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@barrymu54452135 @AndyatAuto That’s entirely down to your driving then. Never changed the tyres on my MG4 3 year lease and wife’s done 30k on her Bridgestones with plenty of tread left.

@AndyatAuto 6 tyres a year average, compared to two per year average using petrol or diesel. In part to tyres needing to be matched. Average price of tyre £225 - £265. Charging on the road, is a rip off. So cheaper depends on range and distance travelled, and driving style. Imho. ENYAQ

Increasing relevant - Annual fuel cost comparison (EC v ICE with realistic UK driver) Assume 8,000 miles/year: Petrol ~15–20p/mile → £1,200–£1,600/year EV Mixed charging: ~10p/mile → ~£800/year Annual saving: •Pre-Iran: £400–£900 •Now: £600–£1,000+ EV cheaper servicing and Tax advantages adds maybe £100–£300/year advantage So saving around £1000k pa There’s a lot to be said for having a multitude of energy generation methods like solar, wind, nuclear and gas. After the 2011 “Great Earthquake” in Japan and the following supply chain collapse, the only cars able to function effectively in Fukushima area were the EV’s. It also caused Nissan to bring V2G out of the lab and in to reality. My home in Tokyo was the first real world prototype! The argument for energy security, for the environment and increasing for cost of living, increasing favours EV adoption - the economics, especially where you can largely charge at home are completely compelling. But what we will see is that, when combined with solar and battery, the security of self sufficiency is very attractive. EV’s are part of the journey toward energy generation democratisation and decentralisation. It will not be the ecological argument that wins, but it will be the compelling economic one!

@AndyatAuto Absolutely. When we switch to EVs 3 years ago it was based on one simple calculation, that we would save £3k a year on diesel. We assumed 12p kw/h versus £1.30/l. Our electric is now 4.2p kw/h and diesel £1.79. But according to the haters EVs are government control.

@LoftusSteve NASA developed the technology that allowed SpaceX to carry forward. You wouldn’t have one without the other.

There's no greater advert for privatization over public ownership than SpaceX's complete destruction of NASA in less than ten years, despite NASA having a fifty-year head start.

@RabbiP @Tesla He’s the CEO, he runs it, represents it. The board should have fired him years ago. Can’t fix retarded.

Getting out of my @Tesla A lady just stopped me in the parking lot. Her: Excuse me, you know we’re supposed to be boycotting Tesla? Me: Why? Her: Ethics Me: Excuse me? Her: You know, Elon and all the stuff he’s doing? Me: What does that have to do with Tesla? Her: He owns it. Me: No he doesn’t, it’s a publicity traded company. Her: Oh (looking confused)… Me: Yeah, you can buy a share, I can buy a share. The Board of Directors represents us. Her: What as that term you used? Me: Publicly Traded Company Her: (types it into her phone). Thank you. (Realizing she has no idea what she’s talking about, quickly walks away) You can’t fix stupid! @elonmusk

@LinusEkenstam I thought Cybercab was the only thing Telsa needs now?

Model W would probable sell in spades.

@but_cyclists Should have been increased to a custodial sentence on appeal. Unbelievable driving.

A trained and licensed motorist collides with a motorcyclist after they come out of nowhere with no high vis or lights. The motorist was originally given a suspended sentence but appealed this on the basis of being a hard worker and it was reduced to a simple fine.

@alex_avoigt Oh don’t worry, Tesla will be doing this a lot.

Imagine the headline if that had happened to a Tesla Robotaxi.

@smdcapital Optimus wouldn’t be able to do that

so elon musk does not get invited to the 'tech council' and now Figure was chosen instead of Optimus for whatever this was all the while, elon is posting about Grok Imagine this isn't a good precedent. and its also a signal of the quality of the relationship between elon and trump

@ns123abc Elon needs bag holders to bail out his twitter loansharks.

🚨 BREAKING: SpaceX filing IPO this week, aiming to raise $75 billion+ >biggest US IPO of all time >surpasses all money raised by US IPOs last year combined >filing may show xai losing money >investors don’t care >it’s elon Individual investors getting 20%+ of shares (vs typical 10%). No standard 6-month lockup. Elon wants retail investors in. we are so back

@JonLocke @efrnRoN @niccruzpatane @Tesla Would you volunteer to be hit by a Cybertruck going 30mph to prove its pedestrian safety credentials?

The issue they claim is shape but I have yet to see any evidence that getting hit by the cybertruck is objectively more dangerous than getting hit by a different car of equal size and weight. In terms of weight because EVs obviously weight more you can right now purchase the Mercedes-Benz G580 which weighs 3085kg which is 310kg more than the lightest version of the Cybertruck.

The Tesla Cybertruck is the ONLY pickup truck (Gas or Electric) to be awarded IIHS Top Safety Pick+ in 2026 For 2026, IIHS safety rules have become even tougher. Cybertruck is the only truck in its category to be awarded the highest honor. 🦾 Congrats @Tesla Engineering Teams!

@niccruzpatane @Tesla Model 3 and Y don’t make the cut.

