Well, overnight granny charging was a success!

The car charged to 100% and 244 miles of range.

Yippee!

#MG5 #EV

The folk who’s gorgeous Airbnb we stay in at least once a year have just bought an EV… literally travelled over 130 miles to buy it after one conversation about ours - ok they’d already made the decision really but us going “yeah it’s great” was the final clincher. Well, that and working out they spent about €6k in diesel a year between their two cars.
Living in County Donegal a good 15kms from anything much means having a vehicle is not a luxury for them and with the reality of fuel stations running dry recently it’s about more than just cost. They can’t grow their own diesel but they can generate a good proportion of the electricity they’ll need. #ev #rurallife #donegal

Genuinely interested in who is using InstaVolt chargers at a frankly still-absurd £0.89/kWh - how are they even still in business? Are that many people using them off-peak at £0.60/kWh or are there some sort of further discounts for fleet users or something? #ev

What EV charger do people like for openness, repairability, and compatibility with intelligent tariffs? (UK)

#ev #righttorepair #open #energy

Edit: I have signed up to the Octopus Electroverse card, and Sue has signed up to ZapMap.

Thank you all for the advice. There may be more questions to come in due course.
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UK EV owners.
Which charge card do you use/recommend, please?

We can only charge on a granny lead at home so will need to be able to use public charge points, urban and motorway.

Thank you.

#EV #Charging

@stefano @mwl as much as I want electric vehicles – not least, for the long-term economy (and, arguably, the environment) – I simply cannot afford one.

My 2005 Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI (W211, estate) is relatively costly for fuel, tax, and the parking permit, but the purchase price was super low. Maybe £1,100 around five years ago.

I feel genuinely sorry for work colleagues who have much more modern vehicles that are shockingly expensive when maintenance and repairs, sometimes botched, are required.

My most recent annual MOT test: fail-free. Nothing more than the cost of the test.

As joyfully reliable as a W124? I had three of those in the past. Five years with the W211 is too soon for me to judge.

<https://goo.gl/photos/oeMVRzEDPCUi1YtD7> my first W124.

#Mercedes #EV

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W124 driver's view of the interior.

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W124 seven-seater, rear-facing seats up.

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1980s classic.

@nick Switching to #EV was one of my best decisions of 2025. I haven’t gone so far as to charge it on solar for free, but the cost savings in maintenance and off-peak electricity costs vs gasoline are huge. #MME

So it's not about cars or EVs or jobs.
It's just plain old stupid racism, Doug.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stellantis-plant-brampton-ontario-ev-ford-9.7151265

#Canada #EV #China #Cars #Manufacturing #Jobs #DougFord

"Even Thailand’s Prime Minister is driving a BYD EV amid surging gas prices."

"BYD (making cars for just twenty years)
sold 120,000 NEVs --> overseas <-- in March, but the EV giant says this is just the start"

BYD is now the top seller in China, and during March 2026 alone, sold 120,000 outside China.

Now its opening 20 dealerships in Canada, this year.

https://electrek.co/2026/04/01/byd-sold-120000-nevs-overseas-claiming-this-is-just-the-start/

#climate #cdnpoli #ev #uspol

#EV promised cleaner air. Satellites say it’s finally happening.
"A pretty small addition of cars at the ZIP code level led to a decline in air pollution," said Sandrah Eckel, a public health professor at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "It's remarkable."
The headline number is modest but measurable: for every 200 #ZEV added in a neighborhood, #NO2 levels fell by about 1.1% between 2019 and 2023.
https://electrek.co/2026/01/26/evs-promised-cleaner-air-satellites-say-its-finally-happening/

We’re in the market to upgrade our remaining non-EV car to an #EV. We’d like 200-300 miles range, large hatchback or small SUV is about the right size. Would probably look at 2-3 years old. Any recommendations or models to avoid? Currently on a Merc A Class and the EV is a Mini Cooper.

2026 Honda Super-One electric car transitions from concept to production unchanged

It’s not unusual for car brands to pull back from the more fanciful elements of a concept car for the production version, but the Honda Super-One arrives faithful to pre-production show cars.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/2026-honda-super-one-electric-car-transitions-from-concept-to-production-unchanged/

Fuck yeah purple!

#WeirdCarMastodon #EV

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Purple Honda Super One EV

Competing. North American auto manufacturing suffers from idonnwanna and misses the bullet train to tomorrow. Idonnwanna, a by product of oil saturated Boards of Directors who think compliance chants of "idonnwanna" will restore the Alamo

Volkswagen? Volkswagen just forges ahead.

GM says "ban Chinese EVs"

Volkswagen is now the top seller in China. China

"Volkswagen’s first custom-tailored EV rolls out as it retakes the top spot in China"

https://electrek.co/2026/03/13/volkswagens-first-custom-ev-rolls-out-after-taking-top-spot-in-china/

#climate #ev #cdnpoli #uspol

#FleetManagers across the whole country must take note of this incident and build in sufficient slack time for a #driver to try any unfamiliar #vehicle *before* they are expected to drive it with time pressures, and create #WorkCulture where they aren't afraid to say "I haven't driven an #EV or #automatic #car / #van before"

Ideally a colleague can sit in passenger seat with them and check they are using safe techniques - a go-kart or computer racing game is *not* suitable training, they often encourage left-foot braking which is exactly how someone more used to a #manual vehicle could make this dangerous mistake (its also a common problem with #seniors who get their first two pedal car after a lifetime of having 3 pedals to deal with) #RoadSafety #UK #Europe

@vfrmedia

Encourage and facilitate development in #EV #charging infrastructure to point its as easy to find and transparently priced as #petrol and #diesel

Price caps on EV charging points on motorways would help here. These are amazingly useful at the very high speeds: plug in the car, pop in for a quick biology break. But they're also 4x or more the cost of charging elsewhere. 2x would make EVs noticeably cheaper to drive long distances than petrol or diesel, but at the current motorway service station prices they're about the same and less convenient.

