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  In the future, British EV drivers will be able to use their own electricity contract at on-street public EV charging points. This 'bring-your-own-power' approach will make public charging more affordable and integrate it with the energy system. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2026-document (p. 48)

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  “A small country cannot move Europe’s market. But it can show Europe, earlier and more clearly than others, what works under normal conditions and what does not.” @patrickplotz@mastodon.social on Sweden’s role in the electric vehicle transition https://omev.se/2026/10/27/sweden-europes-most-useful-electric-vehicle-test-case/ #EV

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  “As climate and nature risks increasingly affect productivity, growth, inflation and the resilience of the financial system, taking them into account falls squarely within our mandate.” https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/key/date/2026/html/ecb.sp261019~f0a3e053de.en.html

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  Thanks for the great analysis of the (leak of the) EU's Electrification Action Plan, Jan! My 2 cents on the EV part. https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/europes-electrification-rate-has

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  Norway has now exceeded the 1 GW mark for installed solar PV capacity. Last week, the year-to-date output surpassed that of the whole of 2025. https://elhub.no/artikler/solkraft-i-norge-passerer-1-gw-fevik-skole-tok-kapasiteten-over-milepaelen

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  97% !! of German #EV drivers are (highly) satisfied with their electric car. That is a full 9 percentage points higher than the level of dissatisfaction with the Bundeskanzler, which already seemed to be a historically high poll figure. https://www.adac.de/rund-ums-fahrzeug/elektromobilitaet/elektroauto/umfrage-zufriedenheit-mit-e-autos/

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  What if giant slides were part of your commute? The town of Calw in Germany has installed two slides, one 17 metres long and the other 43 metres long, which allow a rapid transfer from the higher district (which has a large school) to the lower inner city. https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/calw-hier-kann-man-kuenftig-einfach-vom-stadtgarten-richtung-innenstadt-rutschen-a-dc95d6a0-7c5a-4081-85ed-6c02ec4dae0f

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  This is my first time travelling long distance in a battery-electric coach: Utrecht to Berlin. I'm excited for this trip - we'll need to stop at an HDV charging hub for a charge, great to see one in action.

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  Bretagne is not a climate refuge (We ended up here during our holiday instead of the Gironde, as we’d planned)

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/116890382100497512 Habemus normam! The important addition to the ISO 15118-20 that describes #EV bidirectional charging (#V2G) over AC has now finally been published. https://www.iso.org/standard/87920.html

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  Wow. In Switzerland 🇨🇭, Mercedes-Benz / Daimler Trucks has sold more electric heavy trucks than diesel ones this year!

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  What is the market share of heat pumps (% of all heat pumps and boilers sold in a year) in European countries? A clear leading group in the North, a perhaps surprising group of followers (Portugal, France, Austria) and many countries where there is still considerable scope for growth

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  An electric truck operating in the mountains uses less energy than a diesel SUV "During the data collection period from November to February, energy consumption on this route averages 92 kWh per 100 kilometers, equivalent to 10 liters of diesel. With recuperation of 25 kWh per 100 kilometers, the system operates with particularly high efficiency." https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/newsroom/pressrelease/electrified-inbound-logistics-real-world-operational-data-reveal-the-potential-of-ba...

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  “And these batteries, large and small, are fundamentally changing the way electricity is produced, consumed and priced across the day [..] Grid scale batteries were the most frequent price‐setting technology, setting prices in around 32 per cent of trading intervals.” https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-and-small-batteries-fundamentally-changing-the-grid-and-its-planning-blueprint-says-aemo-boss/

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  Bruegel: the battery capacity in Europe's electric vehicles is 10 times the stationary battery capacity connected to the grid. It really is a huge opportunity, and unfortunately still too often a missed one. Outdated, inflexible tariffs and metering and grid requirements are too often standing in the way. As a result, there is a lack of attractive offers for both home and public charging rewarding flexibility. https://european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/technology/batteries/deployment?...

