David NicholsonOur @rivergecko twitter feed includes some of the UK electric car news but is also Clean Tech – Climate change Tech – EVs – Renewable Energy including wind and solar – clean trains and boats – air pollution – divesting from fossil fuels
@ElectrifyingCom @BMWGroup If BMW sorted out a decent fully electric powertrain I can see this doing quite well in the RR -Range & Rolls space even if it does look a little like an Enyaq with a slow metabolism
But if BMW don’t get a move on the Chinese Hongqis will get there first!
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/hongqi/e-hs9/first-drives/hongqi-e-hs9-2021-review
@ElectrifyingCom Although I’d never want one I thought it looked quite cool in a very glitzy way-until I noticed this futuristic concept car is powered by 8 cylinders still drinking dino juice!
Who thinks people will be excited by a concept burning more petrol or diesel
Its nearly 2022 @BMWGroup
So every EV on the road since 2018 has got cleaner for free... And keeps on getting cleaner as we green the grid and it cleans up.
Meanwhile an ICE/hybrid vehicle bought in 18 is getting dirtier as it wears out and its emissions systems fail.
Great graphic! https://twitter.com/MusingsEv/status/1465623862792568834
Three years ago today 45% of our energy was generated by coal.
Today 44% is zero carbon.
@Miles_per_kWh @VolvoCarUK @OctopusEnergy @andersen_ev @bobbyllew @Carpervert @KateFantom Glad it’s working well
That salary sacrifice is a stonking deal👍
One question -are you using winter tyres or was it delivered with all seasons?
My Tesla Model 3 is fab but has summer performance tyres that wouldn’t get any traction on the white stuff in Yorkshire this week🙄
Note the only 2 waypoints are Lands end and John O groats - the rest are Supercharger stops
New #Tesla update brings waypoints to UK eg London to John O Groats to Lands End and back to London again
Remember way points add stops between departure point and destination.. so on a round trip destination is your departure point then add stops!
@DavidHowey @DJBurges @EpicWinningMaz Thanks
My use case is even more niche sadly!
I don’t have solar yet but a battery will take off peak min gas/coal overnight power when there is barely enough demand to match offshore wind power production & then use it to power the house & heat all day (or even export to grid)
@DavidHowey @DJBurges @EpicWinningMaz I raise this as I’m looking at a Tesla powerwall precisely to lower the carbon intensity (& cost)of the power I use at home including for my air source heat pump
Obviously battery production involved CO2 but over the long term the battery should cut CO2 and help balance the grid?
@DavidHowey @DJBurges @EpicWinningMaz Not my specialist subject but some of the conclusions seem odd for UK
Why would a 10% efficiency loss for storage increase carbon intensity if it’s charging at 87-103g/kWh last night compared to 218g this morning?
Also ignores grid transmission losses surely?
@DJBurges @DavidHowey @EpicWinningMaz As well as managing peaks, using battery storage should enable the charge stations to use more off peak overnight power at lower cost & which usually has a much lower carbon intensity (mostly wind & nuclear)
This helps balance the grid, an increasing priority as we add more wind
Government will add batteries to motorway services to support high-power chargers where grid supply is insufficient 👏🏽 https://www.electrive.com/2021/11/29/the-uks-national-highways-to-try-battery-storage/
European Car of the Year 2022 will probably be electric
Out of 7 cars left on the shortlist
6 are pure #EV -Ioniq 5, EV6, Renault Megane, Mach E, Cupra Born, Enyaq .. all great choices
Oh and Peugeot have the 308, the only piston dog in the race https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/europes-car-year-2022-will-probably-be-electric
Following CNBC's Andrew Sorkins interview with General Motors CEO Mary Barra surely the real question is for the United Auto Workers Union
Do their union members earn less in pay and benefits than Tesla employees and if so why? https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/automobile/do-tesla-employees-make-more-than-their-other-ev-industry-counterparts-7771041.html
Article on Fossil Fuel Subsidies which come in more forms than you would probably imagine!- CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/08/why-are-fossil-fuel-subsidies-so-hard-to-eliminate/
Thankfully the trajectory for the high pollution, high cost, high CO2 tar sands in Alberta is All Downhill As the low Quality Discount Hits $14 Per Barrel - CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/29/its-all-downhill-for-alberta-as-quality-discount-hits-14-per-barrel/
@WhichEVNet And of course you can say it sucks without being the least bit derogatory!
@EpicWinningMaz Did it come with DC charging or standard Zoe AC only
Oh great! First Omicron case in Wandsworth!
#Barbados independence should be a moment of celebration but joining the Chinese belt & road initiative is concerning
Essentially a Chinese “debt trap in the guise of assistance” via loans for construction of corrupt vanity projects
See Sri Lanka as an eg
https://youtu.be/cUxw9Re-Z-E
I’ve never seen anything like this on film before. Paul really has nothing at the 30 second mark—but 45 seconds later he’s got the makings of a hit single.
