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Ugh! Just make a normal looking EV that's under $35k out the door and not built by a Nazi.
#EV #electricVehicles
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Some People Say You Have To Use Tesla Superchargers To Road-Trip. We Just Proved Them Wrong* by Transport Evolved
#ev

Charging for the drive home at the new bank of #bchydro chargers at the end of the #yyj runway in Sydney by the Sea. Awaiting the return of the son from Ottawa.
Last time I was here, @… 's plane flew right over us as we were charging... it was 20m early 😂
(son's flight was delayed 1.5hrs today due to "connecting passengers")
#victoriabc #ev #charging

“While the EU acts to trap its residents in petrol cars that are obsolete, dirty and expensive to run, the UK is free to ensure that more and more of its drivers can access the savings of hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds a year that come from #EV ownership.”

EU may reconsider new petrol and diesel car sale ban: comment
Rumours that EU plans to back away from new petrol and diesel car sale ban: comment

The electric vehicle boom in Norway is, in part, a result of high taxes. New vehicles are taxed at 25%, but new #EV at 0%. Registration fees are waved, as are (were?) city tolls, and often there is free EV parking. Plus there are income tax deductions for EV.
Businesses, on the other hand, profit from vastly cheaper electricity prices (compared to households) - or they can use the free (!) ele…

Wow, you *really* produce bad #quality if your #EV (with much less moving parts) is worse than all the non-electric #vehicles of a list. 😲
Avoid buying

this is a $2,000 pink ev car they make in china. #ev #china

No Doug. It's the 21st century.
Keep up.
edit: also, why are you covering for American auto companies?
#Canada #EV #Cars #Auto #EndFossilFuels #canPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-chinese-electric-vehicles-carney-9.7054922

... I replaced one tire after I bought it but I'm pretty sure that the others are original. I'm a little irritated that I need to spend anything on it but spending $800 in ten years is probably fine.
#EV #CarRepair #VW

"Could electric vehicle battery waste fix concrete’s carbon problem?"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Batteries

Could electric vehicle battery waste fix concrete’s carbon problem?
Lithium waste from electric vehicles could become a vital ingredient in low-carbon concrete, say researchers testing a new environmental solution.

How Google predicts the near-future availability of #EV charging points. This new Google Maps feature not only shows current real-time availability, but also predicts availability at the time of your arrival.

Reducing EV range anxiety: How a simple AI model predicts port availability

Good Morning #Canada
Can Canada's new trade deal with China for #ElectricVehicles jumpstart a shrinking market? Will 49K Chinese #EVs force current Canadian auto suppliers to provide more competitive offerings?
Canada was an anomaly in worldwide EV sales as our electric vehicle sales declined while every other major nation saw substantial increases. Even the U.S. had a modest increase in battery electric vehicles despite Trump's attempts to kill them. Canada EV sales dropped by almost 50% due to canceled government rebates, slow expansion of a charging network, increased pricing, and auto manufacturers cutting back production in favour of hybrids and gas engines. And North American manufacturers invested substantial lobbying dollars to roll back zero emission mandates.
While Canadian manufacturers cry foul, auto dealers are cautiously optimistic. They see cheaper vehicles as a good alternative to what's available today.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ZeroEmission
https://cleanenergycanada.org/canada-broke-its-electric-vehicle-market-in-2025-and-it-did-so-alone/

Started doing some math on an #EV vs a regular smallish car and I'm slightly shocked that it's not that much cheaper to run as I expected. German petrol is roughly 1,7€/litre if you pick the right station and time (~11€ per 100km). And most subscriptions to charging stations give you 0,49€/kWh at best (~10€ per 100km).
Only when charging at home (or even better with your own rooftop sola…

Got to sit in an play with a 2026 Leaf yesterday. felt good. Gonna test drive next week.
I should probably wait a year to get a used one and save money but I think the blue color will be hard to come by.
#ev #cars

'EVs are already making your air cleaner"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #AirPollution

EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.

#OTD 2013: A time when Tesla still meant progress. One of the first Tesla Superchargers in Europe, in Zevenaar 🇳🇱. Until then, #EV fast chargers were often single devices, but this was one of the first hubs.

