So China & Tesla don’t steal all the headlines, Volvo Trucks (Volvo Group) quietly put 5,000+ electric trucks into real-world deployment, logging 100+ million zero-emission miles over the past five years.
Not under Geely. Not hype. This is happening. EV trucks are scaling everywhere, all at once.
"In China for China" has become "in China for China and every other market we can export to"
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Meeting a true hero
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#tobias #alwaysbecharging #lohfelden #kassel
tomorrow: Milence opening
Global solar generation continues its exponential growth, rising a record 636 TWh in 2025.
It reached 2,778 TWh:
- 30% more than in 2024 (27% avg in last 10 yrs)
- more than 10x in 10 years
- higher than wind for the first time
- almost level with nuclear (overtake in 2026)
This is the best-edited FSD Europe video I’ve seen so far. Very impressive performance on narrow roads and in situations with many pedestrians and cyclists.
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Diess drove the ID.3 to Italy with his daughter many years ago, which German CEO would ever even consider this and talk openly about it!
#alwaysbecharging
🔋 China's exports for the solar, EV, and battery industries reached a record high of $21.9 billion in March 2026, up 70% year-on-year.
#battchat #batteries #greensky #energysky
If only there were more EU subsidies then our companies could do the same, or something...
CATL has developed a battery capable of allowing an electric vehicle to drive 1,500km on a single charge, the Chinese group claimed on Tuesday, as it challenges BYD for supremacy on range and charging speed. The company's latest version of its condensed Qilin battery has a greater range than the distance by road from London to Barcelona and marks a leap from the 1,000km limit of its previous edition. CATL also released an upgrade to its Shenxing, which can charge from 10 per cent to 98 per cent in six-and-a-half minutes, an improvement from the previous edition which charged from 5 per cent to 80 per cent in 15 minutes. It is also considerably faster than the nine minutes taken for BYD's latest Blade battery, which was unveiled last month, to charge from 10 to 97 per cent. CATL and BYD, which together account for more than half of the global EV battery market, are pouring billions of dollars into research and development, targeting innovations in cell chemistry and manufacturing.
Zum Glück wussten wir in Europa ja frühzeitig, dass Batterietechnologie sowieso eine Sackgasse ist und es sich deshalb nicht lohnt, da in Forschung und Entwicklung zu investieren. Außerdem haben Elektroautos keine Seele, und Gas aus Russland ist billig. #CATL #BYD
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Next year,
this video will be a decade old..
#neverforget #volkswagen #tesla
Matthias Müller at the wheel!
It took the VW brand well over a decade to get to two million BEVs
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Tesla makes close to 2M/year (for years already)
#alwaysbecharging
This isn't because of Hormuz, or not primarily. It's because China cut its tax rebate on solar from 9% to 0, and on batteries from 9% to 6%, on April 1. Buyers have of course been putting in orders to build up inventory at the lower price right before the deadline.
Sleep well!
Only my fav MPV in the whole world
#alwaysbecharging
me and this Zootopia themed Li Auto Mega say goodnight
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Brb
Out of office
#evroadtrip ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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CATL unveils new battery products at 2026 tech day to defend market lead
Third-generation Qilin Battery delivers peak charging rate of 15C and range exceeding 1,000 km. cnev.co/7QKYqTd 👇
Goed verhaal over China's energiepolitiek. Ja, China is koploper in duurzame energie. Maar stroomproductie leunt nog steeds zwaar op steenkool (want die komt grotendeels uit eigen grond en hoeft anders dan olie en gas niet te worden geïmporteerd). edition.cnn.com/2026/04/20/c...
Join me on the Europe-Americas webinar on this right now! And read the thread and report, it's got good stuff, especially on batteries.
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Our near-real-time estimates of EU CO2 emissions performed well against the IEA's data which just came out - they also have a 0.8% drop in 2025.
Today, we published the @ember_energy Global Electricity Review 2026.
That also means 2025 electricity generation data for over 100 countries and regions is now LIVE on our data explorer, data downloads and API.
Open electricity data for everyone!
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Good morning with good news: Global wind installations surged 40% to record-high 164.5 GW in 2025!
Global wind output in February 2026 was 245 TWh, up 14% from 215 TWh in 2/2025.
Wind output rose 123% since February 2019.
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In 2025, renewables overtook coal in global electricity generation for the first time in over 100 years.
Renewables: 33.8%
Coal: 33.0%
Coal fell below a third of global electricity generation for the first time in history.
This is my favourite graphic.
It's incredible how far DAYTIME solar has already come with almost no batteries.
Just think how this will change with batteries, when instead of daytime solar, we get DISPATCHABLE solar.
The solar boom is only just starting...
Los fabricantes tradicionales, los que a fin de mes envían la nota manipulando a los periodistas con la versión más torticera de la evolución de ventas en España, porque CALLAN a propósito la inundación de coches de alquiler de combustión, han hundido el % de eléctricos
💥Son un 28% ya del tota! 😱
NEW | Clean power met ALL the growth in global electricity demand in 2025
Solar generation alone met THREE QUARTERS of the demand rise and grew by 30%.
Fossil generation stagnated (-0.2%).
🧵 A thread on changes in the global power system in 2025...
Mientras KIA lleva su recién lanzado EV2 a otros países de Europa y convierte su lanzamiento en España, de momento, en un penoso gatillazo, junto con Hyundai ocupan los puestos 1 y 3 de los colocadores de combustión en Alquiler:
1.773 Hyundai
909 KIA
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2.682 apestadores en 20 días. Esos sí👎
Clean tech isn’t “coming.” It’s already cutting into fossil demand at scale.
Solar, wind, EVs and batteries are displacing gas equivalent to ~half of global LNG trade.
This is how energy systems collapse. 👇
god i wish this were me
not a Nissan Leaf, but a Venucia E30
