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Dave Rahardja @drahardja@sfba.social
· 36mo ago
Prediction: The #Tesla #Cybertruck is going to be a flop. If it does manage to begin delivery this month, it’s going to be riddled with build quality issues and unforeseen (or foreseen, if you’re actually reasonable) problems with its body panels and bizarre design, leading potential buyers to look elsewhere. Now that you can actually buy decent (and decent-looking) EV trucks from Ford, GM, and Rivian, the Cybertruck’s competitive appeal is gone. I’m also taking guesses at the pricing. I think the promised $40k base price is pure fiction, and will never see the light of day. Tesla will start deliveries at some top-end trim which I’m going to guess will end up being $85k–$100k. Medium term, I think the Cybertuck will be a laughingstock, a weird anomaly in automotive history. Maybe in another 20 years, it will become a collectible curiosity. What do you think? #cars #EV
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Jaap Burger @burger_jaap@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
“A small country cannot move Europe’s market. But it can show Europe, earlier and more clearly than others, what works under normal conditions and what does not.” @patrickplotz@mastodon.social on Sweden’s role in the electric vehicle transition https://omev.se/2026/10/27/sweden-europes-most-useful-electric-vehicle-test-case/ #EV
Sweden: Europe's most useful electric vehicle test case - omEV
omev.se

Sweden: Europe's most useful electric vehicle test case - omEV

By: Patrick Plötz About ten years ago I listened to a panel discussion at Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg. At some point someone said, more or less: ”We are such a small country. What difference can we really make?” What struck me was not so much the remark itself but how normal it seemed to […]

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
Electric vehicle batteries could create a billion tons of emissions a year https://www.earth.com/climate/electric-vehicle-batteries-could-create-a-billion-tons-of-emissions-a-year/ #environment #ElectricVehicles #EV #battery #emissions
Electric vehicle batteries could create a billion tons of emissions a year
earth.com

Electric vehicle batteries could create a billion tons of emissions a year

A new study finds that cleaner battery production alone won't be enough to curb emissions as global demand for electric vehicles continues to grow.

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Harry @harrybo@gamerstavern.online
· 3w ago
Kevin McCloud: "Why I’ll never buy another electric car" https://flip.it/EX2GPw I think Kevin is absolutely spot on about EVs here, tbh. Very clickbaity headline as he isn't saying he won't buy an electric car full stop- but rather a new one. In a nutshell: Large EVs have sketchy environmental credentials when people don't actually need/use such a large vehicle (i.e., they would have been fine with a smaller car as they just do local trips only...)Buying brand new isn't necessary and is just wastefulEVs have stopped becoming green focused (recycled interior materials, etc) and more about luxury which is negating their green credentials. I have to say, my biggest bug bear is the obsession with buying brand new. People complain so much about the depreciation of EVs like it's a terrible thing but it means they essentially become massively more affordable on the second hand market. You can get much more, for much less. Battery health anxiety is overhyped because research is currently showing that the batteries in EVs are actually outlasting the chassis that they sit upon- simply because battery management tech in EVs is so advanced for keeping batteries at optimal health. EDIT: Updated to clarify what the headline actually meant. #Cars #EV #Transport #ClimateChange
Kevin McCloud:  Why I'll never buy a new electric car
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Kevin McCloud:  Why I'll never buy a new electric car

The Grand Designs star – out on the road in a new TV show – has owned EVs before but is sceptical about their future

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Kevin Russell @kevinrns@mstdn.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
Good news. Volkswagen is getting it right. "Volkswagen’s new EVs are so popular that the company is now cutting ICE shifts" Cutting staff building gas cars, and VW is increasing staff building EVs, because EV Volkswagens are outselling gas. Finally. https://electrek.co/2026/09/22/volkswagens-new-evs-so-popular-cutting-ice-shifts/ #ev #vw #climate
Volkswagen's new EVs are so popular that the company is now cutting ICE shifts
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Volkswagen's new EVs are so popular that the company is now cutting ICE shifts

Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. Volkswagen’s...

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Peter Lucas, Otrovert @98Percent@mastodon.nz
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
There is always a solution! This is our #ev charging at Springs Junction in Aotearoa /New Zealand. This is a tiny community in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The electricity grid here can’t support a fast charger. Those big blue boxes are the solution. They are battery packs made up of #repurposed Nissan Leaf batteries that are no longer fit for use in EVs. The battery packs are recharged overnight, using what electricity the grid can sustain. #reuse #recycle #sustainability
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Mojo ♻️ @mojo@aus.social
· 1mo ago
A bit concerning if you’re thinking about buying a BYD. Four Corners got a cybersecurity expert to hack a BYD Shark 6. He was able to remotely control the lights, wipers, locks and audio, track the vehicle and activate its microphone. The really worrying part? The expert says the access didn’t even require a password. And Australia apparently has stronger cybersecurity requirements for connected washing machines and vacuum cleaners than it does for cars. Maybe the rush to put computers on wheels has got a little ahead of the security. #byd #ev #cybersecurity #privacy #cars #australia
abc.net.au

Australians love these cars. Experts have 'real security concerns'

To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely.

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Andrew Jennings @andyjennings@aus.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
greetings mastodon EV experts. #ev - what should I know about selecting the home charger? I have solar panels and single phase. Not looking to go 3 phase. I’m home almost all the time so charging schedules unimportant? (thanks for help so far, there is a wealth of knowledge here)!
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Jaap Burger @burger_jaap@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
97% !! of German #EV drivers are (highly) satisfied with their electric car. That is a full 9 percentage points higher than the level of dissatisfaction with the Bundeskanzler, which already seemed to be a historically high poll figure.
adac.de

ADAC Umfrage: In einem Punkt sind E-Auto-Fahrende erstaunlich einig!

Passt die Ladeinfrastruktur? Wie steht es um die Reichweite? Der ADAC hat Elektroautofahrer befragt, wie zufrieden sie sind.

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