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Posting this for my German audience: Grosse Wärmepumpen oder was Deutschland von Dänemark lernen kann! Während Deutschland eine erbitterte Diskussion um Wärmepumpen und Tiefkühllager hat, ist Dänemark beim Thema Windkraft, Stromhandel und Wärmepumpen deutlich weiter. @ChanNgu18502948 arbeitet mit grossen Fernwärmeanlagen & Wärmepumpen. Denn Leuchtturmprojekte wie die riesige Wärmepumpe in Esbjerg [1] ist ja nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Was Dänemark begriffen hat, ist dass man durch geschickt organisierte Fernwärme viel EE ins Netz integrieren kann, denn Fernwärme hat durch die (sowieso notwendigen Hitzespeicher), das Potential, immer dann Energie zu verbrauchen, wenn Strom billig ist. Laut Chan sind es die folgenden Faktoren, die in DK zum Erfolg verhelfen: 1) Viele Fernwärmenetze in DK werden mit einer vergleichsweise niedrigen Temperatur betrieben (70C) - das sport Energie und ist leichter mit Wärmepumpen zu erreichen. 2) Die Strompreise im Winter sind oft billiger: weil Dänemark auf Windenergie setzt gibt es grade im Winter immer wieder Perioden mit viel, billigem Strom. 3) Die Fernwärmenetze haben genug Speicher (manchmal auch Tage und Wochenlang) um dann zu heizen, wenn Strom billig ist. 4) Deutlich weniger Bürokratie in DK als in DE Grade der letzte Punkt ist wirklich ein Problem, was man im EE Bereich in Deutschland immer wieder sehen kann. Das wurde zuletzt deutlich besser, aber viele alte Strukturen versuchen EE immer noch durch Bürokratie zu verhindern. Was man am Beispiel Dänemark also erkennen kann ist, dass auch im Wärmebereich noch viel ungenutztes Potential ist - und auch, dass man mit kluger Infrastruktur sehr kostengünstig viel EE nutzen kann. Mange tak @ChanNgu18502948 ! [1]: man-es.com/discover/esbje…

@MdeZegher This is a point many charging operators don't understand well. I love it.

Off-peak charging is great. It reduces cost of ownership if you’re flexible, and increases Supercharger availability on peaks. It also increases total utilization per Supercharger, which makes charging more affordable for all.

@phibetakitten Guten Appetit!

First order of business: some goddamn Schnitzel

@CoalDead Das Problem ist, dass die Dänen das Laden steuerlich gelöst haben (selbst ad-hoc DC ist spottbillig). Gleichzeitig hat DK keine eigene Autoindustrie und muss daher nicht bestimmte Marken bevorzugen. Es gibt eine riesige Menge sehr interessante BEVs...

Über 50% Elektroautos in Dänemark? Das kann auch in Deutschland funktionieren

@ilyasdogru Det er en fantastisk løsning - især hvis det muliggør en billig refusion. Lige nu kender jeg mange bilejere, der sparer 30 DKK i skat og betaler 70 DKK til firmaet for at få fradraget.

🔋 Gode nyheder for elbil- og solcelleejere! ☀️🚗 Skatteminister Rasmus Stoklund vil indføre nye regler for afgift på elektricitet, som bruges til opladning af elbiler. Dette sker, fordi den nuværende refusionsordning gør, at ladeoperatører for husstande med solceller i praksis ikke kan modtage refusion af elafgiften. Det hilser vi velkommen hos FDM. At Skatteministeren nu åbner for at anerkende ladeboksens målere som selvstændige målepunkt og giver lav elafgift upfront, er en kæmpe revolution for markedet for opladning af elbiler. Hos FDM ser vi stort potentiale i en ”schweizerkniv-løsning”, der ikke blot fjerner de nuværende barrierer for solcelleejere, men også gør det nemmere og billigere at være elbilejer. Det bliver desuden nemmere at skifte ladeoperatør, når man betaler lav elafgift upfront, fordi man kan shoppe rundt mellem ladeoperatørerne. 🚗 🔌 Samtidig betyder det også, at ladeoperatørerne må ændre deres forretningsmodel, så de leverer strøm direkte til ladeboksen med lav elafgift, og dermed kan bygge nye services som frekvensregulering og balancering af elnettet. På sigt vil det også muliggøre, at strøm sendes tilbage til huset eller nettet fra bilen. Selvom ladeoperatørerne skal tilpasse sig, vil der opstå mange nye muligheder for dem. Det vil også være en gevinst for forbrugerne, da de ikke længere skal betale høje ladeabonnementer, samtidig med at det bliver lettere at skifte ladeselskab. Vi ser frem til at bidrage til det fremtidige arbejde ☀️

Countries of this world - be more like Denmark!