Invest in training and education of #mechanics (both for conventional and EV cars) and #electricians where private sector is lacking

Strengthening right-to-repair laws would also help: make sure that local mechanics can service these things without paying huge amounts.

If #GreenParty #UK wants to succeed, they need to reformulate #transport policy to offer more #carrots instead of sticks..

* Keep same timescale for bans of *new* #petrol and #diesel cars as rest of EU

* Encourage and facilitate development in #EV #charging infrastructure to point its as easy to find and transparently priced as #petrol and #diesel

* Invest in training and education of #mechanics (both for conventional and EV cars) and #electricians where private sector is lacking

And only *after* they have got power start advocating such things as full bans of #petrol / #diesel cars and #scrappage schemes - reality is many suburban motorists are going #electric anyway without having to push too hard, and 20 year old cars are often unrepairable due to lack of spare parts..

In Germany, due to new government subsidies for electric and hybrid vehicles, you can now buy a new Dacia Spring for €5900 (list price is €16900, minus state subsidy €6000 minus Dacia special EV discount €5000 = €5900) or a new Citroën ë-C3 for less than €9000. (The subsides are income dependent and capped at €80k yearly household income, earn more than that, no free money)

#JustSayin #GoodNews #EV #Germany

TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.

„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“

https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-battery-health/

#GoodNews #EV #Battery

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Key Insights Average degradation rate: The average annual electric vehicle degradation rate is 2.3%. Power: High-power DC fast charging (>100kW) is the single largest stressor, leading to degradation rates up to twice that of the low power charging group (3.0% vs 1.5% per year). Climate: Hot climates impose a penalty on battery life, with vehicles operating in hot conditions degrading 0.4% faster per year than those in mild climates. Utilization: The increase in degradation from high daily use is a measurable but worthwhile trade-off for the gains in fleet productivity and ROI. State of charge (SOC): For most EV use, there's no need to worry about avoiding fully charging or emptying the battery. Degradation only speeds up when vehicles spend over 80% of their total time at or near-full or nearly empty charge levels.

Electrified vehicles have officially outsold petrol cars in Australia

Petrol power is quickly losing popularity against more fuel-efficient hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery electric vehicles in Australia

https://www.drive.com.au/news/electrified-vehicles-have-officially-outsold-petrol-cars-in-australia/

#WeirdCarMastodon #EV

#Norway reaches 97% #EV sales as EVs now outnumber diesels on its roads
In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to end fossil #car sales in the country by 2025 – a target earlier than any other country in the world by several years. Norway was already well ahead of the world in EV adoption, with about a third of new #cars being electric at the time – but it wanted to schedule the final blow for just 8 years later, fairly short as far as automotive timelines go. https://electrek.co/2026/01/02/norway-reaches-97-ev-sales-as-evs-now-outnumber-diesels-on-its-roads/

"Alexa, defrost the car"

Yes, that actually works from the comfort of the house with the BMW Connected skill on Alexa Echo 👍👍

Remote heating as standard is one of the best features of electric cars ! #bmwi3 #ev

Weird.... it seems people in the UK do indeed want to buy EVs, especially if they are not made by Tesla!

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/tesla-sales-continue-to-plummet-in-uk-new-data-shows-401196/

"The stark new figures show a continued downward trajectory for Tesla in Britain, as the company faces a perfect storm of growing competition of cheaper Chinese competitors and continued ill-feeling towards their CEO Elon Musk.

Chinese manufacturer BYD has been the main beneficiary of Tesla’s decline it seems, with registrations surging more than threefold in November.”

There is also a £3750/$CAD7000) government rebate scheme. (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/four-more-ev-models-qualify-for-3750-discount-under-electric-car-grant-as-government-pumps-an-extra-15-billion-into-the-switch-to-electric)

But tell me again, Oh Canadian Car Gods and their Prime Ministerial and Ontario Premier psycophants, why we our market "isn't ready”. #bullshit

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Tariffs #China #Canada #Cars #EV

Cold winter weather means EV range plummets with battery and car heaters.

Arrived here with just 5 miles left, but glad I have that little rex engine as backup (40 miles)

#bmwi3 #ev

Given that we'll unlikely get @EUCommission to abolish #Spyware like #eCall from #cars I propose that instead, manufacturers need to look outside that impractical envelope if they want to build #EVs (even #BEVs ffs!) that people can actually afford by focussing on other Vehicle classes.

• I know #L2e may be deemed too restrictive at a deadweight of 270kg, 4kW output [measured on the wheels], 45km/h tops and 1+1 capacity even tho this will be sufficient for most trips from #suburbia to #downtown in car-centric shitholes like #LA during #RushHour but I digress...

• #L5e removes the weight limitations (unlike #L6e & #L7e which only allows #batteries to be discounted from it's 425kg/450kg-600kg max deadweight) and keeps things at a reasonable 15kW output [system output] which is almost precisely 1/3 of my car but with #ElectricVehicles there's way more #torque and thus #acceleration, which is what makes a vehicle actually feel fast and zippy, so it should be on-par if not feel faster given that #Autobahn segments without speed limits are an exception and noone in their right mind expects a sub-€10k PLV to be cushy like an Audi A4.

• Also for fuck sake give us a goddamn #CCS2 #charging socket on the vehicle not just on €13k+ luxury scooters but on like everything because that's an #EU standard and every actual #ChargingStation should support that. If necessary make it a single-phase charging thing if that's the only way possible!

#ElectricCars #EV #BEV #AntiEnshittificationAction #AntiEnshittification #Enshittification