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Chris Meder - Energy Transition Optimist 🌟 Futurist | Humanist | Atheist | Photographer 🔋 Future = Electric, Solar, Wind & Batteries 🚀 BEV, BESS, AI & Precision Fermentation 🌍 Climate, Innovation, Lithium & RethinkX https://evcurvefuturist.com/

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · May 9

The Great EV Shift: 90% of cars by 2030! 🚗⚡️ As BEV costs drop and charging networks expand, PHEVs will collapse from 2027 onwards—just a temporary stop-gap as LFP and sodium batteries dominate. Legacy automakers must adapt fast or face irrelevance. Can they keep up? #EVRevolution #SCurve #FutureCars

The Great EV Shift: 90% Adoption by 2030 - EV Curve Futurist

🔍 30-Second Takeaway: BEVs will hit 90% of global car sales by 2030 (down from 95% due to U.S. policy shifts) China leads (100%), Europe follows (70%+), U.S. lags (50%) 3 key drivers: Battery cost plu...

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 17h

Renewables have officially overtaken coal in Australia for the first time. ⚡🇦🇺 In September, renewables hit record highs while coal fell to record lows. The shift’s no longer theoretical — it’s happening in real time. Clean energy is now the backbone of Australia’s power grid. 🌞💨 #EnergyTransition

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 21h

China’s EVs keep stretching their legs — avg range soared from 425 km in 2020 to 528 km in 2025 (CLTC), up 103 km in 5 years. I’d bet on 800–900 km by 2030. Bigger packs, denser cells, smarter efficiency — range anxiety’s as redundant as ICE cars. ⚡🇨🇳 #EV #BatteryTech #Lithium #BEV

Chinese all-electric passenger vehicles have an average 528 km range in Q1 to Q3 2025, up 24% from 2020

The average pure electric cruising range of Chinese PHEV and EREV passenger vehicles is 137 km and 205 km in Q1 to Q3 2025, respectively.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 23h

100%. ~$50/kWh diurnal storage + wind obliterates coal’s “reliability” pitch—8 h covers the solar duck, transmission + demand response mop up the rest. EVs add a giant mobile buffer via V2G. And yep, a chemistry mix makes sense: sodium (not “solar”) for cost, lithium for density/performance.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 23h

True — sodium’s coming fast and CATL’s leading the charge. It’ll dominate low-cost storage and city EVs, but lithium still rules for density, range, and performance. Sodium widens the map, not replaces it — the electrification wave just keeps getting bigger. $10/kWh is aspirational, not real yet.⚡

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 23h

For a century, oil defined power and trade — now lithium is quietly taking over that role. Every solar panel, EV, and battery shipped is another nail in oil’s coffin. The world’s energy wealth is shifting from barrels to atoms of lithium — silent, clean, unstoppable, and powering a new era. #Lithium

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 1d

The tide’s finally turning. Renewables are scaling faster than fossils can fight back. Courts are blocking oil, gas projects are stalling, and clean energy is setting records from Spain to South Africa to the UK. Emissions growth has slowed sharply. The system’s shifting. 🌍⚡ #ClimateHope #Disruption

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 1d

Imagine leaving home every day with a full “tank” — powered by the sun.☀️🔋 Costs just $1.60 per 100 km (1.6¢/km). No oil changes, no fumes, no price shocks — just clean, quiet torque. EV naysayers love their cordless drills but fear a cordless car until they experience one.⚡🚗 #EV #Solar #Future #LFP

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 1d

BESS is entering hyper-growth — forecast to hit 323 GWh in 2025, surpassing the entire 2020 lithium-ion market. 50% YoY demand growth in ’24 & ’25, driven by record-low cell prices (~$58/kWh). The #lithium story just turned the page — Volume 2: Energy Storage at Scale. #BESS #LFP #EnergyTransition

BESS to reach 323GWh in 2025, surpassing 2020 lithium ion battery market | Simon Moores posted on the topic | LinkedIn

🚀 Battery Energy Storage in hyper growth mode, to reach 323GWh in 2025! 🌎 that’s more than the entire size of the lithium ion battery “Covid” market in 2020 and a big chunk of the 2021 market size w...

