Happy Chinese New Year - the year of the Snake! Gong Xi Fa Cai! images.chinahighlights.com/allpicture/2...

✍️ My latest column for @CityAM argues that hybrids offer a false sense of security to OEMs as we move towards the EV transition. Time to rip the plaster off.

www.cityam.com/ex-aston-mar...

It’s taken longer than expected but Toyota finally appear to concede that hydrogen is not the right fuel for Passenger Vehicles and will concentrate on CV - very sensible. t.co/IV5Yfab6Rg

The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this. t.co/UA9mA5iNzE

Happy New Year 2025

✍️ Thinking about buying an EV in 2025? There’s a lot of misinformation about electric motoring and I’ve addressed some of the most common myths.

www.drandypalmer.com/post/thinkin...

Merry Christmas everyone; have a great one!

A great result for @McLarenF1 winning the @F1 Constructors Championship; the team rebuild under @ZBrownCEO has been remarkable. With @ScuderiaFerrari coming come P2 and P3 today, 2025 is shaping up to be a great season. P6 for @Max33Verstappen as 4x world champion but a tough day for @redbullracing

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns with immediate effect; Carlos is perhaps the most professional car guy I’ve worked with. He’s created some of the most iconic cars including the Renault Megan series. That @Stellantis exists at all is down to Carlos. I hope history will be kind to him.

Stellantis closing the Luton factory is devastating for the 1,100 workers. It’ll be convenient to blame this on the ZEV Mandate, but it’s down to a combination of headwinds (including Chinese EV competition) the European auto industry has been facing. Beware simply rolling back on ZEV targets!

Great EV Starter Pack from Tyler Norris 👇

To which you could add:

@andyatauto.bsky.social
@stekkerauto.bsky.social
@sawyermerrittt.bsky.social

Tragic news of job cuts at Ford; the result of misinterpreting the direction of the market. At a time when the market is crying out for affordable EVs, Ford have pivoted towards higher-end crossover SUV models, like the Capri & Explorer. More expensive cars results in a lower volume of sales.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie is a 1,140 bhp road-legal hypercar that smashed the production car lap record for the Silverstone GP circuit with an unprecedented time of 1 minute 56.42 seconds. More than 10 seconds faster than any other road-legal production car.

Here’s mine 👇🏻

One of the major impediments to EV adoption is price. The U.K. Govts ZEV mandate, in forcing EV adoption is bring down the price of EVs; this has to be a good thing although the car makers will say otherwise (because they been too slow in their adoption).

A reminder of why the pursuit of net zero is important and the need of all countries and all sectors, including and especially the transport sector, to play their part no matter how small.

A beautiful day in Coventry, the Detroit of the U.K.