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JKenH

Sandy Munro on Toyota’s Solid State Battery Breakthrough.

https://youtu.be/Oj52NUiru8c

michaels

JKenH said:

Breakdown of September’s top ten EVs listed in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/05/uk-car-sales-electric-vehicles-petrol-crisis-chip-shortage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I wonder where they get the individual model data from as the SMMT website data is very sparse/headlines only.

I love the graph of EV sales that shows a peak every three months

ABrass

michaels said:

JKenH said:

Breakdown of September’s top ten EVs listed in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/05/uk-car-sales-electric-vehicles-petrol-crisis-chip-shortage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I wonder where they get the individual model data from as the SMMT website data is very sparse/headlines only.

I love the graph of EV sales that shows a peak every three months

...When the Tesla boat arrives...

michaels

ABrass said:

michaels said:

JKenH said:

Breakdown of September’s top ten EVs listed in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/05/uk-car-sales-electric-vehicles-petrol-crisis-chip-shortage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I wonder where they get the individual model data from as the SMMT website data is very sparse/headlines only.

I love the graph of EV sales that shows a peak every three months

...When the Tesla boat arrives...

I have to say locally I suspect people will start choosing Polestars or other EVs as and when they become available, not because they are better EVs but because Tesla lack a lot in exclusivity when every 10th car on the road is a model 3....

ABrass

michaels said:

ABrass said:

michaels said:

JKenH said:

Breakdown of September’s top ten EVs listed in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/05/uk-car-sales-electric-vehicles-petrol-crisis-chip-shortage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I wonder where they get the individual model data from as the SMMT website data is very sparse/headlines only.

I love the graph of EV sales that shows a peak every three months

...When the Tesla boat arrives...

I have to say locally I suspect people will start choosing Polestars or other EVs as and when they become available, not because they are better EVs but because Tesla lack a lot in exclusivity when every 10th car on the road is a model 3....

Perhaps, of course it'll be hard to do it as Polestar are trying to make tens of thousands rather than hundreds of thousands.

The Audi A4 sold around 300k units each year. Tesla have a long way to go.

Martyn1981

BEV's overtake diesels in the home of diesel. Also superb knockout numbers for VWG.

Full Electrics Overtake Diesel In Germany – Record Plugin EV Share Nears 30%

Martyn1981

The cheap and cute Dacia Spring has 'smashed it' in Italy, helping to lift their BEV figures into more respectable territory.

Dacia Spring Leads Italy’s BEV Market To Record 8% In September As Tesla Model Y Lands

Full electrics are the absolute stars of the month. With a record 8,492 units, BEVs more than doubled YoY (from 4,099 registrations a year ago, when current incentives started), updating the previous March high and reaching a fantastic 8% market share. That result was helped by the lower than usual total registration numbers. With such a quarter-end performance, can we hope for an even stronger push in the remaining three months? Certainly. However, this will depend on supply from manufacturers meeting demand.

Perhaps overdue, but we finally see the new Dacia Spring taking Italy’s market by storm. It actually set an all-time record for any single BEV model: 1,876 monthly registrations. The Romanian mini made its first appearance in June, and it now comes back with a bang, overtaking market-leading Fiat 500e. The 500e has to settle for a now rare second place with a still outstanding 1,289 registrations (its second best monthly result, only behind the December 2020 result). Will the Spring be the new queen of this minicar-loving European market? If Dacia can make enough of them, this will easily be the case. Fiat is forewarned!

Superscrooge

Makes a change from the usual electric v hydrogen debate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-58865883

Grumpy_chap

Superscrooge said:

Makes a change from the usual electric v hydrogen debate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-58865883

He must live in an area where no-one would syphon the wine out of the tank to drink.  Wine would be somewhat more appealing than methylated spirits I would imagine.

Elon has moved house as well:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58838874

orrery

Elon has moved house as well:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58838874

California tried to control Covid and wouldn't let him open his factory. Texas is more right wing and doesn't care, so this is pure greed.

A bit rich from Elon really, being as he wouldn't have much of a business without California's long standing policies.