Finally found the option to allow all doors to be unlocked when you walk up to the car.
it's an option called "Selective Unlock" which you want to turn OFF.
#ev #nissan #leaf

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBBCIntroducingMixtape
EV:
🎵 Lucky B
#EV

🇸🇪 Swedish #EV drivers living in multi-family buildings get a ‘right to plug’ 🔌, meaning that their landlord or owners association cannot withhold permission to install an EV charging point.
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Finally did it and got a full EV. The 2026 Nissan Leaf seems like everything I wanted and it's now in my driveway.
This with our second car of Honda Clarity means we should almost never need gas again.
#cars #ev

"EV charging keeps expanding despite Trump"
#US #USA #America #EV

EV charging keeps expanding despite Trump
The U.S. added a record number of public electric-vehicle fast chargers last year, keeping up with demand from growing number of EV owners.

This morning's @electrive.net newsletter contains some highly interesting news: the first German court case on discriminatory pricing at public EV charging stations. This practice is forbidden by the 🇪🇺 #AFIR regulation, as covered extensively.
In this case, the German CPO EWE Go charged much [🧵1/7]
#EV

Landgericht München verhandelt Klage gegen diskriminierende Ladepreise - electrive.net
Am Landgericht München wird seit dieser Woche eine Klage gegen den Ladeanbieter EWE Go verhandelt. Geklagt hat DCS, das sich durch die B2B-Preise

lol. Someone on reddit called me dumb for not knowing the exact kw charge rate I would get at a supercharger my first time trying it based on the outside temperature, battery temperature, and start charge.
"did you do ANY research?"
lol. yeah buddy I did a bunch.
#ev #leaf

"Old but Full of Energy: Giving EV Batteries a Second Life"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles<…

How much does it cost to run an electric car in Germany compared to a petrol or diesel car?
With home charging, it is moderately cheaper to run than a diesel car. With regular public charging, charging costs are similar to fuel costs. However, charging costs are higher with public fast charging.
#EV

2026 Nissan Leaf Charging Test! 0–100% DC Fast Charging Analysis by Out of Spec Testing
#ev

As of today, there are more electric cars than diesel cars in Norway.
#EV

Flere elbiler enn dieselbiler i Norge
3. desember er en merkedag i norsk bilhistorie: Nå er elbil den mest vanlige personbil-typen på veiene i Norge.

First attempt to super charge with Nissan leaf starting at 64%. 32 degrees out. Forgot to turn battery heater on and only charged at 22kw. Ouch. Turned heater on and after 30 minutes seemed to peak at 28kw.
The leaf is supposed to be able to hit 150kw. But no luck this time.
#ev #cars

Weird.... it seems people in the UK do indeed want to buy EVs, especially if they are not made by Tesla!
#bullshit
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Tariffs #China #Canada #Cars #EV

The backup camera in the 2026 Leaf is so big and clear and the night vision on the camera is amazing. Great feature.
#cars #ev #nissan

Dynamic energy prices at a public DC #EV charging station? Payable directly by card? And yes, this is in Germany.
Heise says it works well. I'm looking forward to better price dynamics (currently, it's capped at the low and high end, which keeps charging prices relatively high)

Dynamische Stromtarife für Elektroautos: Nachfrage zum Angebot locken
Dynamische Stromtarife für E-Autos an Ladesäulen verbinden Ad hoc-Zahlen ohne Vertrag mit schnellem Laden. Das funktioniert in der Praxis erstaunlich gut.

"Carmaker uses repurposed EV batteries to help power factory in Australia"
#Australia #EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars

Carmaker uses repurposed EV batteries to help power factory in Australia
Repurposed electric vehicle batteries are being used in the energy storage component of a solar and battery system supplying operations at Nissan Australia’s aluminum casting plant in Victoria.

Nice electric youngtimer from 1992: a Fiat Panda elettra
#EV

The number of #EV home charging point installations in Italy 🇮🇹 increased by 157% in October compared to last year, indicating that the uptake of EVs (incentivised by a new round of income-dependent grants) is reaching new users.

