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.....cos EV's should be Fun.

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

‼️ Category 5 Ocean Heatwaves in the Tropical Pacific and #Mediterranean. The culprits: Super #ElNiño and severe #European heatwaves, boosted by excess heat trapped in our overheated climate system. A NOAA Alert Level 5 indicates a marine #heatwave severe enough to cause near-complete coral mortality, with more than 80% of corals expected to die. This maximum tier in the NOAA Coral Reef Watch system is triggered by extreme, prolonged ocean temperatures. A new study just released by @WWAttribution says extreme Mediterranean heatwaves are now 3°C/ 5°F+ hotter than they used to be, and would have been virtually impossible before modern warming. #elnino

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[Renew Economy @renew_economy]

The owner of Australia’s most successful big battery developer says costs have fallen dramatically and still have a long way to go
https://t.co/nMCoDdADlk

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

Not meaning to complain too much, but... I've just had this overwhelming feeling lately that so many things are objectively WORSE in 2026 than they were say 7 years ago. Here's a short list of things:

1. Google. I no longer get anywhere near an honest search, mostly either AI or ads
2. YouTube, search is also completely broken, serving only recent things and / or shorts. I guess social media in general just feels more and more pointless and far less about humans.
3. Uber / Lyft, prices are INSANE
4. DoorDash, prices are also absolutely off the charts
5. Rental cars, needed to rent a car yesterday, couldn't do it under a few hundred for 2 days.
6. Groceries are almost $200 every time I go
7. Insurance has sky rocketed for everything. The house in Texas is about 2 times more expensive to insure in 2026 than it was in just 2021
8. Food. Starbucks and Subway sandwiches were never particularly amazing, but now they're not even a shell of what they used to be, and many many others.
9. Online ordering. I feel like I used to kind of know what I'd get. Now there's a decent chance of seeing some AI slop and getting a complete scam of a product with no responsibility
10. Phones. I'm less happy with my phone and getting more and more spam calls now more than ever, and I'm more often either waiting for faceID to work, or accidentally hitting something, or accidentally hitting the camera button, or accidentally changing the background. Like multiple times a day, I'm doing an input that I did not want to do. That didn't used to happen
11. Housing / Rent prices / hotel prices
12. EVERYTHING being "private equity", screw that. Stop chasing profit, chase making good products.

I guess a lot of this is just inflation in general. I'm really noticing the price of things get more and more ridiculous...

But it also feels like a lot of things are just getting worse. Adding features that shouldn't exist, chasing profits over making a good product, adding steps to make something more frustrating to use or order or do. Trying to have AI just simply "replace" something instead of being a tool to help improve it, or a way to just opt back.

I don't know. I'm trying hard to just keep my head down and do my work the old fashioned way, and I just feel like there's this mantra of "hurry up or you'll miss out". I've been enjoying being outside more, trying to be healthy and offline, and it just feels more and more like things aren't what it used to be.

I say this, yet I'm still hopeful for the future. I still think there's incredible things happening and amazing technologies, and exciting things happening in our world. I just feel like if I could hit the rewind button on a few things, I absolutely would. Would you? Maybe this is just part of growing older and feeling nostalgic? I am getting old...

[EVPlugnPlay🇺🇦 @EvPlugn]

@Erdayastronaut Absolutely nailed it Tim…..😭

[Doug Lewin @douglewinenergy]

There's a new battery record in Texas. First time over 12,000 megawatts during sunset tonight.

For now, CA has TX beat on storage discharging (13GW vs. 12 GW) but we'll likely catch up, perhaps as soon as next month. 1/ #txlege

[Prof. Karl Lauterbach @Karl_Lauterbach]

Es ist eine der besten globalen Entwicklungen überhaupt: ärmere Länder werden industrialisiert und überspringen dabei die fossile Stufe, auf der wir im Moment noch feststecken. Windparks und Solaranlagen hätten wir dort gebaut, hätten wir unsere Wirtschaft früher umgestellt

[Anas Alhajji @anasalhajji]

☘️🌿This is an amazing story that worth reading:

Massive solar farms in China’s Talatan Desert are literally “waking up” a once-dead landscape.

The solar panels acted as windbreaks and shade providers. They cut surface wind speeds significantly, reduced soil moisture evaporation by about 30%, lowered ground temperatures, and trapped humidity.

