As much as these were probably going to be too expensive it seems wild to me to cancel a program like this considering recent events in the oil market. Hopefully they take the tech stack that they developed and roll it into more affordable platforms
Bring on the affordable medium duty trucks electrek.co/2026/03/11/h...
Is your #1 pet peeve people saying 'kilowatts per hour'? because that's definitely in my top 10
Not to mention demand charges that will blow your mind
NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.
It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.
Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.
175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.
Totally missed your post, great minds think alike
I've seen quotes of theoretical minimum of 54 kg of hydrogen to reduce a ton of iron oxide to iron. Someone out there selling green hydrogen for 2.6 euros/kg?
Maybe if we figured out a way to directly electrify iron production and did it in a low energy cost country.
Raised $131M to turn hydrogen into iron that will just get burned? www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
The RTE & costs of this has to be absolutely abysmal. IEEE article from 2020 says iron is 1.4 kWh/kg. Rift claims they can deliver the iron at 140 euros/metric ton or 10 euro cent/kWh output.
2 EVs, heat pump everything, induction stove and solar. If only I was a better farmer
Don't forget a tax on asset based loans that are used by ultra wealthy to live off of without needing to sell shares and realize their capital gains
Some countries without huge oil production have learned they can insulate themselves from oil shocks by relying on the energy they have…
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Most times I meet an EV doubter and I mention real world 10 minute charging they usually can't find any more arguments.
Not every EV will need this but I think this kind of tech should be developed to win over as many skeptics as possible. BYDs 2nd generation Blade battery doing 10-70% in less than 5 minutes, hits 97% in less than 9 minutes.
youtu.be/9rJhw3ervc8?...
Don't disagree that California has done a good job of providing programs.
I do feel for low income people that might be at a rental housing without charging options. But the people buying a new high end ICE vehicle to park in their suburban driveway, zero sympathies.
Alpi does make a 1 MW charger with an MCS plug.
www.alpitronic.it/us/hyperchar...
When I got an ICE loaner I drove it home from the dealership and promptly parked it until my car was ready. Just drove the wife's EV the whole time
Congrats!
Can't wait for them to show off what they are working on for Midsize.
*cries in overly bureaucratic regulated utility world*
Isn't there a whole relicensing issue in Taiwan? I mean I'm all for it but hopefully there is a quick pathway for regulators to sign off on a license extension
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
Usually just leads to me starting from scratch if possible
Yesterday a new friend of ours said we should fill our gas tank ahead of the impending price increases. Clearly they don't know us well enough yet (we only drive EVs)
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Donald, we already have a regime change project at our home hemisphere (Venezuela).
Had a 2014 model of these, 76 miles of range and no DC fast charging. Ended up putting 40k miles on it before my driving needs changed. The battery intruded so far into the cargo area I had to find a specific stroller that would just barely fit but I did it. Amazing how tech has changed in 12 years
The EPA testing Alex posted doesn't do that: you get an MPG number for charge sustaining mode and then a miles of range in charge depletion mode. PHEVs do get slightly worse MPG than pure HEVs typically, but in city driving they still do much better than pure ICE
Here's a previous Fraunhofer study concluding PHEV in Charge Sustaining mode approximates an HEV:
theicct.org/wp-content/u...
Both of these studies mainly take issue that WLTP includes charge depletion mode in fuel consumption numbers.
The Guardian article makes some vague comment, I tried clicking the link to the study but it was broken. I'm assuming the study they are referring to is this: www.oeko.de/fileadmin/oe...
I can't find any reference in there that PHEVs in charge sustaining mode use more than pure ICE vehicles.
Methane leaks are much bigger than industry or the EPA reports!
So, gas is usually much dirtier than claimed by the gas industry and its supporters like @thebti.bsky.social
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Some gas is probably dirtier than burning coal!
LNG also makes gas dirtier.
www.methanesat.org/project-upda... #energysky.
A lot of the studies I see are from Europe and I think it was common for companies to lease PHEVs for their employees to use as company cars. Who knows if the employees even had a way to charge it
I've also run into some very uneducated drivers of multiple types of vehicles so...its not surprising
