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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is the way.

Graph showing: Monthly fleet composition of passenger cars: Denmark

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a great example of muddled / opportunistic arguments on the EU ICE phaseout Some argue against a 2035 phaseout target *because demand for EVs is too low* to possibly be able to reach that Some argue against a 2035 phaseout target *because demand is high enough to meet them even without*

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Classic France First (left) pretends to lead a coalition to maintain strong EU car emission regulations spiegel.de/mobilitaet/v... Then (right) gives it all away to Germany in a bilateral "grand bargain" where they get some protectionist measures in return ft.com/content/ff64...

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's exactly what the enlightened governments of Italy and Germany are trying to achieve with fuel tax cuts and price controls, is it not?

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What is madness? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

European policymakers in 2022: "We can't phaseout combustion engine vehicles! We are green but someone has to produce polluting cars for the backward Chinese!" In 2026: "Please put some tariffs on those Chinese EVs, they are selling too many in Europe!"

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is so tragic. In 2022, Italian environment minister Cingolani was arguing that we shouldn't go too fast on EVs because the Chinese will continue to buy combustion engine vehicles www.quattroruote.it/news/industr... In 2026, China has 50%+ BEV sales - the EU lags at 20%-27%

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Interesting new details on what went on behind the scenes politico.eu/article/comm...

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Electoral cycle-based political incentives strike again ⚡ The losers: fiscal finances, importers, the climate The short-term (but like, very short-term) winners: people with ICE motorvehicles The long-term winners: god knows, it's a political roulette

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meanwhile, Italy has introduced a fuel price cap, Germany a tax rebate, just to encourage people to burn some more fuel. And Germany still allows drivers to burn fuel to drive at 400km/h, if they feel so inclined.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In case it wasn't clear, academia is crumbling under the enormous flood of AI-generated content. The latest victim is the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) flagship EU postdoctoral fellowships. The number of submissions has more than doubled in the past 3 years.

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Carlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 25/09/2026

The nightmare scenario for science funding and publishing is a flood of LLM-generated papers and proposals pushing publishers and funding agencies to use LLMs to triage the slop. A deeply dehumanizing outcome.

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

European carmakers: "Demand for EVs is lower than what we expected, which is why the EU should postpone the phase out of combustion engine vehicles sales" Also European carmakers: "You want to buy an EV from us? Sure thing, we can deliver it to you in 2 years from now!"

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is fascinating. Baden-Württemberg is one of very few regions in Europe led by the Greens. It is currently lobbying the EU for a further weakening of the (already weakened) internal combustion engine phaseout 🤦‍♂️ t.co/tlZJA4mJcf

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's a lot of talk about cutting welfare in Germany at the moment - but how about cutting this? www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany...

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Ben Feddersen @snoozebuttonben.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would like someone to explain to me why german political discourse seems to think Germany is an oil-producing nation.

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Left: German daily Welt, 4 days ago, denouncing electric vehicles Right: German daily Welt, worried about petrol and diesel price spiking

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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 14/09/2026

Similar analysis could be made for the expansion of 99% state-owned Copenhagen Airport. But hey, that's not an issue, as Denmark doesn't have a climate target for aviation 🤷‍♂️. In fact, the current aviation strategy from 2017 *doesn't mention climate or CO2 at all* 🤯. bsky.app/profile/giul...

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bild, two weeks ago: "The EU lied on electric vehicles, we don't want them, here's why we should be able to buy diesel vehicles past 2035!". Bild today:

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In 1990, when we started caring about climate change, transport was only the 3rd largest sector in the EU, well behind energy supply & industry, and barely higher than residential emissions Now it's the largest as emissions in those sectors have declined while it stayed stable

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interesting-looking new report on how expanding airports before climate technologies succeed is not compatible with climate change targets tyndall.ac.uk/news/heathro...

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 07/09/2026

French companies are rapidly opting for electric vehicles for new cars in their fleets – that’s good news for them, and perhaps even more so for many consumers who will be able to buy those cars second-hand in a few years’ time via lnkd.in/p/epcNjQz7

Charts show trends in new company car registrations in France (data from Arval). Petrol and diesel fell from a 65 per cent relative market share in 2022 to 16 per cent in the last quarter. Electric vehicles rose from 6 per cent to 42 per cent.

