Rolfe
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You need to be set up with VtG and an export tariff and all the permissions surrounding how low you consent to have your car's charge taken. You must have signed something!
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You need to be set up with VtG and an export tariff and all the permissions surrounding how low you consent to have your car's charge taken. You must have signed something!
Filippo Lippi
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I signed the stuff, but Octopus said that the local grid were delaying things and hadn't told me that had changed. I don't have an export tariff, I just have to keep the car hooked up to the charger for so many hours per month. I'm helping them test the process
Rolfe
Adult human female
Oh, that's really interesting. Do keep us informed.
My brother got his Tesla Model 3 back. A week ago he had it towed 150 miles to the Tesla repair shop. Two days ago he was told to come get it, it was still bricked.
He complained, Tesla offered excuses, then gave him a loaner so he could get home. Today he picked the car up; Tesla paid for the towing and the repairs were performed free of charge.
He complained, Tesla offered excuses, then gave him a loaner so he could get home. Today he picked the car up; Tesla paid for the towing and the repairs were performed free of charge.
Filippo Lippi
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It only did it again, exported yesterday evening, and then charged back to beyond the target over night. I thought we'd screwed it up by taking it out for an hour during the exporting, but it's fine
Rolfe
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Great to hear they're experimenting with it. There should be no issues with using the car normally.
acbytesla
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Lots of people are idiots. Ferrari's legacy is cemented in stone. Their future, like everything is murky.
EHocking
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It is certainly a disappointing exterior. Generic Tesla look with a scoops grill. Rather meh.
The BYD Yangwang U9, on the otherhand is striking.
acbytesla
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Not all of Ferrari's cars have been works of art.
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BMW has moved its fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) development on another step with the new ‘BMW Hydrogen Flat Storage’ system – a new method of storing compressed hydrogen on board vehicles.
This new approach overcomes a major barrier because it’s modular and fits into the same space in the iX5 as the ‘Gen6’ high-voltage EV battery. There’s no intrusion into cabin space as there might be with more conventional tanks and, crucially, it allows iX5 Hydrogen models to be built on the same production line as other powertrain types.
www.autocar.co.uk
This new approach overcomes a major barrier because it’s modular and fits into the same space in the iX5 as the ‘Gen6’ high-voltage EV battery. There’s no intrusion into cabin space as there might be with more conventional tanks and, crucially, it allows iX5 Hydrogen models to be built on the same production line as other powertrain types.
BMW’s new hydrogen breakthrough slots right where an EV battery goes | Autocar
'Flat storage' system doesn't intrude into cabin space and enables iX5 to be built on same line
www.autocar.co.uk
Rolfe
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acbytesla
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So? Why bother with hydrogen? It cost too much to make. It cost too much to store. Fuel cells are expensive. And how we produce hydrogen today is actually dirty.BMW has moved its fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) development on another step with the new ‘BMW Hydrogen Flat Storage’ system – a new method of storing compressed hydrogen on board vehicles.
This new approach overcomes a major barrier because it’s modular and fits into the same space in the iX5 as the ‘Gen6’ high-voltage EV battery. There’s no intrusion into cabin space as there might be with more conventional tanks and, crucially, it allows iX5 Hydrogen models to be built on the same production line as other powertrain types.
BMW’s new hydrogen breakthrough slots right where an EV battery goes | Autocar
'Flat storage' system doesn't intrude into cabin space and enables iX5 to be built on same line
Roger Ramjets
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It's nuts. The article says:-
The BMW iX EV has a claimed range of 374 miles, almost the same as this hydrogen version but without having to waste miles driving to and from a hydrogen station to fill up (if you can find one). And it still has a high voltage battery, plus a fuel cell to convert the gas to electricity, all of which will have a limited lifespan and be prohibitively expensive to replace. The only possible good news is that presumably you could swap it all out for a proper battery.
Roger Ramjets
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Toyota Chairman Reveals His Worst Fear: 'Everybody Is Shifting To EVs'
According to the IEA 25% of cars sales in 2025 were electric, 5% more than the previous year. It may exceed 30% this year.
Filippo Lippi
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Sounds like he loves the smell so much he's been huffing on exhaust pipes, amirite?
Rolfe
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It's the wicked waste of money and effort that bugs me about hydrogen. I mean, it's obviously never going to work, and it always was obvious it would never work.
Interesting and good engineering, but why? I could just about understand it if it greatly increased the range of a vehicle but this only gives it the range of an average electric car. Where is going to build out a hydrogen infrastructure, it's expensive enough to buildout the infrastructure for electric vehicles and they only need a connection to the already existing electricity grid. It can be refilled quickly but even that is being addressed with the latest batteries.
A podcast I was listening to yesterday said that there is a grand total of two hydrogen filling stations open to the public in the UK. There are already more public EV charging stations than there are petrol stations (or possibly more public chargers than petrol pumps, which is not substantially different). The main thing preventing adoption of EVs by a significant proportion of the public is lack of driveway charging (due to lack of driveways). Here it's a postcode lottery; some councils allow digging a groove across pavements to allow kerbside charging, others don't.
Rolfe
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Even without a driveway it's still easier to take the car to a public charger than to find a source of hydrogen.