turns predictability into power.

worse?

“If the United States continues its capricious behavior toward the rest of the world, China won’t need to do anything differently yet will still profit from the splintering of Washington’s network of allies and partners,” writes @kyleichan.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

bombs can wait till working hours

pretty sure this wasn't there last time I drove here

good advice ty!

great spot (2023) #rentelectric

Home Energy Management help needed! With a heat pump now and soon solar panels and a smart meter I need to think about home energy management. Looking for guidance or experience on integrating heat pumps/PV/dynamic tariffs into the best automated package in Brussels or Flanders.

Driving #rentelectric style to Heidelberg 🇩🇪 tomorrow will be easy using my dad's Fastned Gold subscription
-> but are there any fun and affordable alternatives?!
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#alwaysbecharging

Electra Rubigen is open!

6xCCS max 300kW
Buffer battery

Next to the Tesla Supercharger, Coop Pronto and Denner at the highway exit

Just like Tesla, unclear if you have to pay for parking while charging

Interestingly, Tesla also originally opened with 6 stalls... In 2015!

Gefährdeter Vogel: Population explodiert durch Solarparks Eine bedrohte Vogelart und Solaranlagen: Das klingt nach Konflikt. Doch eine aktuelle Untersuchung aus Hessen zeigt ein erstaunliches Ergebnis.

Studie: bedreigde vogelsoorten in Hessen profiteren van aanwezigheid van zonneparken. Door extra beschutting en kort gras als gevolg van de panelen konden meer leeuweriken worden geboren. Ook andere soorten, waaronder het roodborstje, lieten zich vaker zien.

When you see the disconnect between industry forecasts & reality, suddenly my own #Bettrification thesis doesn’t seem so outrageous. If anything, the real stretch is believing exponential cost curves quietly stop after decades of proving the opposite. 2025 saw >2.5TW cumulative solar capacity.

piloly:

"Today, Tesla overtook Toyota to become the second best-selling car brand in Norway in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps Tesla will take the lead on Monday. 🇳🇴"

#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/piloly/statu...

there's a gigantic world full of missed opportunity out there!

I'm afraid Scuol doesn't have a LIDL, but that's a compelling offer!

bsky where's my video #AUDI

ZEEKR Spain just opened doors zeekr.es

funny I shot only this :D
#AUDI #Shanghai

"A new analysis by the Center Automotive Research in Bochum lays out the numbers in stark detail. The Volkswagen Golf 1.5 TSI retails for 24,700 euros in Germany but only 14,000 euros in China, a discount exceeding 10,000 euros."

#alwaysbecharging
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"German car manufacturers are confronting a deepening crisis in China, their most important single market. Once dominant with locally produced combustion engine vehicles that delivered strong profits, they now face intense price pressure on every front."

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Wirtschaftswoche:

"- Combustion engine sales for German brands in China have dropped sharply from previous levels
- The market has evolved from a major profit source into a strategic dilemma for European automakers"

#alwaysbecharging
nitter.net/stekkerauto/...

"- VW Golf & similar volume models are sold well below European prices and frequently at a loss
- Chinese gasoline cars now match German quality but cost significantly fewer thanks to lower costs and subsidies
- Luxury vehicles face steep import duties and luxury taxes pushing prices far higher"

"China Turns Former Cash Cow into Nightmare

VW, BMW & Mercedes are slashing ICE vehicle prices in China amid fierce local competition

VW Golf sells for €14,000 versus €24,700 in Germany, a €10,700 discount, often below cost, while luxury models suffer from high taxes making them uncompetitive"

European Automotove Market Intelligence Research Reports | Schmidt Automotive Research EUROPEAN AUTO MARKET DATA AND FORECASTS LEADING AUTOMOTIVE MARKET INTELLIGENCE TRUSTED BY THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY

"Despite Japanese OEMs losing out between 2025 and 2024, which can be partly attributed to a pull-forward of non-BEV volumes into 2024, slightly inflating the underlying trend, prior to CO2 fleet regulatory changes, over the six-year scope, they have remained almost level."

Incumbent automakers present in the Western European new passenger car market since pre-crisis 2019 have seen Chinese OEMs increasingly command a higher share of the region's total new car… | Schm... Incumbent automakers present in the Western European new passenger car market since pre-crisis 2019 have seen Chinese OEMs increasingly command a higher share of the region's total new car market. Bu...

"European OEMs have lost 4.4ppts to predominantly Asian OEMs.

Having seen the threat from US manufacturers such as Tesla ease, Chinese OEMs stepped in, leading to further losses for European brands."

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Incumbent automakers present in the Western European new passenger car market since pre-crisis 2019 have seen Chinese OEMs increasingly command a higher share of the region's total new car… | Schm... Incumbent automakers present in the Western European new passenger car market since pre-crisis 2019 have seen Chinese OEMs increasingly command a higher share of the region's total new car market. Bu...

@autoschmidt.bsky.social:
"Incumbent automakers present in the Western European new passenger car market since pre-crisis 2019 have seen Chinese OEMs increasingly command a higher share of the region's total new car market.

But at whose cost in a constrained market?"

@autoschmidt.bsky.social:
"European OEMs appear to be the most under pressure from Chinese OEMs.

Even more worrying, the Chinese gains are coming in a constrained market, leading to a downward spiral when it comes to leveraging production utilisation and key scaling benefits."

#alwaysbecharging

Data Centers Are Creating a New Kind of Battery Monster Rob checks in with Near Horizon Group’s Peter Freed about the AI boom’s power needs.

Super interesting conversation about data centers and power, @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social!

How has public belief in the importance of merit🥇 and privilege💰 changed over time?

🆕Data viz shows a widening gap b/w the perceived importance of family wealth (privilege) and hard work (merit) in a majority of countries in the West

Paper: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Code: github.com/cybe2001/mer...

⚡️ Cable theft on charging stations. This has to stop. Almost every single night, charging cables are cut and stolen. Not by accident. By organized gangs. They steal them to resell the copper for a… |... ⚡️ Cable theft on charging stations. This has to stop. Almost every single night, charging cables are cut and stolen. Not by accident. By organized gangs. They steal them to resell the copper for a fe...

by Eimantas Balta for Ignitis (CPO)
from #alwaysbecharging

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Baltics action plan:

- installed CCTV
- cable cut indicators connected to alarm system that rings after cable is damaged & reports to security
- close cooperation with local Police authorities
- Cable GPS trackers that allowed us to find the criminals www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...