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   Randahl Fink (randahl@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:46 JST Randahl Fink

   First quarter electric car market share by year in Denmark:

   2024: 41 percent
   2025: 66 percent
   2026: 80 percent

   This is Middle Eastern dictators losing their power year by year.

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     Christiaan Jacobs (cejjacobs@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:40 JST Christiaan Jacobs

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     @benroyce fast charging is improving every year, but even on “slow speed” (50-150kW), you’re charging faster than you can use the loo and drink a coffee. And it’s good to take some rest on long journeys! (There is a limit on what truck drivers may drive with a reason!)

     Besides, on longer trips you try to only charge what’s needed, no use in arriving with more than a few percent in your battery 😇

     @mihamarkic @rubbel @joacim @randahl

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     BrisWombat (whombex@bne.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:40 JST BrisWombat

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     @cejjacobs @benroyce @mihamarkic @rubbel @joacim @randahl Flash charging has arrived in China too. Swapping EV batteries may be redundant soon as BYD and CATL have amazingly fast tech rolling out:

     https://thedriven.io/2026/03/30/byd-races-towards-its-goal-of-20000-flash-chargers-with-huge-growth-in-first-quarter/

     Western brands will follow before the decade is out.

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     Christiaan Jacobs (cejjacobs@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:41 JST Christiaan Jacobs

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     @benroyce not really new, look it up on wiki (1896!). The thing is: battery life is an issue for many car owners. With swapping you might get a less healthy battery in return, or perhaps you don’t own it. So it makes you dependent on a company (whereas EV driving makes you less dependent overall, as you can charge at home)
     @mihamarkic @rubbel @joacim @randahl

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     ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:41 JST ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

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     @cejjacobs @mihamarkic @rubbel @joacim @randahl

     why not both?

     the battery swap just for long drives/ time sensitive/ people who live where they can't charge easily

     otherwise, you can swap batteries, and charge from home

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     Miha Markič (mihamarkic@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:42 JST Miha Markič

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     @rubbel @joacim @randahl A little like chicken and egg situation.

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     ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:42 JST ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

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     @mihamarkic @rubbel @joacim @randahl

     there's a new thing in #China where you drive up, a machine swaps out your dead batteries for fresh ones, and on you drive

     less time than it takes to fill your car up with gas at a pump

     kind of like how we swap empty for full propane tanks for our backyard grill

     this could be the way forward

     it even saves gas stations from extinction

     range and charging time/ availability is the big problem with #EV

     this idea solves that problem

     https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5788990/ev-battery-charge-long-china-nio

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     Miha Markič (mihamarkic@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:44 JST Miha Markič

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     @joacim @randahl 10%? That's huge relative to Slovenia where it sits around 0 give or take. And this is indeed one of the requirements for massive EV adoption which is pretty much ignored.

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     rubbel (rubbel@snabelen.no)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:44 JST rubbel

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     @mihamarkic @joacim @randahl There were no charging points in Norway when we started the EV adoption either. You need to organize if you want change. Put pressure on landlords and politicians. Change will come.

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     Joakim Melin (joacim@mastodon.melin.org)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 06:36:46 JST Joakim Melin

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     @randahl I'd would look into electric cars more seriously if I actually had anywhere to charge it. Our apartment area has about 150 parking spaces and 10% of them are prepared for charging EVA's. They are all full and the waiting list stretches about two years in the future.

     OTOH, I've also been considering selling my car entirely, saving about €350 per month since it can be weeks without me even sitting in that car, let alone drive anywhere...