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
Very impressive presentation of important data and analysis.
"Can Europe keep the lights on?" @FT https://ig.ft.com/electricity-sharing
The extent of the UK energy debt crisis has been revealed as half a million warrants have been granted allowing energy firms to forcibly install pre-payment meters since lockdown ended. https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-energy-debt-crisis-revealed-half-million-warrants-granted-for-forced-prepayment-meters-2008884?ito=social_itw_theipaper&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670186052
🔴Read the exclusive investigation by @deankirby_ here.
Can Trump get any more dangerous to democracy & his GOP supporters get any dumber?
Like a kid who wants his primary school closed down because he still doesn’t accept he lost the egg & spoon race 30 years earlier, Trump wants to abolish the US constitution because he lost
Scots snub #hydrogen heating
since registration opened in Nov2022 SGN are still short of its 300 household target for a trial despite offering
£1,000
free hydrogen appliances
& promising them heating bills will remain the same as with gas!
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23167404.fife-hydrogen-trial-short-sign-ups-despite-offering-1k-bribe/?ref=rss
At least 1410 deaths are attributed to dangerous levels of air pollution in Ireland every year.
Hopefully additions like this will make air quality information more easily accessible to people and more importantly, help drive change towards cleaner air in Ireland! @EPAAirQuality https://twitter.com/OlaLN/status/1599312904654032897
Interesting new ‘map details’ feature on google maps: air quality.
Doesn’t seem to be available in Ireland yet, but when it is, and if it works properly, this would be a very interesting addition to Google maps.
#AirPollution
Very happy 190th birthday to the wonderful Jonathan - St Helena's giant tortoise, who is the world’s oldest known land animal. The UK's Overseas Territories are custodians of extraordinary and unique biodiversity. @StHelenaGovt @GO_ASHT
An insane photo from Kharkiv, Ukraine today. Two police officers looking at a fragment pile of Russian rockets that hit Ukraine's second largest city. h/t @alexbakus #Kharkiv #Ukraine️ #ArmUkraineNow #RussianWarCrimes
The Brexit dream is dead. There are no trade partners out there desperately seeking to do business with the UK. We are too small & far too far away.
Brexiteers should swallow their pride, stand aside ASAP & let the pragmatists do their best to rebuild bridges with the EU.
Paperwork that goes with a single delivery of goods from the UK to Poland post-Brexit. 17 bits of paper when before Brexit, all that was needed was one - the invoice. Why should any EU importer buy from the UK when they can buy hassle-free from the single market?
Brexit is daft.
@GrahamCockroft @GinnyBuckley @ElecHighway @bppulseuk @InstaVoltUK @Mark_J_Harper @ElectrifyingCom @transportgovuk @GRIDSERVE_HQ @raymasseytweets @AAPresident @Jesse_Norman Think someone recommended a Moto Rugby, i concur. Sadly no Tesla chargers for non Teslas on your route up M1 yet. Prices from major UK DC charging networks are now well above petrol & even diesels unless you have a manufacturer discount
Charging guide here
https://myurbancar.com/2022/01/29/finding-electric-car-chargepoints-a-beginners-guide/
@Dragon2611 @GinnyBuckley @ElecHighway @bppulseuk @InstaVoltUK @Mark_J_Harper @ElectrifyingCom @transportgovuk @GRIDSERVE_HQ @raymasseytweets @AAPresident @Jesse_Norman Yes motorway BKs are expensive..often have dry buns too!
@LincolnshireMan @GinnyBuckley @GrahamCockroft @ElecHighway @bppulseuk @InstaVoltUK @Mark_J_Harper @ElectrifyingCom @transportgovuk @GRIDSERVE_HQ @raymasseytweets @AAPresident @Jesse_Norman Indeed. In summer congestion is your friend efficiency wise on the route south but I’m guessing this time of year could be a steady 85mph. Hope you’re enjoying MG4..can’t wait to try one
Do wish the lighter interior or sunroof was a UK option tho
@LincolnshireMan @GinnyBuckley @GrahamCockroft @ElecHighway @bppulseuk @InstaVoltUK @Mark_J_Harper @ElectrifyingCom @transportgovuk @GRIDSERVE_HQ @raymasseytweets @AAPresident @Jesse_Norman You may be a bit late for my top tip to arrive by post-electronic tag pays toll & some car parks
Lets u sail through all the toll booths without stopping ( you do have to slow down esp if barrier doesn’t open quickly enough!)
Pay as u go best for 🇬🇧
https://www.bipandgo.com/en/
@LincolnshireMan @GinnyBuckley @GrahamCockroft @ElecHighway @bppulseuk @InstaVoltUK @Mark_J_Harper @ElectrifyingCom @transportgovuk @GRIDSERVE_HQ @raymasseytweets @AAPresident @Jesse_Norman I would add the Tesla app for that
A higher proportion of French superchargers are open to non Tesla’s
Newer ones 250kW often in hypermarket cars park
A fair number let u drive thru a stall so even Taycans can use them
winter efficiency at French motorway limit wont be great!
@GinnyBuckley @ElecHighway @bppulseuk @InstaVoltUK @Mark_J_Harper @ElectrifyingCom @transportgovuk @GRIDSERVE_HQ @raymasseytweets @AAPresident @Jesse_Norman Not sure Keele is very useful when it’s working either. On their best day without a car sharing the supply those replacement electric highway units only manage 60kW
Hubs are brilliant but normal units are useless on a long trip unless you’re stopping for a 3 course burger king!
Ouch!
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/03/brexit-has-fuelled-surge-in-uk-food-prices-says-bank-of-england-policymaker
And when they say low volume, it will be tiny
BMW’s plan was to make just 100 hydrogen X5s this year
Just 15k hydrogen cars were sold in a whole year in 2021, across the entire planet, by all brands combined🌏
So few hydrogen filling stations are closing as subsidy cash runs out
BMW to begin low-volume production of hydrogen fuel-cell iX5 SUV https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/bmw-to-begin-low-volume-production-of-hydrogen-fuel-cell-ix5-suv/
So in a nutshell these new cars will leave owners struggling to avoid bumps & scrapes and even small dogs in even the most basic parking manoeuvres
All because Tesla chose to remove before any replacement is ready. Customers will resent every day of delay
@elonmusk @TeslaOwnersUK
Your thoughts on the new Quicksilver colour, will it be your next Tesla colour? Only available in Europe and the Middle East (UK hopefully soon).
Images courtesy of @SP_MYP & Jasmin (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jasmin-gerstenberger-6aa563176_tesla-quicksilver-gigaberlinbrandenburg-activity-7004722604632645632-hDZR/)
Vladimir Putin fell down stairs, soiled himself https://trib.al/eV7yQs6
