#weirdcarmastodon #ev

Official launch out now.
Prepare for everyone to be very normal on the Internet.

https://www.jalopnik.com/2279539/2028-jaguar-type-01-ev-reveal-design-specs-details/

I'm charging my rental car.

#weirdcarmastodon #JDM #Keicar #EV

Took this goofy little thing for a test drive. Holy fuck are they so much fun! And so quick, even in economy mode. It was pissing down with rain, managed to spin the wheels a few times.

Sadly they only had one in undercoat for test drives.

#WeirdCarMastodon #Honda #EV #keicar

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Honda Super One EV

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Honda Super One EV

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Honda Super One EV

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Honda Super One EV

Saw another N One (not ours) when out test driving this, a red one! And a Suzuki Sambar kei truck.

So ours is in the country, and should be available for pickup in a week or so. Blimey!

#WeirdCarMastodon #Honda #EV #keicar

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Honda Super One EV

After ~6 months with an electric car (VW ID.7), I can safely say that I'm never going back. #ev

"High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds"

#Cars #Vehicles #EV #ElectricVehicles

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/22/high-mileage-used-electric-cars-reliable-petrol-ev-mot

This is great!

Electrek: Toyota is finally taking its best-seller electric

https://electrek.co/2026/09/23/toyota-best-selling-corolla-electric/

#toyota #ev #corolla

Anybody here own a Hypervolt Home Pro 3? #EV

Hyundai said this charger wouldn't work #EV #Charger #Hyundai #ElectricVehicles #Tesla

https://youtu.be/EplNRumbOss?is=podBPEYzYmRsqm8d

Wow…not just flat footed, tin eared to boot is our new UK PM, Andy #Burnham.

#EV
#ClimateBreakdown
#Labour

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/andy-burnham-new-ev-sales-targets

Well we had a good look at the Kia PV5 Passenger and decided it’s far too compromised for us.

All the fixed glass and inflexible seating arrangement put us off. Perhaps if we had never had a Swiss army knife like JDM Minivan previously we could have adjusted.

Basically it is too 5 seat PSV minibus for us. I’d rather hire a van or minibus when I need one.

Van versions definatly make more sense. If only standard sheets of ply and plasterboard fitted in them.

Sad.

#PV5 #EV

We might find time to go look at a #PV5 #EV tomorrow. I mean book D’s car in for an MOT and service at our local Kia stealership, where they have at least one available… 🤞😬

So as much as I hate Facebook I’ve found a couple of ex long term Elgrand E51 owners who now have PV5. And they absolutely love them so thats good news and is very reassuring.

That and PBV sales peeps explaining current stock and availability has made venturing back to the dark place worthwhile. Still feel dirty about it.

If only I could find time to go test drive one & try work out a deal. We’re flat out getting #WierdHouse #woodenhouse ready & empty old house as sale is close 🙄

#PV5 #EV

🔌 Slate Auto's electric truck ships with no modem at all, and that's the privacy story.

The startup's $24,950 EV pickup has no built-in cellular connection, so the company physically can't track your location, remote-access the car, or pull data from it. A phone app handles settings and charging info, but it only works standing next to the truck, and Slate says app data is opt-in and never sold. Their words: "We collect data to make ownership better, not to turn the owner into the product."

The context matters. Mozilla's 2023 review called cars the worst product category it has ever reviewed for privacy, with 84% of brands sharing or selling driver data. The FTC banned GM from selling driver data in 2025 after OnStar collected location every 3 seconds. Meanwhile Ford published a patent application for in-car cameras that can read lips and facial expressions.

A policy can be rewritten next quarter, but hardware that doesn't exist can't be switched on. That's the durable part. One caveat from the EFF: the app data policy can still change as the company scales.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/slate-says-its-electric-pickup-will-never-track-you/
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

#privacy #EV #cars

Eee! EV charging point installation happening tomorrow! Gill’s worried that we d to hide it so people don’t come and steal our electricity while the car’s not on the drive, which sounds like some Daily Fail/Facebook fearmongering to me. Any of you EV owners out there experienced anything like that?

#EV

We’re seriously considering buying a #PV5 Passenger 5 seat Plus #EV now.

I havent driven one yet but all reviews seem to indicate I’ll be happy there (we ran an Elgrand E51 for 10 years and loved it so size is close).

Its V2X “ready” so hopefully there will be a compatible charger/system so we can use it as a home battery later.

Has anyone got one that can offer insight into living with a PV5 long term? Or know where I can find owners moaning etc without going on Facebook?

#weirdcarmastodon

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A profile view of a white and black Kia PV5 van parked on an asphalt surface. The top portion of the vehicle, including the roof and window pillars, is black, while the lower body is white. Large windows are visible along the side, alongside black wheel arches and black wheels with silver trim. In the background, there is a corrugated metal building, green foliage, and part of a curved roof structure. The scene is set outdoors during the day. 🌱 Energy used: 0.182 Wh

How about a solar powered EV?

https://www.solarkycar.com/

#WeirdCarMastodon #EV #Solar

Want to know how much it costs to run an #ev in different European countries?
Check out The Zaptec Index https://www.zaptec.com/zaptec-index
Full disclosure: I work for Zaptec, so interested in any feedback/suggestions...

Europa betaalt de prijs voor te laat en te weinig investeren in EVs en te lang vasthouden aan fossiele brandstoffen, vast houden aan hybride ed. Nu zullen vakbonden wel machteloze stakingen gaan uitschrijven tegen deze nu onvermijdelijke ontslagen...
https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/mobiliteit/10606042/volkswagen-schrapt-mogelijk-nog-eens-50-000-banen-om-kostenexplosie-te-beteugelen
#duitsland #autoindustrie #EV #volkswagen

I can't work out mindset of folk who voluntarily put #dashcam in their #car and then repeatedly commit serious #traffic violations - one day they get unlucky and their own #surveillance footage is used against them in Court

Also a warning of how the danger from #stimulant #drugs and #driving isn't impairment during high but #SleepDeprivation these substances can cause

Now one man is dead, another has fucked up his life big time (had 0 previous convictions, a well paid career as an #electrician and was driving a high end #Mercedes #EV ).

Social media shows offender appears to have a young son, who is probably going to get bullied in subsequent years at school when kids taunt him about "Daddy having been in #jail "

#RoadSafety #driving #England #UK

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2026-06-25/drug-driver-jailed-after-causing-fatal-crash-when-16-times-over-legal-limit

"Recycling of electric vehicle batteries needs to be improved in Europe"

#Europe #Recycling #EV #ElectricVehicles

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-recycling-electric-vehicle-batteries-europe.html

More EV charging nonsense today.

Car park charger obviously working because there was a Volvo in the next space charging ok, but I couldn't get our side to fire up.

Two issues:
Firstly, the display screen QR code pointed to the wrong app! (#Autel)
Secondly, the contactless pay thingy wasn't connected to a network (3g?) and had a continuous error - so as the Volvo driver had realised, the only way to charge was through an app, but he'd worked out the correct app from the council sign! (#Fuuse)
So I downloaded yet another charging app and got the car fully fired up.

It shouldn't be this difficult!

#EV