Tesla is a $1.3 trillion company that sold fewer cars this year than last year. And fewer last year than the year before. That should tell you everything you need to know. 2 consecutive years of declining deliveries. Down 9% in 2025 to 1.63 million vehicles. The steepest annual drop in the company's history. And 2026 is starting even worse - US sales down 17% in January, Europe down 44% across major markets. France down 42%. Netherlands down 67%. Norway down 88%. BYD passed them as the global EV leader. In the UK, BYD outsold Tesla 2 to 1 last month. The brand is in FREEFALL. Brand Finance measured a 36% collapse in Tesla's brand value last year - down to $27.6 billion, less than half its 2023 peak. In California, their most important US market, share dropped from 11.6% to 9.9%. And the stock trades at 365 times trailing earnings. Let me say that differently: Tesla earned $3.8 billion last year. The market is valuing those earnings at $1.3 trillion. You are paying $365 for every dollar this company earns. The bull case has completely abandoned the car business. It's all robotaxis and Optimus robots now. They discontinued the Model S and Model X. They told investors on the last earnings call to stop focusing on vehicle deliveries and start thinking about "transportation as a service." So in other words: please ignore the business we actually have and value us on the business we MIGHT have someday. Trust me, every time management tells you to look over there instead of over here... LOOK OVER HERE. The car business is deteriorating. Margins are compressing. Competition from BYD, Volkswagen, and a dozen Chinese manufacturers is intensifying quarter by quarter. The $7,500 federal EV tax credit is gone, which effectively raised the price of every Tesla overnight. And instead of addressing any of that, they're doubling capex to $20 billion this year - almost entirely directed at AI and autonomous driving infrastructure. So you have a company with shrinking revenue, shrinking deliveries, a damaged brand, and intensifying competition pouring $20 billion into a technology that hasn't been proven at commercial scale. On 365 times earnings. Even if you give them the most generous robotaxi assumptions imaginable (full regulatory approval, nationwide deployment, dominant market share) you still can't justify this valuation. The present value of that optionality doesn't come close to $1.3 trillion when the core business is going backwards. I think this stock goes down 90% from here. Not because Tesla is worthless. They'll sell cars. The energy storage business has potential. But the equity is priced for a future that isn't coming on the timeline the market expects. A $37 stock. That's where the math takes you when you strip out the narrative and price what actually exists. I know that sounds extreme. But 45 years of doing this has taught me something: When you can see the seams on the fastball, you SWING. I can see the seams.

The committee who signed off the grill need their heads wobbled. Bet it lights up like a Christmas Tree too.

@dunstablian We don’t own the oil under the ground in UK, it was sold off 40 years ago.

The UK currently has four operational major oil refineries, producing petrol, diesel, jet fuel, and other petroleum products for domestic use and export. So why don't we drill our own oil and refine it here in the UK for domestic use? Answers please Ed Milliband.

@BuckCllr @LoftusSteve @trevgoes4th You can’t reason with these people Kevin, they lack the ability to think critically and can only digest small pieces of information that reinforce their existing prejudices.

I’d be the last to support this dreadful government, but I’m honoured they’ve stolen my policy. I’ve been calling for this for a number of years and am on record in planning meetings in the council doing so. Your comments Steve, assumes there is added initial cost with no benefit. There are significant long term cost benefits built in from day one that far out way an additional cost. The home owners will have very low, reliable and dependable energy for thier homes. We now only spend £150 a month on ALL our energy needs for a 4 bed detached house, with 5 adults AND charging 4 EV’s (does not include any subsidies). What do you spend on your FF addiction per month? The great thing about making it mandatory to all new houses, is it applies equally to all new houses, so has zero effect on ‘competition’ or any other excuses people will come up with. Given the absolute fragile nature of global FF’s being in the hands of dictators, despots, oligarchs, murders etc, I would have thought that an opportunity to move away from volatile polluting fuels and installing home renewable energy would be welcomed by sensible people? It seems not?

The government really haven't thought this through. This will have £10,000 to the cost of a house. That's £10k added to your mortgage. So you will end up paying around £20k (with interest) over 30 years for a heat pump that might last you 10 and solar that might last 20.

@2147mill So you pay someone else’s mortgage (plus extra) for 25 years, and then own nothing. And have to keep paying rent until you die.

The average UK mortgage is £200,000 at 5% over 25 years. Total repayment? £350,000. You borrow £200K and pay back £350K. £150,000 straight to the bank. For nothing. Then you pay to fix up the house. Stuff breaks. You pay insurance monthly. Fees when/if you sell the property. And we act like renting is throwing money away. There is a strong argument for renting.

@stuartpowell @Aranbaal ‘I do not believe nothing I read anywhere ‘ Proceeds to believe what he reads on a shitty chat bot.

I do not believe anything I read anywhere - that is why I specifically asked Grok to factor in other costs and constraints. Energy companies and Miliband specialise in discounting distribution costs (which consumers pay through their bills and down time subsidies when the wind is too strong) etc. The turbines are NOT net-positive and ignore the enormous costs of the distribution networks required to use the energy. That cost is not born by the electricity supplier and is quietly hidden in a different pot. The 7-9 months net positive is after the first year for the turbine alone - other costs are ignored because it is a different cost centre.

The wind turbine uses more energy in its construction that it gives back in the whole of its working life. You are being conned - there is nothing green about wind turbines.

@stuartpowell This is what we want to see!

@johnstretch @Ladyinw8in55324 @jonburkeUK They are low impact on the property and can be removed without leaving a trace. And they certainly look (and smell) better than all the oil and LPG tanks in everyone’s front gardens around here.

@Ladyinw8in55324 @jonburkeUK That’s a matter of opinion

You can’t afford a coal mine. You can’t afford a gas turbine. You can’t afford an oil rig. Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can. But you can afford a solar power station on your roof. Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.

@johnstretch @jonburkeUK I have received exactly £0 in subsidies for my solar panels and battery. I didn’t even get VAT relief on the battery which they introduced after my install. It still makes financial sense.

@jonburkeUK I’m not the slightest bit anti. It just has to pay its way unsubsidised. I wouldn’t spoil the roof of my 1910 stone built house though