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Met up with @spikebmth.bsky.social and Mrs Spike to have a look at the really impressive Hyundai Inster and had a drive. What a brilliant little car! And love the colour!
Of course, Buddy the Ami was the star of the show 🤓
Since 2008, cost of #EV battery capability — measured as $ per kilometre of range — has collapsed by ~99%.
Range rises 100 → 500 km
Energy density rises 120 → 480 Wh/kg
Costs collapse $1414 → $90
That’s the economic engine of #Bettrification.
Disruption follows cost curves.
Your weekly episode of the CTRL, Alt, Refuel 20 minute podcast has landed on YouTube today at 16:00!
Amongst other things, we talk about the ‘mighty’ Stellantis and others pulling back on making eVs.
There’s also a little teaser ‘Easter Egg’ on my £200 Nissan Leaf purchase🤓
youtu.be/I_BXrWiOgjQ
Bonjour mes amis! Ça va?
Tesla 🐶 still hates it 🤣
If I wanted to sit on 60 litres of explosive liquid & a hot metal box full of mini detonations, I’d join a demolition crew. I just want to get to the beach. Internal combustion: thousands of explosions per minute. But sure…tell me again which car is the fire risk. Stay safe in an EV! #Bettrification
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‘Let me out!’ 🐢 🐌
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The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Jaecoo was only launched in Oz a few months ago, and aleady they have hit 1000 orders for the J5, or the better cheaper EV version of the range rover. 400km range, dog and pet friendly interior, looks good!
special deals for next 2000 orders. Every new EV on the road is one less petrol burner.
India adds 42.5GW solar in 2026 alone — more than the UK’s entire fleet. Solar now 135GW vs coal 219GW, rising 40–45GW/yr. By 2028 solar ~260GW, overtaking coal capacity. With BESS scaling, solar+storage undercuts coal. This is cost-curve gravity in action. #Bettrification #LFP #Solar #Wind #BESS
28.02.2026 03:42 — 👍 29 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
As always ev bus stories come along in 3s
More excellent ev bus news of the day !
34 battery-electric buses by BYD enter service in Verona - electrive.com share.google/YBuyQL60ZR5L...
Your weekly fix of ‘CTRL
Alt Refuel’ podcast is here!
This week in a pint-sized, episode, we answer you, the viewer’s questions. And then ramble on about other stuff like Volvos on fire and the new Ferrari eV, plus more.
Please have a watch, like & subscribe. 🤓🙏
youtube.com/watch?v=X4vdeh…
Cool. I just bought a 2014 for…£200😎
Upcoming MG eV swap ? 🤓
Oh. You were asking about the £200 leaf. 😆 Sorry.
I will be sharing the story and progress of that soon. 🤓
It’s great. Terrible but great. Super fun.
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She said “Make sure MY car is in the garage tonight!” I have followed those instructions 👀
(Excuse the mess. Been resurrecting that £200 LEAF)
Algorithm served me GV60 Magma and IONIQ 6 N content this morning and I’ve got to be honest, the orange is nifty but I couldn’t give a damn about a spicier GV60 - meanwhile I can’t wait for the IONIQ 6 N launch and to see trusted outlet reactions.
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DONUT LAB Solid State - Charging Test Results
🔋 11C charging, 0-100% in 7.3 minutes
♨️ It also gets really HOT ...but it doesn't catch fire like a Liquid Electrolyte Lithium-ion Battery would
🏍️ Verge Motorcycle will be air cooled - I think they need more
More tests coming soon.
youtu.be/FAChh4qmg8s
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Used it today a lot. Even in the p’ing rain.
I forgot it had keys and left them in the ignition when I parked it up at the seafront
I don’t suppose anyone would notice or nick it . Or get very far 😆
To all the thermal runaway “EV fire experts”. #EV sales have surged 25× since 2016 while verified HV battery fire incidents remain broadly flat. That means the incident rate per EV has fallen by roughly 50%. Scale accelerates. Incidents plateau. The data doesn’t match the drama. 🔋📈 #Bettrification
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It’s here! 🙌
Tesla 🐶 not too pleased.
CRACKERJACK!!!
It's not Friday. It's not five o'clock, but we do have a cracker of an episode for you. We discuss the implications of next year's Chinese ban on flush or solely electronic door handles.
Oh, and ToyWonta.
Please have a watch, like & subscribe 🙏😊
youtu.be/X5qOr2-asyo
Hinkley Point C now expected to cost £49 billion.
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Just did an interview on Talk radio in the UK. It was about the European car makers stopping ever making electric cars again because, as a caller said, 'No one wants electric cars.'
Definitely not the 10 million EV drivers in the EU or the 1.8 million in UK
www.forbes.com/sites/neilwi...
Jack was surprised that he was impressed with the Zeekr 7X
youtu.be/LCGLBe26jnw
I've said it before and I repeat, these PHEVs should not be counted in any EV metrics
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#DriveEV not #phev
to find leapmotor in pole position with tesla, that's kinda interesting
#alwaysbecharging
not all German charts are equal
author: Frederik Monnet www.linkedin.com/posts/freder...
Please have a watch/listen/like & subscribe of our latest episode of the podcast.
We have on the brilliant James Gee from Be.EV talking about their acquisition of Mer UK sites.
39p/kW rapid charging anyone?
Please repost if you’re reading this or we’ll let Petchelli out!
youtu.be/2X0E5GPAjW8?...
I've got the same setup, 10 kWh home LG ChemWall and 78 kWh IONIQ 5 and were I ever in an extended outage for a very long time, I'd segregate a few things to allow my setup to go even longer (weeks, if not months with SoCal sun).
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