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17 connected korrents · 18 moments on record from 9 Nov 2021 to 1 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about electric vehicles .
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Read this korrent: The comparative cost of hydrogen fuel-cell cars versus battery EVs depends on which infrastructure costs are counted and to whom they are allocated
The comparative cost of hydrogen fuel-cell cars versus battery EVs depends on which infrastructure costs are counted and to whom they are allocated
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Oct 2024
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Michael Liebreich — holds since 2024-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: China's industrial lead was manufactured by deliberate state industrial policy rather than by market forces alone. — tap to centre the map on it
China's industrial lead was manufactured by deliberate state industrial policy rather than by market forces alone.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are
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Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake. — tap to centre the map on it
A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake.
Last stated 5 years ago
by 9 Nov 2021
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2021-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. — tap to centre the map on it
An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel.
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Sept 2023
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting drag is worth far more in an electric vehicle than in a combustion one, because carrying the energy is so much more expensive. — tap to centre the map on it
Cutting drag is worth far more in an electric vehicle than in a combustion one, because carrying the energy is so much more expensive.
Last stated 4 years ago
by 19 Sept 2022
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2022-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Electric cars will not reach 30% of US sales by 2027; the forecasts that looked pessimistic in 2018 were still too optimistic. — tap to centre the map on it
Electric cars will not reach 30% of US sales by 2027; the forecasts that looked pessimistic in 2018 were still too optimistic.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Jan 2025
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Rodney Brooks — holds since 2025-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Electrifying high-mileage vehicles — trucks and vans — cuts oil demand more than electrifying private cars does. — tap to centre the map on it
Electrifying high-mileage vehicles — trucks and vans — cuts oil demand more than electrifying private cars does.
Last stated 5 years ago
by 22 Mar 2022
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2022-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Elon Musk's political backing of anti-EV, anti-clean-energy politics has undone far more good than his earlier advocacy for electric vehicles did. — tap to centre the map on it
Elon Musk's political backing of anti-EV, anti-clean-energy politics has undone far more good than his earlier advocacy for electric vehicles did.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
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Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: France and Germany will ban Tesla's full self-driving to protect their own car industry. — tap to centre the map on it
France and Germany will ban Tesla's full self-driving to protect their own car industry.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Jul 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one. — tap to centre the map on it
An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it
Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Below about a thousand dollars a kilowatt of capital cost, the right way to run a plant is intermittently on raw solar with no batteries at all. — tap to centre the map on it
Below about a thousand dollars a kilowatt of capital cost, the right way to run a plant is intermittently on raw solar with no batteries at all.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody will finance new gas turbine factories, because paying one off takes twenty years of a market that solar and batteries will already have taken. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody will finance new gas turbine factories, because paying one off takes twenty years of a market that solar and batteries will already have taken.
Last stated a year ago
15 Aug 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Past a point it is cheaper to overbuild solar than to add batteries, because a battery kept for the rare bad day is barely used. — tap to centre the map on it
Past a point it is cheaper to overbuild solar than to add batteries, because a battery kept for the rare bad day is barely used.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
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The comparative cost of hydrogen fuel-cell cars versus battery EVs depends on which infrastructure costs are counted and to whom they are allocated
Last stated 17 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Michael Liebreich
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Same subject: batteries, electric vehicles
China's industrial lead was manufactured by deliberate state industrial policy rather than by market forces alone.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Dan Wang Adam Tooze
Same subject: electric vehicles
A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake.
Last stated by 9 Nov 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Austin Vernon
Same subject: electric vehicles
An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel.
Last stated 5 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Hannah Ritchie Michael Grunwald
Same subject: electric vehicles
Cutting drag is worth far more in an electric vehicle than in a combustion one, because carrying the energy is so much more expensive.
Last stated by 19 Sept 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Austin Vernon
Same subject: electric vehicles
Electric cars will not reach 30% of US sales by 2027; the forecasts that looked pessimistic in 2018 were still too optimistic.
Last stated 1 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rodney Brooks
Same subject: electric vehicles
Electrifying high-mileage vehicles — trucks and vans — cuts oil demand more than electrifying private cars does.
Last stated by 22 Mar 2022 · 5 years ago
Holds Austin Vernon
Same subject: electric vehicles
Elon Musk's political backing of anti-EV, anti-clean-energy politics has undone far more good than his earlier advocacy for electric vehicles did.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Bill McKibben
Same subject: electric vehicles
France and Germany will ban Tesla's full self-driving to protect their own car industry.
Last stated 22 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Same subject: batteries
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Austin Vernon
Same subject: batteries
An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Austin Vernon
Same subject: batteries
Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model.
Last stated 2 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Benedict Evans
Same subject: infrastructure
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 7 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alon Levy
Same subject: infrastructure
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
Last stated 18 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
Same subject: infrastructure
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Lip-Bu Tan
Same subject: solar
Below about a thousand dollars a kilowatt of capital cost, the right way to run a plant is intermittently on raw solar with no batteries at all.
Last stated 9 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Casey Handmer
Same subject: solar
Nobody will finance new gas turbine factories, because paying one off takes twenty years of a market that solar and batteries will already have taken.
Last stated 15 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Casey Handmer
Same subject: solar
Past a point it is cheaper to overbuild solar than to add batteries, because a battery kept for the rare bad day is barely used.
Last stated 9 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Casey Handmer