This has improved soil chemistry and ecological health scores under the panels. Vegetation has returned—grass yields high enough that thousands of sheep (over 20,000 in some reports) now graze beneath and between the rows, creating a dual-use “eco-pastureland.”

Sources: CGTN, China Daily, and Futura

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

Minnesota's largest coal plant once burned 30,000 tons of coal a day; its old wires now carry 710 megawatts from 1.7 million solar panels

"By completing the third phase of the 710-megawatt Sherco Solar project near Becker, Minnesota, Xcel Energy hasn’t just built the state’s largest solar array—it has hijacked a retiring fossil-fuel hub to bypass years of grid traffic."

https://t.co/sNNVw61yYv

[European Space Agency @esa]

Spacewalk complete. ✅

After 6 hours and 23 minutes outside the International Space Station, @Soph_astro is safely back inside.

With today's EVA, Sophie becomes the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. 🇫🇷

[Chris Meder @EVCurveFuturist]

The world’s largest battery manufacturer, CATL, with ~40% of the global EV battery market, produced a staggering 748 GWh of batteries in 2025.

Now all 20 of its battery factories are carbon neutral, with 100% zero-carbon electricity across core operations, sourced from wind, solar and hydropower.

Since 2022:

⚡ Energy intensity ↓ 28%
🌱 Carbon intensity ↓ 77%

Next target: carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by 2035, pushing decarbonisation upstream into mining, refining, materials and logistics.

By the standards of much of Western industry, that sounds almost beyond aspirational. CATL is already demonstrating the speed and scale at which industrial decarbonisation can actually happen.

The clean-energy transition is increasingly decarbonising the machinery that builds the machinery of the transition. 🔋🌍

https://t.co/XOvHQK28YJ

[Renew Economy @renew_economy]

Fortescue’s mission to produce “green metal” with Pilbara ore hits a significant milestone, with first production of molten metal using electric smelting at its Christmas Creek hub
https://t.co/R4qoLR3hES

[TESLARATI @Teslarati]

🚨 Tesla has received a MASSIVE order from Swedish freight company Einride AB, which placed an order for 500 Tesla Semi trucks

Tesla's biggest order for the Semi yet!

[Tesla Semi @tesla_semi]

Updated Tesla Semi page now live

– Cheaper to run than diesel: with lower energy cost & far fewer parts to maintain, Semi can pay for itself within typical truck ownership period
– Megacharger at up to 1.2 MW recovers ~60% of range in 30 minutes
– Up to 500 miles of range fully loaded
– Comes with fleet software for live status, Trip Planner, plus remote support and OTA updates

https://t.co/rWZCsO5AYz

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

More than 250 Tesla Supercharger stalls across 20 locations in Sweden are about to come online now that the 1,021 day long IF Metall strike is over.

Tesla Sweden in a press release: “August 19 is a big day for all electric car drivers throughout Sweden and tourists traveling with electric cars to our country. Tesla can start opening over 250 new charging stations in 20 locations from north to south, when the unions' blockade against the power supply is lifted.” https://t.co/DDZY5T652T

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Kenya has build one of the largest wind farms in Africa. It's aiming to go 100% renewable by next year.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #renewableenergy #GreenNewDeal

[John Raymond Hanger  @johnrhanger]

Australia's electricity prices fall to free!

"Over the past 12 months, wholesale electricity prices dropped nearly in half. And millions of consumers can now sign up for three hours of free power in the middle of the day."

How? Solar, battery & wind
https://t.co/t0y6H966gM

[tony anstatt 🦘🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @treacl]

2050 is now expected to be +3.5° C higher!

[Nate @4TESLANZ]

I asked Grok to route me via Sydney Harbour Bridge so I can enjoy the view while FSD v14.3.5DU does the driving. Grok dropped a pin in the middle of the bridge 😂 I was so worried the car is going to make a stop in the middle of the traffic, despite the fact Grok reassured me multiple times. Guess what, FSD drove right through it, well done FSD 👏 By the way, Sydney Harbour Bridge is magnificent 🔥 (see video)

[Jordan - The EV Guy @JordanEVGuy]

The electric car takeover.

Electric cars set to take 1 in 3 new sales in 2026 globally.

It wasn’t long ago it was 1 in 5.

Then 1 in 4.

The entire time, the anti EV fools crying online that nobody is getting an EV, nobody wants an EV, EV is dead and EV will collapse.

When will they just accept that it’s normal now.

It’s just a car, and other people’s choices shouldn’t trigger you into spreading lies online.