The same US that meandered into Venezuela? Never. 🤣

H2 has left the room.

Volvo’s Flagship EV Truck Now Has Over 400 Miles Of Range A compact rear electric axle makes room for more batteries, upping the range figure.

Volvo has new truck that can do 700km on a single charge, and takes 50mins for a full charge

Which given driver rest periods that could be done when the driver is resting at a Human Recharge Station
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Record 165 GW of wind power capacity added in 2025, led by China, report says The global wind industry installed a record 165 ‌gigawatts of new capacity last year, up 40% from 2024 and mostly driven by China, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council said, adding this still lagged the pace needed to hit ​a key climate goal.

Record 165 GW of wind power capacity added in 2025, led by China, report says reut.rs/4cBeSz4

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

This is basically what the CERF was doing. 🤦‍♂️🤣

Action needed on widespread drinking water problems

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Those marks will buff right out.

Projects in China and Australia indicate tidal would be a 'nice to have'. Wind, PV and batteries, residential, commercial and large scale, are proven. Today.

Greens’ State Of The Planet Calls For National Electrification Plan The plan would electrify homes, transport and industry, ending New Zealand’s dependence on unpredictable global fossil fuel markets, cutting household power bills, and building real energy security at...

Should lead with this:

"We can lower the cost of living by rolling out rooftop solar and batteries for all, homeowners, renters, marae, schools, farms. ..

We know this will save the average household a $1000 on their power bill" - Chloe Swarbrick. #NzPol

Wouldn’t take long to change the entire landscape including upgrading the grid. Just need to be brave. The is the kind of policy Greens need to go with and have the answers ready for the inevitable questions.

We must also consider the possibility that Iran is on the short end of this pump and dump machine

China decided to subsidise electrification. The US government spent $5t on a global war on terror. I think the Chinese were far smarter but I'm no economist.

And easy promotional material for opposition parties.

IN ... NZ National Party @NZNational Party Apr 17 National is careful and responsible with taxpayers' money. Labour treats it like an endless ATM. We've stopped wasteful government spending while continuing to invest in the frontline services you rely on. 2023 NZ BA TRA National N ZBACK RACK MAORI 3/ We'll stop wasteful spending. 2026 We made $44b of savings in our first two Budgets. A Parigned by Parlatmary Service

Graeme Edgeler @GraemeEdgeler ... Total appropriations in Labour's last budget (2023/24) were $174.7b with estimated spending in 2025/26 of $167.8b. Total appropriations in your most recent budget (2025/26) were $188.0b. That's not $44b of savings. You're spending much more than they did. 1:48 PM Apr 17, 2026 2,737 Views

I love a good Edgling! #NZPol

Nissan truly puzzle me. They built the Leaf, a very affordable, popular EV. And then failed to capitalise on it.

I'm so Gen X I drove a Plymouth Satellite faster than the speed of light

On 29 December 2024, the Minister of Finance wrote to the former Minister for Tourism and Hospitality to outline her plan for allocating IVL revenue from the 2025/26 financial year onwards (letter attached as Annex One). The Minister of Conservation also received similar letter. The Minister of Finance outlined that each financial year from 2025/26 onwards, the following allocations would apply: a. $35 million in discretionary funding for tourism, provided as a fixed annual appropriation b. $55 million in discretionary funding for conservation, provided as a fixed annual appropriation C. $8 million for Ngā Haerenga New Zealand Cycle Trails, provided as a fixed annual appropriation d. the remainder of revenue collected to be allocated to Tourism New Zealand and the the remainder of revenue collected to be allocated to Tourism New Zealand and the Department of Conservation's baseline appropriations to replace existing Crown funding, with variable amounts allocated each year depending on the total IVL revenue collected.

Oh wow, of the expected $229m per annum of IVL revenue, it appears $131m is going to replace reduced crown investment in Tourism NZ and DoC.

Yeah, I get that. I think how Little has positioned this though is just boomer ego. Any time someone goes to 'woke' I degrade their entire comment.

But, along with fuel, the other big item right now is the good old electricity bill. And no, I'm not suggesting renationalising.

1) Promise to fund Transpower to upgrade the national grid (that always comes up in conversations about electrification - the grid can't handle it)

They're going to have to come up with something. My only qualification is as an automotive technician/Health and safety, not political comms expert. 😂

Based on the 2nd study, all the JDM manufacturers appear to have taken a similar approach. And the Germans just resisted (or introduced PHEVs that were designed just to meet a tax bracket). GM and Ford just carried on building trucks, with a tiny % as EV (and now cancelled in the case of Ford)

If BYD would do an AWD BEV much like the bZ, I'd be very interested.

Those studies still mostly revolve around the NA market. I think the influence of the NA market, purely due to size, can have an outsized effect on decisions for products available elsewhere. In the same way, has the Chinese market need created the scale that now feeds the BEV export market?

Maybe but, love him or hate him, I think Winston is currently using public anxiety around fuel shortages very well.

WP is not just saying 'we need better resilience', he's actively saying 'this is what I propose to do about it'.

The MSM tell stories they think the public will engage with.

Mazda 6e looks interesting, and is a Chinese vehicle, but I'm not convinced it's the correct vehicle for the NZ market at least.

Nissan just sat on the Leaf technology. Great starter but failed to develop at pace. I think they may have missed the boat.

They're just not telling the story. Winston knows well how to use his platform. He is using the current anxiety about energy shortages to very good advantage.

What I mean is, the influence of the potential of the market. Particularly in trucks, where Toyota continues to lag. This market, large pickups, is basically a NA only market.

I do think Mazda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi are on life support. Their best option, as Mazda are starting to do, is to develop manufacturing relationships with Chinese EV manufacturers. Of the Japanese companies, Toyota is probably the only one with the scale to be able to pivot successfully. Probably.