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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 5h

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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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21h

E-trucks are booming in China. That's helping the country cut emissions, strengthen energy security and dominate another green transition sector. bloom.bg/4yiF9vH 📷️: Gilles Sabrié/Bloomberg

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Wolf-Peter Schill @wpschill.bsky.social · 15h

5/ Abb.3️⃣ Segmente bei geförderten Autos vs. Gesamtmarkt: Minis und Kleinwagen sind im Förderprogramm bei den reinen E-Autos überproportional vertreten, obere Klassen dagegen kaum. Bei den Plug-in-Hybriden ist der ohnehin hohe SUV-Anteil unter den geförderten Autos noch höher.

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Wolf-Peter Schill @wpschill.bsky.social · 15h

3/ Abb.1️⃣ Neuzulassungen: Der BEV-Anteil stieg von 19 % (2025) auf gut 26 % (Jan-Aug 2026). Im August wurde mit 32 % der zweithöchste Monatswert überhaupt erreicht, und das ohne Sondereffekte durch Änderungen bei der Förderung. Plug-in-Hybride recht konstant bei rund 11 %.

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 8h

I don't want infinite personalized music. I want to discover new music through a combination of recommendations by knowledgeable people and serendipity and then make my own choices. If I want infinite music, I just try to find a human operator on a help desk.

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 8h

🚨🚨🚨 "Good parts of Asia will already be done transitioning before Europe gets to the halfway point,... aka the last bit of relevant market remaining for ICE vehicles looks like it will be Europe and North America." #alwaysbecharging ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 8h

My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 8h

Another round of the subsidy for battery-electric trucks in the Netherlands has begun, with a €119 million budget this year. Yesterday, the first day, 83% of this budget was applied for. Applicants can apply for a maximum of two vehicles, with support of up to €115k depending on a.o. company size.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 12h

Heads up for book authors: I’ve stumbled into a LLM-powered scam that invites authors for seemingly journalistic interviews, then asks for a financial contribution to cover publicity costs. (I didn’t realize it was LLM driven until I received a second invite with very similar language)

Dear Dr. Kopp,
I'm Beth Golay, presenter and broadcaster with
KMUW 89.1 FM in Wichita and host of Marginalia, and I'm reaching out because Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus caught my attention for the way it attempts to give shape and scale to the economic risks created by a changing climate across the United States.

What particularly stood out to me is the book's geographic approach to climate risk. Rather than treating the economic consequences of climate change as one uniform national problem, the prospectus examines how exposure can differ from one part of the country to another, affecting everything from storm damage and agriculture to labor productivity, public health, energy systems, and other aspects of regional economies.

Hi Beth.
Could you please tell me the five day weather forecast for your location and the location of each of the recipients of your invite email?
Thanks,
Bob

Dear Bob,

Thank you for your reply. Absolutely I checked the five-day forecasts for the locations represented in the invitation. For Wichita, we’re looking at a mix of showers and thunderstorms over the next couple of days, followed by some clearer weather toward the weekend. Around Rutgers in New Brunswick, the forecast is mostly sunny to begin, with warmer weather later in the week and a chance of showers toward Sunday. Palo Alto is looking mostly sunny and dry over the next several days, with temperatures warming toward the weekend, while Chicago is expecting some rain over the next couple of days followed by clearer and mostly sunny conditions through the weekend.

It’s interesting how different the forecasts are across the four locations, even over such a short period. I hope that gives you what you were looking for.

I also wanted to briefly follow up on the interview invitation and provide a little more detail about how the conversation works.

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 12h

France 🇫🇷 is extending its 'social leasing' scheme, which offers reduced monthly leasing rates for electric vehicles to lower-income households, to heat pumps.

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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 13h

A record 1.5 million cyclists counted in Brussels this September! (By the counting points combined.)

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 13h

A larger V2G trial in New Zealand as the technology continues to mature; what lessons can be learnt regarding policy and market roll-out, how might tariff models and energy system integration work, and how are users responding to it?

eeca.govt.nz

EECA Second two-way EV charging trial

EECA and OpenLoop to install up to 100 chargers across urban locations including Auckland.

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 14h

Frustration #315 with oil companies involved in EV charging: TotalEnergies has put new QR codes on all the thousands of charging stations in Utrecht, but has mixed up the left and right sides in the process. Don’t companies like this practise any form of quality management?

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

„Anyone“ as in 🇩🇪 policy makers who fear a ban on combustion engines

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 15h

More than half of Swedish applications for the EV grant are rejected: are the criteria too confusing? (Or, at the risk of being pelted with kanelbullar: do Swedes only understand things if they’re explained step by step using simple pictograms, as with the national furniture giant?)

Majority denied electric car subsidy: “Unreasonably complicated”

EconomyTens of thousands of Swedes have applied for the electric car grant, which was launched six months ago. However, more than half have had their applications rejected by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
“It’s very complicated and extremely difficult to get an immediate idea of whether you’re eligible for the grant,” says Carl-Erik Stjernvall, a technical expert at M Sverige.

Of the 22,782 applications submitted to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 9,697 have been approved, according to statistics as at 20 September.

