Take It EV podcast

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Take It EV: Reform vs. Renewables: Is the UK's Green Future at Risk?. Featuring Dan Caesar and Quentin Willson Have a listen: share.transistor.fm/s/3400766d

How can you fuck up Poundland/Pennies ?

Solar and battery over a year ..

ahh good times, EV's will RUIN THE WEEKEND!!! so misguided, deliberate disinformation... #auspol

Why is a fire truck called a fire truck when it only carries water?

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

Tesla vs milk float. That’s how far heat pumps have come. On The Times Radio this morning, our CEO @gjuk.bsky.social took on one of the most common heat pump myths: that they only work in very specific types of (new) homes. (🧵 1/4)

Wellington, New Zealand, replaces diesel trains with 18 battery electric trains! Batteries are electrifying transportation: autos, buses, vans, trucks and trains. Batteries are also boosting solar & wind power! www.alstom.com/press-releas... www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... #energysky

BMW iX5 hits up to 460 kW during first public fast-charging demo

The brains of living beings are not just meat computers. I find the proposal by tech bros that AI could be conscious repugnant. Those who believe this have clearly fallen for their creation too hard. This is a great scientific explainer. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Noticed a 'Grid Upgrade' public information advert on ITV. It wasn't clear who is responsible for it. Government, NESO ??

Vote NO to the nine, vote OPTION 1 on question 10. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine #alberta #referendum

Day two of owning a flying Tesla Roadster.

On 16 November, members of the UK Parliament will debate a petition on "holding a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks". It's still possible to sign the petition, so please do if you haven't yet! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Solar panels are bringing idle cranberry bogs back to life

Glory to Ukraine; down with the invaders and the treason goblins.

Rivian really outdid themselves with this Ghostbusters theme for its Halloween mode

The two-seat smart is back 🎉 The smart #2 had its world premiere in Paris today: 🔋 35.8kWh LFP (180 miles) ⚡️ 65kW, 10–80% in 20 mins 🏠 7.4kW / 11kW AV 🔌 V2L 📏 2,746mm long 🔄 6.95m turning circle 🛞 Rear-wheel drive 💷 Under £20,000, pre-orders from spring 2027 pickanev.com/goto/smart-2

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18.8% BEV for Heavy Duty Vehicles in September, and the TTM doubled in one year (5.5% → 11.9%). Heavy Duty Vehicles are actually moving faster than the new car market on BEV adoption right now.

Samsung chargers have false weight in them to make them feel more premium, also shorts internals if you drop it . Fun times . #electronics #failure

The Hyundai IONIQ 7 is coming as a big sibling to the IONIQ 5

Kia’s EV2 draws ‘significant and immediate demand,’ with 3,386 registrations in the UK

A little more ‘made in Europe’ during the production phase, but a reliance on imports rather than value creation within Europe throughout the product’s entire lifecycle: that is trading CO₂ emission requirements for ‘made in Europe’ requirements.

Latest article from the brilliant @graeme_cobb on the website for your reading pleasure. 👇 www.ctrlaltrefuel.co.uk/blogs/hyunda...

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In 2010, the Nissan Leaf arrived as the world’s first mass-produced EV ordinary buyers could own: a five-seat electric hatchback, no exotic price, no tiny production run. It eventually passed 600,000 global sales. Its real breakthrough was perception. It proved an EV could simply be someone’s car.

Completely on-brand for the man who claims that wind turbines cause cancer. 'Long delays in obtaining federal black lung benefits come as the Trump administration moves to boost the coal industry, just as cases of black lung are surging to a nearly 50-year high.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Russian elections have ended, Putin's victory will be announced after the votes are counted.

Interesting video that explores how the Met Office creates its historical climate data and how it's used. youtu.be/MffwvKK1jBE?...

I created something I've wanted for a long time: a searchable archive of Newsbytes News Network articles: technology reporting from 1983 to 2002. www.savetz.com/newsbytes/ 73,000+ articles, and a fun image gallery.

All that oily soot in the water ain't good. That electric outboard motor, however... 😎

Nice amount of solar generated today , given gloomy day . But load couldn’t be found

For fossil fuel cars, the 'official' EU (test) emissions were already much higher than their real world emissions. Now the gap for plug-in hybrids has become absurd. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

Don't worry, UK authorities have placed their best investigative agents to get behind the cause of these 'spontaneous protests'

Nice sunset

Makes sense in a sensible world. But do we live in a sensible world? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can we name flash floods after oil and companies the same way we do for tropical storms? Just go down the list in alphabetical order.

The Taz title says: "Germany is backing the wrong horse Battery-powered trucks are becoming increasingly efficient. Nevertheless, the federal and state governments are subsidizing hydrogen trucks with millions of euros. An expensive mistake?"

Pudding Grenades in your face! From Episode 1340: Too Much Backstreet Toast. Find us at heyscoops.com and on various podcast apps. #comedy #improv #podcast #pudding #billcosby

Walmart’s 400 kW EV charging network just hit 100 stores

Japan’s New National Bike Route Circles Mount Fuji. momentummag.com/japans-new-n...

Last century, batteries not included Batteries and electric motors in things that didn't used to have batteries China's AI-powered autonomous 'flying lifebuoy' added to water rescue toolkit

Wow! BYD sells INSTALLED 4.8 kW solar kits for 36 fixed installments of $99.23 or ~$3600 in Brazil. Kits have eight 600 W modules, an inverter, mounting structure, cables & connectors. It produces ~600 kWh/month. BYD makes modules in Brazil. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/20/b... #energysky

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Russia threatens the UK for its involvement with Ukraine's defence, "Russia has the right to regard Britain’s direct involvement in attacks against Russia as participation in the war, with all the consequences that entails.”