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Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that there are now 201,180 fully public and shared electric vehicle (EV) charging ports. This is 68% more EV charger ports than the number of gasoline nozzles statewide, according to the California Energy Commission. 🤯
https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-09/california-exceeds-200000-electric-vehicle-chargers
BYD electric car hits a record-breaking 308mph.
Better get your order in quickly, though. About US$235K, and they're only making 30.
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/byds-all-electric-hypercar-the-yangwang-u9-extreme-hits-a-record-breaking-308mph-180727354.html
#Cars #EV
We have a brand new (2 months old) #Volkswagen #ID3 car and I have very few positive things to say about it. The only upside is that it’s an #EV.
Other than that you need to send an absurd amount of data to VW, they accept the policies for you at the dealership, every setting (like AC) is in 3 submenus in a giant iPad on the dashboard. The few things not in the iPad are tactile button with only dim visual feedback.
And now the charging lid is stuck. A common problem on those stupid €35K cars.
I look forward to the day when concept cars have tires again. Especially for EVs, which suffer significant efficiency losses with low-profile tires. (Well, every car suffers those losses, but I just care more with EVs because efficiency is such an advantage over gassers.)
https://electrek.co/2025/09/02/hyundais-concept-three-previews-radical-new-ioniq-3-ev/
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Tesla sales continue their steep decline in European markets.
Sales of Tesla fell 33% in Jan-July 2025 compared to Jan-July 2024, sales of China's BYD rose 290% during the same period. BYD sold more vehicles in July than Tesla.
BYD's advantage over Tesla include price, technological advancements and EV + Hybrid portfolio.
"A January survey showed 60% of respondents were actively put off buying a Tesla owing to Musk’s behavior."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-europe-problem-just-got-121358812.html
https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_July_2025.pdf
#EV #FAFO
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Tesla sales continue their steep decline in European markets.
Sales of Tesla fell 33% in Jan-July 2025 compared to Jan-July 2024, sales of China's BYD rose 290% during the same period. BYD sold more vehicles in July than Tesla.
BYD's advantage over Tesla include price, technological advancements and EV + Hybrid portfolio.
"A January survey showed 60% of respondents were actively put off buying a Tesla owing to Musk’s behavior."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-europe-problem-just-got-121358812.html
https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_July_2025.pdf
#EV #FAFO
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Meet the Massachusetts-made boat that never needs gassing up
Entrepreneur James Worden believes "lithium ion batteries, electric outboard motors, lightweight carbon fiber and solar panels have advanced enough — and come down in cost enough — that this prototype boat could be attractive to purchasers who operate water taxi or ferry services on busy harbors, lakes or rivers, where its top speed (today about 10 miles per hour) is plenty fast."
Meet the Massachusetts-made boat that never needs gassing up
Entrepreneur James Worden believes "lithium ion batteries, electric outboard motors, lightweight carbon fiber and solar panels have advanced enough — and come down in cost enough — that this prototype boat could be attractive to purchasers who operate water taxi or ferry services on busy harbors, lakes or rivers, where its top speed (today about 10 miles per hour) is plenty fast."
Just got back from an unplanned 1400 mile (2200 km) road trip in a Nissan Leaf. It was… mostly fine? We spent more time wrangling kids than waiting for it to charge, fwiw. August heat plus a passively cooled battery did mean we got throttled to just 20 kW for a few charges which was annoying, but again didn’t ultimately cause too much strife.
I wouldn’t recommend a Leaf for road tripping, but an EV with an actively cooled battery (and a bit more range) would be totally fine.
The most boring and generic car you could possibly own around where I live is a white Tesla. I've noticed lately just how many of them there are. I sometimes see several of them in a row.
I just went to the paint store, a 13 km round trip, and I counted 10 of them. Including 3 in the parking lot by the store which had 20-25 cars in it. 😁
"Six of the top 10 global EV sellers are now Chinese brands. Chinese companies captured 85% of EV sales in Brazil and Thailand last year… Chinese automakers now control 70% of global #EV production."
https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-ev-global-expansion-byd/
America's anti-green, pro-oil fundamentalism has handed a future of cheaper-to-run and cleaner cars to China; anyone still trying to claim markets are rational must struggle with this one.
Regarding battery electric vehicles: is there a difference between charging to 100 % for your trip or leaving it at 80 % and using fast charging on the way? In terms of battery aging.
🆕 blog! “Petrol Stations 🆚 Car Charging Locations”
Journalists love context-free numbers - things that sound large and scary, but without any helpful information to allow you to judge their significance.
Here's a good example from a BBC article about Electric Vehicle subsidies:
There are around 1.3 million electric cars on Britain's roads but currently only around…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/petrol-stations-%f0%9f%86%9a-car-charging-locations/
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#car #ev #news
Nice article about growth in solar power. It is good to see the progress.
I am a big fan of both solar and EVs, both 4 wheel ones and two wheel ones. We need to get off fossil fuels, and the sooner, the better.
Nice article about growth in solar power. It is good to see the progress.
I am a big fan of both solar and EVs, both 4 wheel ones and two wheel ones. We need to get off fossil fuels, and the sooner, the better.
Elon: Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat.
BYD: Hold my baijiu
PS: This is clearly a stunt. No car company, BYD included, would make boat-like behavior a product requirement for a conventional road car. This is likely a specially-prepared car traveling on a submerged roadway.
Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli#CdnPoli#EV#Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456
Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli#CdnPoli#EV#Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456
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