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  German discount supermarket Lidl is offering a 2.24 kWh plug-in battery for just €299. https://www.lidl.de/l/prospekte/aktionsprospekt-18-05-2026-23-05-2026-47a673/view/flyer/page/25?lf=HHZ (via https://forococheselectricos.com/noticias/lidl-bateria-solar-224-kwh-299-euros-alemania-20260508-40843.html which made me think first this would be in Spain)

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  What do electric buses do at night? They help balance the grid. First Bus in Glasgow: "By flexing when buses are charged, the depots can increase demand at times when there is excess renewable energy on the system, particularly wind power in Scotland, and reduce demand during peak periods. This helps reduce the need to curtail renewable generation and supports a more efficient, flexible energy network." https://news.firstbus.co.uk/news/first-bus-launches-uk-first-trial-to-sup...

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  "Australian households and businesses installed more rooftop solar last month than in any other month on record" Changes to the Cheaper Home Batteries Program may have "triggered a surge in battery demand with a meaningful flow-on effect to solar.” https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/05/05/rooftop-solar-surges-to-new-high-on-back-of-battery-boom/

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  "Don't punish the pioneers" The slow transition from combustion engines to EVs is putting pressure on the German car industry. However, unlike the German government, innovators in the sector wish to stick to the European CO2 targets (for 2035 and the path towards them). https://zenodo.org/records/20030452 #EV

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/116362760821571953 XR Frankfurt branch enters the chat 🫡

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  France 🇫🇷 is aiming to increase the number of high-power public EV charging points alongs the main routes: By 2035 22,000 150 kW chargers for 🚗 at 900 motorway locations 8,000 chargers for 🚚🚛 (mix of 800, 400 kW and 100 kW for long-duration) at 560 motorway locations https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/presse/plan-electrification-bornes-tous-grands-trajets-dici-2035

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  Aldi Suisse has inaugurated 🇨🇭 Switzerland's largest rooftop solar installation, with a capacity of 10 MWp / 8 GWh, at its distribution centre in Domdidier. https://www.aldi-suisse.ch/de/unternehmen/medien/medienmitteilungen/aldi-suisse-nimmtmega-solarkraftwerk-in-domdidier-in-betrieb.html

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  The Netherlands government is rumoured to be introducing an EV switch and old fossil car scrappage scheme for low- and mid-income households as part of its response to the fossil fuel price crisis. https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5591649/steunmaatregelen-kabinet-steun-voor-lage-en-middeninkomens-bij

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  Google Earth now has a new cycling trip share layer, which allows making international comparisons. E.g. cycling requires Dutch (or Low Saxon) language skills, or Japanese: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto are on par with Dutch cities on cycling trip share https://medium.com/@googleearth/now-available-cycling-data-on-google-earth-1c12955d6f94

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  I still enjoy seeing this as a historical record: a 2012 atlas showing the public EV charging points that existed in Amsterdam at the time

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  This is a very interesting comparison for Australia 🇦🇺, which uses real-time petrol prices and Amber’s electricity prices, and makes the most of EV smart charging, to compare the running costs of popular combustion-engine cars with those of electric models https://elitre.com.au/dollar

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  Volkswagen has announced plans to launch a 39 cent/kWh charging tariff for its VW ID.Polo to charge at public EV charging points on the street. https://background.tagesspiegel.de/verkehr-und-smart-mobility/briefing/fuer-39-cent-ueberall-in-der-stadt-laden

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  "The practical experience gained from this project shows that heat pumps can be reliably used for grid-friendly load shifting – without restricting the heat supply to households." 100+ residential heat pumps in Germany delivered power system flexibility to TSOs TenneT and TransnetBW https://www.viessmann-climatesolutions.com/en/newsroom/company/viflex-pilot-project-successfully-completed.html #HeatPumps #HeatPump #Flexibility

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  There are now more battery-electric cars in the Dutch fleet than diesel cars. https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2026/14/nederlandse-personenauto-s-stand-1-1-2019-t-m-1-1-2026 #EV #Diesel

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  The French government has announced the measures of its plan to accelerate electrification: - a ban on gas boilers in new houses from the end of 2026 - increased support for replacing old heating with heat pumps - 100 regions will pilot comprehensive heat transition plans to phase out gas by 2030 [1/3] https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/electrification-les-mesures-annoncees-par-le-gouvernement