#electric-vehicles — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #electric-vehicles, aggregated by home.social.
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Delhi-NCR is set for stricter pollution rules as CAQM mandates electric three-wheelers in phases and bars fuel for vehicles without valid PUCC certificates from October 2026 https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/delhi-ncr-to-ban-new-petrol-diesel-auto-registrations-only-electric-three-wheelers-from-2027-t56tbxkr?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DelhiNCR #AirPollution #ElectricVehicles #AirQuality
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BYD Says It Remains Committed To Malaysia Despite New EV Import Rules #automotive #byd #electricvehicles
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/392859/byd-committed-to-malaysia-despite-new-ev-import-rules/
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Growing EV adoption could lower gasoline prices for everyone, not just electric vehicle owners. New research shows the shift toward electric transportation benefits the entire economy. #ElectricVehicles #Energy
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"Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-the-uk-car-industry-is-not-saying-about-ev-targets/
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My morning in two images. I’d be even happier if the dog of the tow truck driver hadn’t eaten the seat belt. #electricvehicles #vandalism
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Crabby 82-Year-Old Politician Attacks 10-Year-Old Child for Thinking Electric Cars Are Cool
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Toyota Unveils Land Hopper Electric Vehicle With Foldable Design #automotive #electricvehicles #landhopper #toyota
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The war in Iran has provided new impetus to the low-carbon transition as renewable energy is seen as less vulnerable to future price shocks, according to a group of corporate bosses and senior bankers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/05/15/energy/clean-energy-hormuz-shock-immune/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #renewables #energy #electricvehicles #iran #middleeast #gas
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What went right this week: the good news that matters
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-20-of-2026/
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With Honda Motor and Nissan Motor having essentially traded places since plans to combine the two companies collapsed last year, the stage is set for what some see as a potential restart of talks on more even terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/15/companies/honda-nissan-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #nissan #carmakers #electricvehicles #hybrids #cars
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Honda Motor has taken a $10 billion hit on electric vehicles, posting its first ever full-year loss since going public in 1957. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/14/companies/honda-first-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #honda #electricvehicles #hybrids #cars
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Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed. Via @arstechnica #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🧠 #Aviation ✈️🧑✈️🕶️ #RenewableEnergy ♻️⚡🌎 #EVs #ElectricVehicles #EV ⚡🔌🔋 #Robotics 🤖
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Rivian adds a new onboard AI assistant to its latest software update. Via @arstechnica #EVs #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #KillGasCars ⚡🚘🔌🚗🔋 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠
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"‘At a crossroads’: will piling-up crises force Europe to put brakes on SUV culture?"
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Norway accelerates electric vehicle transition, pioneering global model for sustainable transportation through innovative financial incentives and comprehensive EV market strategy #ElectricVehicles #Sustainability
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How fuel prices have impacted car sales
By Liana WalkerElectric vehicles now represent 16 per cent of new car sales in Australia, in a growing trend coinciding with record fuel prices.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/big-utes-remain-popular-despite-fuel-costs/106605972
#AutomotiveIndustry #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #RoadTransportIndustry #ElectricVehicles #LianaWalker
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Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/unitree-mecha-suit
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MITI: CBU EV Policy Aim To Build Malaysia’s Auto Ecosystem, Not Just Protecting Local Brands #cbu #electricvehicles #ev #miti
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/392380/miti-cbu-ev-policy-aim-to-build-malaysias-auto-ecosystem/
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Blueshark Partners With PETRONAS Lubricants To Expand Electric Motorcycle Service Network Nationwide #automotive #blueshark #electricvehicles #petronas
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I'd prefer Chinese vehicles not enter the US market myself but I don't think MAGA realizes the more they attack electric vehicles here at home the more demand for Chinese vehicles there will be.
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The battery miracle online is doing the most
All-solid-state battery diagram by Luca Bertoli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Dear Cherubs, the internet has once again discovered a battery so perfect it sounds like it came from a pitch deck written by a caffeinated intern and approved by gravity itself. The specific 90-second charge, 99.7% storage retention, and 5,000-cycle package circulating online was not verifiable from primary sources I checked, so the smart move is to treat it as a viral claim, not a finished breakthrough.
Reality check
What is real is the bigger trend: solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte used in conventional lithium-ion cells with a solid ion conductor, which can improve safety and potentially raise energy density. MIT has been making that case for years, while also pointing out that the interface between materials is still the part where the dream gets stuck in traffic.
That interface problem is not a footnote. MIT’s recent coverage says solid-state cells are still plagued by dendrites that can short-circuit the battery, and a 2020 MIT review lays out the rest of the mess: chemical stability, mechanical stability, processing, and long-term performance. In other words, the field is advancing, just not in the magical “plug in for 90 seconds and disappear for six months” way social media likes to sell it.
DOE’s battery overview says solid-state batteries can be safer because they are less prone to leakage from damage or swelling in hot temperatures, but it also notes that some designs still use a little liquid at the cathode to reduce interfacial resistance. Translation: progress, yes. Fairy dust, no.
Why it matters
The good news is that the field is moving. In 2025, Stellantis and Factorial Energy said they validated automotive-sized solid-state cells with 375 Wh/kg energy density and fast charging from 15% to 90% in 18 minutes, with a demonstration fleet planned for 2026. That is not “two-minute EV charging,” but it is a serious step forward, which is how real engineering usually behaves when nobody is trying to go viral.
So the right takeaway is not that battery problems have been solved. It is that researchers keep making the hard part less impossible. If the viral post was pointing at a real advance, it was probably one brick in a wall, not the wall itself. The upside is still huge: safer packs, longer life, and faster charging. The downside is that physics remains deeply committed to being inconvenient.
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The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #batterySafety #batteryTechnology #cleanEnergy #climateChange #electricVehicles #energy #energyStorage #fastCharging #lithiumIon #mit #renewableEnergy #research #solidStateBatteries #sustainability #technology
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering — https://dmse.mit.edu/news/why-solid-state-batteries-keep-short-circuiting/
MIT News — https://news.mit.edu/2017/toward-solid-lithium-batteries-0202
MIT Review PDF — https://ecm.mit.edu/pubs/articles/10.1002_aenm.202002689.pdf
U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
Stellantis — https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2025/april/stellantis-and-factorial-energy-reach-key-milestone-in-solid-state-battery-development
Wikimedia Commons image source — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Solid-State_Battery.png -
"After Setbacks, Ford Says Its Affordable Electric Truck Is on Track"
#Ford #Cars #Vehicles #EV #ElectricVehicles
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/business/ford-motor-electric-pickup-truck.html