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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 3d

👑 Long live the king. The king is dead. From 2013–2024, Tesla reigned supreme in global BEV sales figures—undisputed and unstoppable. But after Q3 2025, BYD now leads by ~400K pure EVs, and the gap keeps widening. The electric throne has shifted east. ⚡🇨🇳 #EV #BYD #Tesla #Disruption #Geely #Xpeng

BYD surpasses Tesla in global pure-electric vehicle sales with already nearly 400,000 unit lead in 2025

The old king is dead, long live the new king: Chinese EV giant BYD establishes 388,000 vehicle lead in 2025.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 3d

Ever wonder what it's like to be stuck in Arctic multiyear ice on an icebreaker? Tune in to the latest #AmericaView #SpatialSignals podcast for that and more! 🧪⛴️ 🛰️ 🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

A lone scientist, Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, wearing a green parka, black snowpants, sunglasses and a wool tuque stands on the ice in front of a red and white research icebreaker, the USCG Healy.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Or thus source… www.epa.gov/greenvehicle...

Electric Vehicle Myths | US EPA

Facts and myths about electric vehicles.

www.epa.gov

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 6d

No. www.nrdc.org/bio/beth-ham...

The Truth About Electric Vehicles and the Grid: Strengthening—Not Straining—Our Energy Future

EVs enhance stability, flexibility, and long-term resilience of the power grid.

www.nrdc.org

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks! It’s always good to document these things.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Details?

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 6d

This article about the Beta IPO is not behind a paywall…. VTOL aurcrsft are coming. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧 www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies files for US IPO

Electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Monday, the latest company to join the rush to tap a record-breaking bull run in the equity market.

www.reuters.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d

Electric-powered airplane Alia can take off on a conventional runway or lift off vertically like a helicopter. It can carry four passengers or about 200 cubic feet of cargo and has a maximum range of more than 300 miles. #FossilFree www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/b...

Vermont electric airplane maker files to go public - The Boston Globe

Beta Technologies is still seeking FAA certification for its first plane, called the Alia.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Bring it on! #TheFutureWillBeElextric 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 6d

This is what great leadership looks like. Ten year plan to build hundreds of thousands of EVs in the US resulting in immediate cost savings being passed right on.

Electrek @electrek.co · 6d

Hyundai slashes 2026 IONIQ 5 prices by nearly $10,000

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Some folks are working to slow this, but they are swimming upstream against market forces. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Here's the link to the full EIA In-Brief Analysis. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

U.S. developers report half of new electric generating capacity will come from solar - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Now if virtually all additions are renewables and virtually all retirements are fossil fuels, what will happen to the generation mix on the US Grid ? 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

And on the other end from the same EIA update, virtually all retirements from the US Grid in 2025 will be fossil fuels. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

In 2025 virtually all planned retirements from the US grid will be fossil fuels.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Here is what is happening on the US grid according to the EIA in terms of capacity additions in 2025. Their headline is that "half of new electric generating capacity will come from solar", But tally things up and it's 92.7% renewables. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

The projected increase in renewable capacity on the US grid for 2025 is 92.7% renewables. Source: EIA.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

This is a very good idea that would be even better if they paired the batteries with heat pumps. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

We still can.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Wow. just wow. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 8d

🇨🇳 Every second, China bolts down ~100 solar panels. H1 2025: 67% of global solar already. And before decade’s end, China’s solar capacity ALONE will eclipse the whole US grid. The first true electrostate is here—rising at hyperscale, rewriting energy history in real time. ⚡☀️ #Solar #EV #Energy #BESS

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 8d

I enjoyed recording this interview for the #AmericaView #SpatialSignals podcast. Learn about my current environmental remote sensing research and how my research interests have evolved over the years! ⛴️ 🛰️ 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 "Stuck In The Ice On An Icebreaker with Joe Ortiz"

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Spatial Signals | AmericaView

Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies - but more importantly it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by America...

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 9d

But the’ve chosen this path intentionally, knowing full well how the market forces would blow & the impact their products had climate, environmental, & public health.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections

ExxonMobil’s own climate models showed that fossil fuel use would cause climate warming.

www.science.org

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 9d

True, except this is a bind of their own making. Fossil fuel companies could have viewed themselves as energy companies. In fact for a while BP seemed to be doing that. #ClimateChange #Renewables🧵 🧪🔌💡☀️💨

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 10d

Globally, the future will be #electric for heavy duty trucking. But in the US, federal policies are doing their best to throttle progress. That is not market savvy and it won't position US manufacturers to compete in the global market. #ClimateChange is real 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋 cleantechnica.com/2025/09/23/e...

Electric Trucks Are Rapidly Approaching A Tipping Point — Just Not In The US - CleanTechnica

Sales of heavy duty electric trucks are exploding in some countries but imploding in others, proving that policies matter.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10d

Fashion can cut emissions & improve working conditions by switching to renewables & electrifying process heat across.

New Fashion Revolution report — for which I wrote the foreword — shows how clean power delivers emission reductions and better worker health.

carboncopy.info/switch-to-re...

Switch to renewables reduces emissions, improves worker condition for fashion industry: Report

Proven electrification technologies, like heat pumps and electric boilers, can replace fossil-fuelled thermal processes—including dyeing, drying, and printing

carboncopy.info

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 13d

@janrosenow.bsky.social I don’t know this firm directly, but they were recommended by someone in a heat pump community I am part of on another social network. I hope they can help your colleague’s mum. 🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋 ecoenergyexperts.co.uk

Home - Eco Energy Experts

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 14d

I just saw your note. I am reaching out to my heat pump network in that area to see if they can make a recommendation. I’ll pass along what I find out.

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 16d

Cover crops for the win. Using crops that are not water intensive.

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