George Gowing

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Servus Georg! Been keeping a low profile, lots going on atm, but health wise can't complain. Hope you are well.

And all driven at (near) legal Vmax (car only does 185kmh for Germany), as witnessed by this French speeding ticket on A7 Route du Soleil near Marseille.
1kmh over limit €45!

1300km Bavaria to Barcelona in small 65kW BEV, alone, 70 y.o. in 15 hrs, 12 of which were driving, charge about every 250-300km. Effortless

3,381km Bavaria-Mallorca round-trip in BMW iX1 30 #BEV at legal Vmax.
20.2kWh/100km, charging losses (15%)=23.1kWh/100.
781kWh charged.
Paid €222 using Renault Ionity €4.99/m sub.
Ave €0.28/kW.
660km in Mallorca free at public chargers & @ home.
Without those,€0.37/kW or €8.50/100km.
ICE €12.50?

YouTube video by Electric Trucker Construction Sites will become Silent

This German EV IT guy started job as Electric Trucker to learn the logistics business. Main German YouTube channel has weekly Vlog, and he's also got English channel with some stuff translated. This was a recent one on EV construction machinery, incl mining dump truck
youtu.be/pedjNXXBIuc?...

Nice #PV weather
13:00 done one 40⁰C wash another 60⁰ now in while 1st load tumble dries. Swimming pool pump & heater on, house 300 litre water boiler heated to 60⁰C, dishwasher on & charging the car. Have still sold 12kWh to the grid. Even mini 800W Balcony PV working overtime.

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YouTube video by Electric Trucker Krümelix the Trucker Dog 🐶

@swattsuer.bsky.social
Did you know that 'Krümelix' is the largest YouTube electric truck influencer, and I suspect not just in Germany but worldwide.
youtube.com/shorts/8djU4...

I have a Sonstige too. Got it out on Friday for the 1st time since October. She only turned 60 in March & is so still running in. Spot the marten! Luckily he doesn't seem to like John Deere-Lanz rubber.

German BEV sales in April rose 53% over April 2024. Tesla lost 47% this April against 2024, only selling 885 cars & not even being in top 25 car makers. That despite Berlin Gigafactory & the new Model Y facelift having been available the whole month.

Yesterday did 300km round-trip, for safety margin charged 17kW at my destination at Lidl for €0.29 while shopping & as had nearly expired €10 voucher charged another 17kW near home for €0.18 TOTAL cost. Charging car from PV today as need car tonight. Tomorrow can easily fully charge at home from PV.

You're dumber than I thought possible. Today weather is poor, I've put 24kW in my car (over 100km) from PV. I charge myself €0.12kWh as that's what I get for feed in. Also already fed 5kWh into grid & currently recharging my 18kW of home battery to be full by evening. I'm feeding grid 40+kW per day.

You really don't have a clue, do you? Heard of V2G, V2H & all other benefits EVs will have for the grid? And by the way, I charge my EV almost exclusively from the PV on my house roof, as do millions.

YouTube video by Electric Trucker Construction Machines go Electric! The Top 10 from Bauma 2025

EVs have no place or future in construction machinery!
#BAUMA #Munich
youtu.be/pedjNXXBIuc?...

18 April 2024 installed 2x400W Plug & Play 'Balkonkraftwerk' mobile #PV set costing €300 (now €240). Plug straight into normal house wall socket.
Produced/saved 750kWh or €225. Payback 1½ years. Come with 10-30 years warranty.
800W max allowed in Germany for such mini PV systems.

Wrong. Do some very simple research.

There are good people out there.

Petition unterschreiben Stoppen Sie den Preiswucher an öffentlicher Ladeinfrastruktur für Elektroautos!

E-Autos brauchen keine Förderungen sondern Ladepreis Transparenz und Fairness. Muss genauso einfach sein wie bei Verbrenner.
www.change.org/p/stoppen-si...

Not true for EV brakes as they mainly brake using the electric motor to regenerate electricity. In fact, EVs are liable to failing technical checks because brake discs are rusted through lack of use.

And even have chargers hanging on lamp posts. Curbside Power Points have already been made.

Compared to January 2024, Germany new car sales were down by ⬇️2.8% but #BEV sales were up ⬆️53.5%.
Tesla sales were down⬇️59.5%.
Source: KBA - Germany's vehicle registration authority.

Stuffed in a 🥨
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Griaß di. Walked dog, charged car & got Döner. Call a win-win!

Lovely day in Bavaria. #PV hammering out electricity despite it being early February. Even mobile 800W plug & play <€300 unit. It has produced over 600kWh in 295 days since installation, despite 2024 being terrible PV year. It will pay back within 18 months & can be set up anywhere with a house plug

Never too late to learn something new. Thanks for that & for the not go into it, other! Servus.🍻

Eigentlich reicht es doch, wenn es einmal pro Monat eine Zusammenfassung mit Trumps dümmsten Entscheiden gibt. Das müssen wir uns doch nicht täglich in den News antun, oder?

As China is finding out, it’s risky being our foe - as Canada and Mexico are finding out, it’s riskier being our friend.

If you are wondering why the country that helped America with its recent forest fires is being punished with more tariffs than China, which never helps America, Elon Musk owns an enormous car manufacturing plant in Shanghai.

With Elon and Donald, it all comes down to their dollars, not your lives.

The used cars will always find a buyer. EVs last at least as long as petrol cars (ave 18 years) so a long time before they become spare parts & nice part, the batteries are around 95% recyclable ♻️. Most pre 2024 Teslas were bought in good faith, so I feel for those people.