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AnnaAnthro

#Trump plan for US 920% tariffs on the graphite used to make EV batteries is aimed at trying to bring back US graphite mining. 91% of graphite now comes from China.

It will take years to rebuild a US mining industry and supply.

In the meantime the US #EV car industry could collapse.

There’s a reason #musk is against it.

cleantechnica.com/2025/02/06/g

CleanTechnica · Graphite Tariffs Could Upend US EV Industry - CleanTechnicaTariffs on graphite from China may seem like an easy thing to do, but they are an indication of national weaknesses in technology.
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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯

The fraudster behind Nikola Motors (the fake electric truck company that made the famous video purporting to be their flagship tractor trailer moving under electric power that turned out to be just an empty truck chassis rolling down a hill) has been pardoned by Donald Trump.

[edit] The famous "gravity powered truck" video: youtube.com/watch?v=yBCxCcICgt

[edit] Trevor Milton just posted a video thanking #DonaldTrump for the pardon and blasting the #SEC and #DOJ: x.com/nikolatrevor/status/1905

#NIKOLA#NKLAQ#NKLA
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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

@suearcher @IcooIey
Oh yes, I was/am very fond of Beryl, so much so that Sue's work colleagues jokes that I was visiting to see Beryl more than Sue.

When we got married, and Beryl was going to be scrapped, she was given to me and now her cab lives on our driveway.

I have also made Beryl into a 1:36 scale railway locomotive for #HarrietAndDaisy's garden railway, and will be making a 1:12 scale version to go on a RC chassis.

I also have plans (and most of the parts) to put Beryl's cab onto a 4x4 off road #EV tow truck chassis as my other big project.

A little yellow electric truck, a Bradshaw (Taylor Dunn) FB2 warehouse truck. It has a large glazed cab at the front and a long deep pick up bed, with a roof rack frame over the top, at the back. The bed is crammed full of bags and boxes of recycling, as is the roof rack, and the roof of the cab. There is also a huge white builders bag hung on the back for extra capacity. The truck is trundling along an urban road.
The same little yellow electric truck, a Bradshaw (Taylor Dunn) FB2 warehouse truck. It has a large glazed cab at the front and a long deep pick up bed, with a roof rack frame over the top, at the back. The back is empty in this view, and a woman is seated in the driver's seat. It is left hand drive.
The cab of the little yellow electric truck, a Bradshaw (Taylor Dunn) FB2 warehouse truck. It has been removed from the rotten chassis and is placed on a pallet, with a pallet truck underneath.
A 1:12 scale diorama of Harriet's miniature railway at the back of her workshop. There is a high stone wall with trees behind. A spiral fire escape stair at the back of the workshop on the right. Miniature garden railway tracks are sweeping around in a curve, where a miniature model of 'Beryl', the yellow recycling truck, is pulling a rake of small open wagons. Harriet, a Caucasian woman with dark hair, glasses. and wearing a read tee shirt and blue jeans, is sitting in the first wagon. Daisy, a Caucasian woman with fair hair and wearing a green tee shirt and black trousers, is sitting in the second wagon. Monty Dog, Harriet's grey and black dog, is sitting in the forth wagon.
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Canada Permanently Freezes #Tesla Out Of #EV Rebate Program
Earlier this month, it was reported Tesla claimed $43 million in government rebates from #iZEV #EVrebate program in Canada just a few days before program was paused due to lack of funds.
Tesla sales are trending downward around the world, #EU reporting a 43% dip so far this year, and nearly 50% in #China. Tesla's sales progress in North America won't be announced until after first quarter ends later this week.
jalopnik.com/1820533/canada-sh

Jalopnik · Canada Permanently Freezes Tesla Out Of EV Rebate ProgramBy Brad Brownell
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Earthy in EV heaven

It is very sunny today, and the solar panels are collecting energy which is being used to recharge the battery in my EV.

A cut in fuel excise sends the wrong signal for people who can afford it to get off dirty fossil fuels.

PS. I block people who nag about no cars. Don't be ablest.

A car has its hatch open to connect it to a charge from the house which has solar panels. It is sunny
#EV
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Anthony Horton

Making sure I'm prepared for the scheduled power outage in two weeks.

Our BYD Seal came with a vehicle-to-load adapter, which is a ~5 m long cable with a Type 2 plug on one end and a 2 outlet mains power board on the other. By itself that's only good for supplying mains power to my driveway so I also have a 30 m extra-heavy duty extension cord, plus a weatherproof power board box to protect the connection from rain.

The main reason I laid this out today was to confirm that 30 m is the right length for the extension cord, and I was pleased to find that it does reach inside our house far enough to comfortably reach our fridge, or our living room. If I now get a second 30 m extension cord I can use the other outlet on the V2L adaptor and preserve both our food and our internet connection while the power is out.

Photo of a BYD Seal electric sedan car parked in a driveway. There is a black cable running from the charging port at the rear of the car to a green box on the ground by the front of the car, and an orange cable emerging from that box and continuing out of shot.
Photo of a green plastic box, open, with a small black BYD branded 2 outlet mains power board inside it. An orange extension cord is plugged into one of the two outlets.
#ElectricCar#EV#V2L
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Manish Vij

Dodge Charger #EV’s an underperformant boat: 9” longer, 2” wider, 3” taller than a Model S, with worse acceleration (0-60 in 3.3-4.7s vs. 2.0-3.1s) and range (241-308 mi vs. 348-410 mi).

But at least it’s got fake sound fx

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Dave MacDonald (admin)

$43 million in rebates to Tesla have been frozen by Canada 🇨🇦 pending a line-by-line investigation after the surge in claims just before the program ended.

Tesla is outright banned from future rebate programs in the country, focusing instead on domestic-made vehicles

Toronto Star news alert: Chrystia Freeland has frozen $43 million in payments to Tesla pending a line-by-line investigation into its last minute surge in EV rebate claims on the final week of the government program
#canada#tesla#ev
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