@nowteslafy @Arpe_DK It is in DK, too. Not as extreme but yes it exists.

@Arpe_DK Are you seeing this in Denmark too? Or is it literally just our insane country here in the US?

This is the stranges movement I have experienced. When we got our Tesla Model 3 in 2019 everyone was calling me a hippie and an environmentalist shaking their heads. Now I am a Nazi despite no changes from me, the car or Tesla. Back when I was a hippie nobody would set our car on fire by petrol heads or Republicans. Worst thing would being coal rolled by an ancient slow pickup truck. Now the socialists and far left people think it is all fair that they burn down the future THEY ACTUALLY FOUGHT FOR that Tesla is providing. It is truly insane behaviour! Without Tesla there would not be an EV industry today, no battery storage and I would not look brightly on a zero emissions future. This is all Elon Musk and Tesla. Thanks you for all you have done for our globe Tesla. You have my full support 🤎

@electricfelix @Arpe_DK Yes but that’s Ionity…

@Viggo_Frb @Arpe_DK few stalls is very relative :D

Finally 🎉🎉🎉

@MdeZegher Thanks - that’s in a really important location! Mich appreciated!

You vote for it, we build it tesla.com/supercharger-v…

Craig Fitzgerald wrote a tiny story five days ago about Porsche (and Xiaomi) and ICE and EVs and China and the World and so on: "I've seen a lot of "I Told You Sos" over the last couple of weeks regarding @Porsche's sudden shift from EV production back to ICEs. Here's what's behind that: #Porsche sales were essentially flat all over the world in 2024, except for one place: It got its ass handed to it in China. Make no mistake: A lot of the reason Porsche was doing well was because of China. It was a huge profit center. In 2023, Porsche moved 3,500 more units in China than it did in the United States. Then the bottom dropped out. A lot of people seem to think the United States is the only country, but companies like Porsche are absolutely dependent on business in China. Porsche has traditionally been a massively profitable company, but that was ONLY because it suddenly found a brand-new market larger than the US in the East. In 2024, Porsche lost A THIRD of its profit in the first nine months of 2024. You'll hear a lot of nonsense about this being due to "weak EV demand." That is 100% fiction. In the ONE country where Porsche had been selling more cars than the United States, the Porsche Taycan sold 8,838 units, a heart-stopping 51% decline from the prior year. The Xiaomi SU7 -- its primary competitor -- sold 130,000 units and doesn't offer an ICE at all. It offers the same 0-60 time as a Taycan for SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS less. There are not another 9,000 people here in the US or in Europe who are willing to fork over the starting price of $99,400 for a Porsche Taycan in order to make up the massive hole left by the Chinese market. They are maxed out here and in Europe. I don't care what powers it. It's staggering how ignorant we are of the global automotive market. Ignore it at your peril." #alwaysbecharging

Great idea - I love that!

@phibetakitten I travel (way too) much. US security checkpoints are a master class of pointless screaming, shouting und a horrible, inefficient mess. Scandinavia has amongst the best checkpoints. Iceland is great and there are outstanding examples in Asia, too.

On my recent trip to London I watched a TSA agent shout repeatedly about how we did not need to remove our laptops from our bags while standing next to a sign that told us to take our laptops out of our bags

This Valentine’s day, we are showing our love by putting more electric buses on the road—because nothing says 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 like cleaner air, quieter streets, and a greener future. Join us in making every ride a love letter to the planet #WeLoveThePlanet #GreenLove

In 2024 German lignite production dropped back to the level of *drum roll* 1916! We know that electricity got cleaner in Germany, but that drop in lignite production is quite staggering.

@RomainHedouin It is particularly great to benchmark against e.g. gas peaker plants. You can easily see that big batteries kill all economic of gas power plants.