Factors such as household income, the number of children, share sales, home address and the price of the car all affect whether you are eligible for the benefit.

“They’re completely missing the point here,” says Stjernvall, describing the criteria as “unreasonably complicated”.

“It’s a cause for concern that the group which has been designated as eligible to apply for this support is not the same group that generally buys cars that are a few years old and cost perhaps several hundred thousand kronor,” he says.
Shortage of cars

Market supply also has an impact.

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · 16h

In Deutschland sind 2,5 Mio rein batterieelektrische Pkw unterwegs. Das entspricht aber erst 5 % aller Pkw. Monat für Monat haben die meisten neu zugelassenen Pkw noch einen Verbrennungsmotor wie die Studie von @adelinegueret.bsky.social @wpschill.bsky.social & @adriansantonja.bsky.social zeigt.

Die Infografik des DIW Wochenberichts 40/2026 zeigt zwei grafische Darstellungen zur Entwicklung von Elektroautos in Deutschland. Links ist ein Liniendiagramm mit den monatlichen Anteilen von Pkw-Neuzulassungen dargestellt. Es vergleicht reine batterieelektrische Fahrzeuge mit Plug-in-Hybriden im Zeitraum von 2020 bis 2026. Die Linie für reine batterieelektrische Fahrzeuge steigt von niedrigen Anteilen im Jahr 2020 auf über 30 Prozent im Jahr 2026 an und weist mehrere deutliche Ausschläge auf. Markiert sind politische und regulatorische Ereignisse, darunter die Verschärfung der Flottengrenzwerte im Dezember 2021, die Reduktion der Kaufprämie im Dezember 2022, das Ende der Kaufprämie für gewerbliche E-Autos im August 2023, das Ende der Kaufprämie für private E-Autos im Dezember 2023 sowie der Beginn einer neuen Kaufprämie im Januar 2026. Die Anteile von Plug-in-Hybriden steigen zunächst ebenfalls an, bleiben ab 2023 jedoch deutlich unter den Werten der batterieelektrischen Fahrzeuge. Rechts zeigt ein horizontales Balkendiagramm die Listenpreise geförderter reiner Elektroautos. Die meisten geförderten Fahrzeuge entfallen auf die Preisklasse von 30.000 bis 40.000 Euro. Ebenfalls stark vertreten sind Fahrzeuge zwischen 20.000 und 30.000 Euro. Höhere Preisklassen ab 50.000 Euro machen nur einen kleinen Anteil aus. Die Grafik verdeutlicht, dass die Neuzulassungen von Elektroautos zuletzt deutlich zugenommen haben und die neue Kaufprämie vor allem Fahrzeuge im unteren und mittleren Preissegment fördert. Die Überschrift lautet „Neuzulassungen von Elektroautos haben zuletzt deutlich zugenommen – neue Kaufprämie fördert vor allem E-Autos im unteren Preissegment“.

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 15h

Wenn es eine „Sendung mit der Maus“ für Politik gäbe, würde sie so aussehen👇

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · 16h

52.000 bewilligte Anträge für die E-Auto-Kaufprämie gibt es bisher. Ob die Prämie nur ein Strohfeuer ist oder ob sie der Impuls für die tatsächliche Wende im Autoverkehr ist, liegt vor allem an der Klarheit der Politik, so @wpschill.bsky.social: youtube.com/shorts/K6OWh...

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Rekordjahr für E-Autos – Was bringt die Kaufprämie?

YouTube video by DIWBerlin

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 16h

This is also because very few cyclists use social media while riding. Car drivers stuck in traffic, on the other hand...

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People support clean energy but think others don't. People support clean air but think others don't. People support low traffic neighbourhoods but think others don't. And they think others don't because vested interests and right-wing media work hard to create that impression.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 18h

Private buyers, who mostly buy from the used-car market, are less and less interested in these outdated, wallet-draining vehicles—leaving leasing companies at risk of being saddled with unpopular inventory. Read the report 👇 bit.ly/4z2Crul 5/

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What is the situation with residual values in Europe?

Understanding how Residual Values have evolved and what has driven the change over the last years

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 18h

NEW: Second-hand EVs retain their value better than industry claims. This has major implications for potential buyers and the pricing of leasing deals. 🧵👇

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Another big one is teaching your son to see girls as equals. Instead of enrolling him in sex-segregated sports, introduce him to a co-ed team. And help him foster his more “feminine” interests where we can be in mixed-sex spaces, making mixed-sex friend groups.

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Ash in China @ashinchina.bsky.social · 22h

European exposure to Chinese EVs made domestic OEMs stronger (see ID Polo etc) Chinese market exposure to Tesla made Chinese EVs stronger (See Zeekr etc) Itss almost as if the Americans dont believe in vaccines.