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interesting-looking article on who voted against motorway expansion in a recent referendum in Switzerland doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

May I humbly suggest that things like this ⬇️ (among other things ofc) actually feed the AfD vote that everyone's so worried about today?

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"The narrative that ('Green technologies are useless', 'Regulation hinders industry', 'The EU is incompetent') is now in the heads of probably millions of (Germans), and correcting the press release now will not change that anymore" Ouch - but the damage is done.

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Andy Photog @aow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

„It may very well be that the German car industry has trouble defending itself against Chinese competition. If so, then discuss this problem. And while doing so, keep in mind that innovation and competitiveness usually are not served by clinging on to yesterday’s technologies.“ Klatsche für VW & Co

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Batman Slapping Robin Meme

ALT: Batman Slapping Robin Meme

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Harald @haraldeff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Our paper concludes that high carbon reductions in automotive are only possible if we accelerate the use of EVs, stop the sales of petrol cars by 2030, and accelerate the transition to a green energy system."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026

China's net greenhouse gas emissions *fell* this past quarter. Why? Because rapidly expanding electric vehicle use is putting a serious dent in oil demand. We could do that too. But we're not. We have the slowest EV update in the developed world, thanks to Trump.

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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

most of the supposed benefits of climate change will pan out like this

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This BTW is why typically (in my experience) universities do not author documents that mix scientific references and controversial political demands themselves, but rather let *their researchers* do it and bear responsibility for it. Much is at stake for their reputation. As we clearly see here.

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Alexandra Endres @alexandraendres.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wow: "We are deeply disappointed by this misinterpretation of our work in the TUM press release. (...) It may.. be that the German car industry has trouble defending itself against Chinese competition. (But) innovation and competitiveness.. are not served by clinging on to yesterday’s technologies."

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Full-sized SUVs are pedestrian killers. New research finds that they're more than twice as likely to kill or seriously injure a pedestrian than other cars. (Notably, vehicle height—not weight—was the biggest risk factor.) doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Interesting column (in German, automatically translated here) on how there is a "stab-in-the-back myth" in German politics whereby "German diesel, undefeated on the front lines, (would be) stabbed in the back by left-wing EU policies" www.mdr.de/altpapier/da...

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wow. Researchers at Leiden university and TU Delft university in the Netherlands accuse TU Munich of "gross misrepresentation" of their findings in the TUM press release of last week, which attacked EU regulations on vehicle emissions www.linkedin.com/pulse/misint...

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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Let's talk about the weather and climate changes that preceded the Nepali glacier collapse and landslide. It's well known that Nepal is warming, but we can do better and estimate the changes at the 5200m elevation site where the mass of ice and rock ultimately broke loose. A thread. 🧵🧪

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Climate change was the 100% cause behind the Nepal disaster. Watch this excellent video explaining the precise causes of the mountain faults that were kept together with ice acting as cement. This area’s air is warming up 5x faster than global average temperatures, melting this icy cement.

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Everything We Know About Nepal's Flood - And What Everyone Got Wrong

YouTube video by Critical Latitude

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Meanwhile, in Germany, the Bild makes headlines about the "EV-lie", basing their argument on a White Paper from one of German elite universities.

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Very interesting-looking new article on sufficientarianism in accessibility research doi.org/10.1080/0144...

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It was melting permafrost. Even worse than melting glaciers. Deadly Landslide in Nepal Most Likely Caused by Weakened Bedrock www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal Most Likely Caused by Weakened Bedrock

As the planet warms, glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to destabilizing the rock.

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Very interesting-looking new article on "charging poverty" = the "inability to afford or access sufficient, reliable, and socially inclusive electric vehicle charging" doi.org/10.1038/s443...

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not usually a fan of the bell curve meme, but couldn't resist the temptation. Take it in jest ;)

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is weird. TUM researchers on vehicle technology were excluded from the White Paper to avoid "bias". Is he implying that their research is "biased" and if so how and why? 😬 Someone should follow up with him on that?

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I am quoted in this article on the most recent Germany EV shenanigans ;)

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From a PR perspective, this is an utter car crash (pun intended) 😬

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yesterday German media and politicians raged about how a new groundbreaking study from their elite university showed the EV policy of the EU to be a cheat & a lie to be overturned Today, the study was made publicly available, and it turns out to say pretty much the opposite ⬇️ (h/t @magulski.com)

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