Le installazioni di wall box impennano grazie al Bonus auto: a ottobre +157% (ricerca ProntoPro)
Circa il 40% delle richieste nazionali proviene dalle cosiddette aree urbane funzionali (FUA), con Milano in testa al 15%

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#EverythingbuttheGirlvsSoulVision
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of course... it's actually much worse than just policy dredged up from the days of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper… it's a gigantic step backward at the behest of fossil fuel interests in order to keep people burning fossil fuels.
EV mandates should be 'sold’ as an affordability measure! Because they are!
No, I don't mean grants, I mean everyday use. Real impacts on your pocket book. How much money would you save if you *never* went to a gas station. Just think about that for second.
Then we can do the math.
My 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric just passed 251152km (palindrome!) yesterday and gets around 6km/kWh on average.
I pay about $0.13/kWh at home to charge so that's $0.02/km. That is $5,023.04 in total energy expenses so far.
Our 2012 Toyota Prius C is at 270,000km and gets about 5.5L/100km or 0.055L/km. At (a discounted) $1.25/L that’s $0.04/km or $10,800 in total energy expenses so far.
Per kilometre the EV is half the cost to 'fuel' than one of the most fuel efficient gas cars out there.
In general, why would *anyone* choose something that costs double to run!?
And yet, the government doesn't sell this as ‘affordability’ it sells it as 'environmental responsibility'.
Let's be honest, they do that because they *know* the environmental message is *less* motivating than money.
Now I said at the beginning, "imagine" never going to the gas station. Obviously that doesn't mean you're fueling for free... but there is another overlooked aspect to this.
Fueling your car is a day to day thing. It's one of the biggest pulls on people's bank accounts precisely because it is such a frequent cost.
Now imagine if that 'bill' was just rolled into your home electricity bill. Which you could do other things to reduce cost overall?
EVs are not just an environmental game changer, they are a financial one for the average person.
That is why oil companies are throwing absolutely everything they have at government (and also fomenting fascism) to keep their good times going, at our expense.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability

"The policy change that could put more EVs on the road"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles

The policy change that could put more EVs on the road
In many states, carmakers are prohibited from selling directly to consumers. Cutting out the middleman could help speed EV adoption.

🇦🇹 Austrian Post now has a delivery fleet of 6,000 EVs.
20% of the energy needed is delivered by solar PV on their own buildings (and all depot charging is smartly managed).
#EV

Verkehr: 6.000 E-Autos für Post unterwegs
Die Post hat in Wien mit einem Fiat e-Scudo ihr 6.000stes E-Fahrzeug in Betrieb genommen. Das Unternehmen will bis zum Jahr 2030 seine gesamte Zustellflotte in ganz Österreich auf Elektroantrieb umgestellt haben.

"‘We’ve future-proofed’: how UK’s biggest car factory upgraded for EV revolution"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles

"Battery electric cars will overtake diesels in Great Britain by 2030, analysis suggests"
#Batteries #Cars #EV #ElectricVehicles

An Auspicious start to today's Dash
240,000km!
#EV #Kona #Hyundai #dasherlife

"Report: UK car industry on course to meet 2025 EV sales target"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles

“Canada's incentive program for zero-emissions vehicles, known as iZEV, was suspended more than a year ago after it ran out of money due to high demand.”
Canadian consumers: we want EVs!
Government of Canada: Hello, we're from 2005. Let's do Fuel Efficiency!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-auto-strategy-announcement-evs-9.7073975

"Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles

Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’ - Carbon Brief
This article sets out the key findings of a new report, including a proposed policy framework that could keep the EV transition on track.

extremely relevant to the upcoming "Auto Strategy" being released by the Liberal Carney government.
make no mistake. Decades of Canadian, Ontarian, and Alberta governments are complicit in the Oil companies efforts to avoid the transition
#endfossilfuels #canpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli #ev #cars #jobs https://jacobin.com/2026/02/fossil-fuels-michigan-trump-lawsuit

"Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Cars #EV

Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief
Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.

It's wild that Norway is effectively at 100% *today* and Canada/Carney is trying to tell us 70% in 10 years is good enough.
It's a failure for affordability and climate.
It's a huge win for oil companies and American automakers.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Canada #USA #Automotive #Affordability #CostofLiving #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canada-national-auto-strategy-9.7075235

PALINDROME
It is a true failure of the English Language that the word palindrome is not itself a palindrome.
PALINILAP!!
#palindrome #palinilap
#EV #Kona #Hyundai #dasherlife