Daniel Emkes

@Matt_Pinner .. played Space Invaders, can do imperial unit calculations (hard), used log tables or a slide rule..

6 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?

@PhilipS53853415 @TeslaOwnersUK Not many of those left now!

@TeslaOwnersUK As. Model S owner in the UK, I prefer the older superchargers: don't have to use the CCS adapter

Very interesting, I wonder when we first see these in the UK

BREAKING: Google DeepMind is doubling down on London and expanding into a HUGE new office in King's Cross. @demishassabis has just announced Platform 37 - a new office and hub for AI innovation next to King’s Cross station. The name is a nod to “Move 37,” a pivotal play made by AlphaGo in the legendary 2016 match against Go world champion Lee Sae Dol. They are also launching "The AI Exchange", a new public space dedicated to deepening understanding of AI. The impact Demis has had on UK tech and AI cannot be understated. It's AMAZING to see him and team double down and create a new landmark site of the London tech scene.

When Roger Federer played with a journalist and he dropped a tweener on Roger 🤣😭 Roger couldn’t help himself 🤣

🎥 The rich world just made the biggest intervention in oil markets in modern history. So why did crude prices barely budge? Here's my 10m primer on the plumbing of the global economy and the surprisingly simple mathematics underlying the energy shock of 2026👇

@TeslaOwnersUK Roll on a VPP!

Welcome Tesla Energy to the UK market.

@alex_avoigt We bought BMWs for years. They were the best looking saloons but in recent years they look increasingly grotesque to me

You can't argue tase but my verdict is: ugly. Former BMW designer Stepansen shares a similar opinion. He describes the creases on the fenders as "visually irritating" and elsewhere criticizes the retro-modern interpretation of the kidney grilles with a "new/old grille graphic reminiscent of beaver teeth"; moreover, he says they are "too tightly compressed, almost as if pinched together." (Pic: the new BMW iX3)

Holy Moly, it's finally coming to the UK! tesla.com/en_gb/events/t… *no dates yet

@elonmusk @tesla @TeslaOwnersUK When will we get FSD available to trial in the UK?

Tesla self-driving makes traffic and long drives painless

Very impressed with the capabilities so far @PDFgear. The only downside for me at the moment is viewing pdfs in seperate windows but I believe that's coming?

@Adam_Grey28 @LyrebirdDream @JordanEVGuy About as long as it takes the driver to go to the loo, get some food and a coffee. We also need to let the dogs out for a comfort break.

We need to stop thinking about EV charging as if it’s just another version of refuelling. One of the biggest mindset shifts that still hasn’t fully landed, is this idea that charging an EV should feel like going to a petrol station. Pull in, stand there, wait five minutes, pay, leave. Although we know it’s never that simple, that is the idea. It’s meant to be a fast pit stop and is what we are used to. Petrol stations were built around a very specific limitation. You have to go somewhere to refuel. You burn the fuel, you run out, and then you make a special trip to top back up again. That’s not the only way EVs work. Most EVs can charge while the vehicle is already parked during its dwell time. At home overnight, at work during the day, at the gym, at the supermarket, at the cinema, on-street outside your house Charging becomes something that happens while you’re doing something else, not a separate chore you need to plan your day around. And this is exactly what we should be educating people on. It’s not to say that 5 minute charging won’t be useful, and have its place, because it absolutely will, especially for those that can’t charge in any of the above ways, or are unable to get into the very easy habit of charging while parked. The goal isn’t to switch from one inconvenience (going to a petrol station) to another (sitting at a rapid charger). The goal is to maximise uptime by charging when the car is parked anyway. Of course, rapid charging still matters, especially for long-distance travel. And yes, we should absolutely learn from petrol stations when it comes to simple payments (cash and card), clear pricing, convenient public locations and a good driver/customer experience. But designing the entire EV ecosystem around the idea that it must replicate a 5-minute refuelling stop, is fossil-fuel logic applied to a completely different technology. Electrification was never about making everything the same as before. It’s about making it better.

@alex_avoigt We already have a fusion reactor with almost infinite energy supplies for us called the Sun. Surely the most efficient route is to gather this free source as cheaply as possible?

🌞 Fusion is a Stillborn Technology Let me state this loud and clear: fusion energy will never make a commercially viable, measurable contribution to the world's energy supply. Even if the technological challenges are eventually overcome—and this will require enormous effort—it will become clear that the costs of construction, maintenance, and servicing are completely disproportionate to the energy produced, especially compared to the ratio of renewable energy costs. From a geopolitical perspective and in terms of ensuring a reliable energy supply, fusion reactors make no sense. Fusion is already a stillborn technology, regardless of whether it ever produces more energy than it consumes. The total costs of ownership matters and if you do the math you know. Many people look at the sun and assume that the same process seen in teh sun occurs on Earth, but they don't understand that the current record transit time of 22 minutes is completely irrelevant when comparing costs and benefits in a total cost of ownership (TCO) calculation. The same mistakes are being made in these calculations as were made with nuclear power, where results were manipulated for so long that billions were invested, only to discover today that it is the most expensive form of energy production in the world and therefore not competitive with wind or solar energy. Just like with nuclear power, it will likely take decades for everyone in particular politicians to understand this, and hundreds of billions will probably be wasted during this time on knowledge that is already available today.

@AndyatAuto @hiltonholloway Agreed. I think battery (ies) alone will give two thirds of any cost saving. Solar can deliver the rest but they are also a hedge for any big future electricity cost increases

Fitting batteries to houses is very logical irrespective of the energy source - as it allows time shifting of generation and use. Home batteries can be discharged almost 100% and cycled hard. Connecting in an EV is interesting, but cycle depth needs to be restricted to about 10% to avoid battery life being effected.

On the other hand, I have often wondered if fitting houses with batteries would be a lot easier than fitting them to cars, which 85% of people don't want and manufacturers have to sell at a loss.

Spot on @gilescoren thetimes.com/article/18fdd1…

Fame at last! #bedford thetimes.com/article/3452f0…

Interesting. Science fiction looked at futures with no jobs and whether to provide a universal income. Eventually it is likely there will be no costs either but that will take longer. What role will we play? thetimes.com/article/933dbc…

@pmddomingos Agreed! Please excuse my ignorance, but if all AI uses the same basic algorithm, what are the main points of difference between the different LLM software options (ChatGPT/Grok/Gemini...)?

It's mind-blowing that the entire AI revolution is being driven by a single 10-line algorithm.

..and I thought he was talking rugby! @BedfordBluesRFC @Champrugby thetimes.com/article/7997b3…

@andoniAmu @alex_avoigt I'm sorry, I don't agree. The problem is that they don't understand EVs and their old methods and supply chains just don't work in an EV world

The problem for the German car industry is that they didn’t move fast enough into EVs while China did. As a result, Chinese EVs are now better and cheaper, and Germany is losing the middle of the market. But Porsche and Mercedes will remain luxury brands. That is the direction of travel. Mercedes will shrink into a heritage luxury maker and Porsche will follow the same path. They know how to deliver luxury in smaller runs with fewer models at higher prices, just as the Swiss do with watches and the French do in other sectors.

The problem facing the 🇩🇪 German car industry is that Mercedes cars are no longer something luxurious and special, VWs are no longer affordable vehicles, BMWs are no longer technically advanced, and Porsches are no longer the fastest cars. So what remains apart from loyalty to a brand that is no longer what it used to be?

@alex_avoigt What really baffles me is that these companies all made really great ICE cars (subject to the odd fib from time to time) but why do people think automatically that they should make great EVs, which are a completely different kind of car?