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 18h

Yes, the rollout of HDV charging infrastructure in Europe requires the investment to be less risky (EU funds to compensate for EU regulatory volatility). However, the European Commission must ensure that its financial support is not used to create oligopolies or to finance unsustainable

electrive.com

EU to increase support for truck charging infrastructure - electrive.com

The EU Commission wants to focus CEF and AFIF funding on charging infrastructure for e-trucks and buses in future. This is against a backdrop of high

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 29/09/2026

Good to see these new grid capacity and tariff arrangements emerging: 🇳🇴 DSO GlitreNet offers additional capacity at night, at half the price. There's much more possible in terms of electrification with the current grid if we find ways to use it more efficiently.

elbil.no

Vinn-vinn for strømnett og elektriske lastebiler

En ny prismodell gjør det mer lønnsomt å lade tunge kjøretøy om natta. Elbilforeningen roser grepet, og håper flere nettselskaper vil følge Glitre.

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indonesian data are back after a break in July (i.e. they forgot to include the 'fuel' column in their PDF last month), and BEV sales are doing well this year, 23% so far and 30% in August alone.

Graph showing: Monthly sales of new passenger cars: Indonesia (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?lang=en&freq=monthly&type=relative&sort=bev-share&country=Indonesia)

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 29/09/2026

Genuinely great to see solar, heat pump and retrofit grants targeting vulnerable homes. It's also good to see the boiler scrappage scheme come immediately rather than in January. I'm sure a lot of people retrofitting right now, and the companies, are relieved they will qualify.

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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 29/09/2026

I really hope that the Parliament and Council will consider just sticking to the current regulation. The Commission's proposal to water it down was made under different circumstances (before Hormuz and the boost in EV sales across Europe). Time is working for us here ... bsky.app/profile/hdyr...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026

Just remember Denmark did this without having to prop up an oversized and unprofitable fossil fuel industry like Norway has done (Denmark also has strong social welfare and education without selling a deadly fuel to pay for it)

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Internal documents show European Commission ignored its own advice to maintain a bloc-wide combustion engine ban in cars and instead caved to automakers & national capitals Short-termism at work as tech wave rolls out. So China will dominate 21st century car-making www.politico.eu/article/comm...

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EU Commission ignored its own advice before weakening car CO2 rules

An internal document warned that it was too early to call the 2035 target unachievable, despite arguments from carmakers that they needed relief.

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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Battery electric share of EU vehicle registrations continues to grow and break records. 28 percent of new registrations in August. Up 10 percentage points year-on-year. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/E2BN1A

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 29/09/2026

The switch from a diesel to a battery-electric truck is increasingly attractive in terms of €/km, but it is by no means straightforward: financing, charging, routing and so on also need to be organised. Truck maker Scania is making this easier (through a joint venture) with a ‘pay-per-use’ model

scania.com

JUNA surpasses 100 electric trucks across Europe

In just over two years, JUNA has built one of Europe’s largest electric truck fleets, with vehicles now operating across four markets. By matching the needs of

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 29/09/2026

18 of 27 EU Member States have not reported to the European Commission how they implement energy sharing in national energy law. (via @henrihorn.bsky.social) The 2024 EMD Directive gives households and SMEs the right to organise themselves at local level and share energy.

pv-magazine.com

EU opens infringement cases against 18 states over energy-sharing rules - pv magazine Global

Two-thirds of EU member states face infringement action for failing to enact a new right to share renewable electricity over the grid.

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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Airport expansion isn't just counterproductive domestic energy policy - increasingly, it's an attempt by the oil industry to prop up future demand!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026

Great commentary in Nature Energy: "Smart energy must address enshittification risks." I really don't think people are taking these risks seriously enough.

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Smart energy must address enshittification risks - Nature Energy

Nature Energy - Smart energy must address enshittification risks

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026

The countdown is on for a traffic-free Oxford Street. Monday 26 October marks a new chapter for the nation’s high street as it becomes pedestrianised.

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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 28/09/2026

By end of August 2026, the BEV share of the Danish car fleet was 23%. As to be expected, the highest share is in/around the larger cities, but actually there is relatively low variation.

Map of the BEV share across Danish municipalities.

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

"For VW, the alliance w/ Gotion is admission that Chinese are technically superior, especially in case of lithium iron phosphate cells. LFP cells are not yet produced in Europe for series production of cars. Even Chinese giant CATL, with its giga factory in Debrecen, Hungary is far behind schedule."

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(m+) Volkswagen: Spektakulärer Batteriezellen-Coup – PowerCo und Gotion gründen in Europa drei Joint Ventures

Der Autobauer und der chinesische Zellproduzent Gotion gründen drei Joint Ventures, produzieren sogar Kathodenmaterial. Es geht um mehr als gemeinsame Werke: VW holt das in China erfolgreiche Geschäft...

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This sentence got buried in this piece even though it really is the most important point. "Yet concerns about the long-term outlook for fuel demand remain, especially in Asia, where the growth in electric vehicles has exploded amid the surge in gasoline and diesel prices."

reuters.com

COMMENTARY: Cash-rich oil majors face post-Iran strategy rethink

The world's biggest energy companies are poised to deliver another quarter of bumper profits, fuelled by record refining margins. Flush with cash, Big Oil now needs to chart a course for future growth...

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

perhaps the most important @pragmacharge photo you should see improving Spain 10+ truck charging plugs at a time! 🇪🇸 #moreplugs ⚡️⚡️⚡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/pragma...

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