It's so cool how the price of Megapack is 100% transparent You can just... buy it 🤷‍♂️ Not like those annoying websites telling you to call them for a customized quote

@ilyasdogru Jeg er enig. Min tidligere Audi var dyr at vedligeholde. Jeg havde brug for eftersyn, olieskift og hyppige reparationer. Min nuværende elbil kræver ingen vedligeholdelse udover sprinklervæske og dækskift.

Elbiler er billigst at tegne en service- og reparationsaftale på 🚗 🔌 Elbiler er billigst, når vi ser på totaløkonomien 🚗🔌Besparelsen er størst på brændstofdelen, men der er også en del at hente på service- og reparationsaftaler for sammenlignelige modeller. FDMs prisanalyse*, som omfatter nye benzinbiler, elbiler og plugin-hybrider på tværs af segmenter, viser, at service- og reparationsaftaler i gennemsnit er 36 % billigere for elbiler. I vores lignende undersøgelse i 2021 var aftalerne i gennemsnit "blot" 19 % billigere for elbiler. Så der er sket en udvikling til elbilernes favør. Prisen på en service- og reparationsaftale afspejler efter min mening bilmærkernes risikovurdering – og dermed deres tillid til eget produkt. Og her er det interessant, at selvom elbiler kan være dyrere at reparere, er aftalerne altså markant billigere. Der er forskel på indholdet i de enkelte serviceaftaler. Derfor er det vigtigt at undersøge, hvad de dækker. Generelt skal man være opmærksom på, at en service- og reparationsaftale indeholder et forsikringselement, og derfor vil de være dyrere end blot at betale for planlagt serviceeftersyn. Men netop den ekstra tryghed i tilfælde af nogle reparationer gør, at serviceaftalerne er attraktive for de tryghedssøgende bilejere. * Læs mere i artiklen i kommentarfeltet ⤵️

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Awesome! "Today, there are around 800,000 electric cars in Norway, which corresponds to 27.5 percent of the total vehicle fleet in the country. They currently consume 2.75 TWh of the country's energy production. Despite this, the country's total energy use in road transport is falling, while Norwegians are actually driving further than before. The explanation is that electric motors are more energy efficient than fossil-fueled motors, measured in kWh per kilometer according to figures from Statistics Norway. Overall, energy use in road transport decreased by 5 percent while total mileage increased by 0.7 percent."

@d_kinimo @_donalphonso Im kalten Norwegen funktionieren E-Autos aber in Deutschland nicht? Vielleicht weil in Norwegen E-Autos keine Symbole für Identity-Politics der ewig gestrigen sind?

@_donalphonso Hr. Alphons E Autos sind keine Erfindung der Grünen und sie werden sich auch nicht durch Druck der Grünen durchsetzen. Die Amis und Chinesen drücken das durch und wir werden NICHTS dagegen unternehmen können und das ist gut so 😅🤷🏻

Ich bin den stärksten Volvo aller Zeiten gefahren - ganz ehrlich, mit 200km Reichweite im Winter kann man die Mobilitätswende der Grünen knicken. Und das ist leider noch nicht alles: welt.de/kultur/stuetze…

I just visited @evclinic in Berlin and they gave me carte blanche to post any pictures I wanted, so let's go through their most ground-breaking tech The crazy contraption on the left is unique to EV Clinic, nobody else in the world has one, and it's used to perform electron spectroscopy on an entire module of 18650 cells all at once. Usually you would need to perform this analysis on each cell individually, but thanks to this they just run the test on all cells at once, saving a LOT of time & money What this means is that you can essentially have a look into every single cell instantly, and know immediately which are good and which are defective On the right, you've got the battery modules of a very popular EV using 18650 cells (can you guess which model? 👀) Because the thermal management system is really well engineered in these packs, EV Clinic would rather keep that module intact and just replace the few defective cells rather than build or buy a new pack to fix the customer's battery So what they're now working on is a very advanced machine that will be able to automatically detach the cells from their housing without any damage, allowing them to replace individual cells and have the module back in place extremely quickly I'd love to get into more details but I'd get things/words wrong so what you can do instead is go follow them, they post very nerdy details about their work all the time They work so hard to repair EVs the right way, not just the simple way, and this benefits the customer A few more posts will come soon on my account about my visit of EV Clinic, so stay tuned 👀