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

Exactly! ⚡ Instant torque is addictive — no gears, no lag, just pure, silent acceleration that pins you to the seat. Once you’ve felt that 0–60 surge, there’s no going back. 🚀

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

😂 Haha fair! Steam had its glory days — but now it’s all about electrons, not explosions. ⚡🔥 The new era runs clean, quiet, and way too efficient to burn the neighbours. 😉

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

Absolutely — it’s a one-way trip to the future. Once you’ve felt the instant torque, silent glide, and home charging convenience, petrol feels prehistoric.

EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

🤖☀️AI-assisted robots are transforming solar construction. At ENGIE’s 250 MW Goorambat East Solar Farm (VIC), Luminous Robotics’ fleet installed ~500k panels ahead of schedule—cutting manual labour, improving safety & speed. Set to power 105k homes by mid-2026. Human + AI = clean energy acceleration.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

Fossil fuels are losing on three fronts: rising extraction costs, renewables’ rapid cost declines via scale (Wright’s Law), and mounting social-political resistance. Renewables win on price, scalability, and efficiency, while fossil projects face economic, regulatory, and public headwinds. ⚡🌍 #SWB

Why Fossil Fuels Are Having Such A Hard Time Competing With Renewables - CleanTechnica

Fossil fuels struggle to compete with renewables due to: 1) Rising costs from depleting easy reserves; 2) Slower cost declines vs. Wright's Law-fueled renewable tech; 3) Global backlash against pollut...

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

🚗⚡ 25 data-backed reasons why EVs beat ICE cars — cheaper to run, safer, cleaner, smarter & future-proof. The fossil era is fading faster than a Luddite’s gas-soaked dream. V8s are racing toward extinction. The road ahead is electric — embrace it or become a museum relic. 🌍🔋 #BEV #EV #RIPICE

25 Reasons EVs Are Better Than ICE Cars - EV Curve Futurist

Discover 25 compelling, data-backed reasons why EVs outperform ICE cars — from cost, safety, and performance to sustainability, technology, and societal impact.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 3d

It's impressive how quickly grid storage is moving. 🔋☀️

Last Tuesday, batteries supplied over 20% of California’s total demand for 4 straight hours (6–10 PM) — soaking up solar by day and powering homes by night.

The duck curve is flattening. Price signals are working. ⚡🇺🇸 #BESS #EnergyTransition

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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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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 4d

In Q2 2025, renewables powered 54% of EU electricity — up from 52.7% YoY — while solar jumped 14% to 122 TWh, becoming the #1 source. In June, solar hit 22% of all power, eclipsing nuclear, wind & gas. The solar era is taking over energy generation as renewables boom.⚡ #Solar #EnergyTransition #BESS

Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%

In Q2 2025, renewables powered 54% of EU electricity, with solar leading the mix and topping all sources in June for the first time.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 5d

China’s electric truck surge is stunning—nearly 50K sold in Q2 2025, >80% of global sales. Rural fast-charging depots with dual-gun heavy-duty chargers are already commonplace, letting haulers charge like diesel. If 240-t trucks can go BEV, everything else land-based will follow. #EV #LFP #Lithium

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 5d

Details emerge on XCMG’s Fortescue deal: up to 200× 240-ton EV haulers — the world’s biggest BEV mining truck deal.

• Payload: 250t
• GVW: 380t
• Power: 2,550 hp
• Climbs 17% grades
• 56 km/h top speed
• 1–1.5 MWh LFP + swap tech
• Autonomy-ready

Diesel-matching muscle, zero emissions. #EV #Mining

China's 240-ton electric truck fleet to transform mine operations

Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer XCMG will provide up to 200 of its 240-ton battery-electric haul trucks to Fortescue, advancing large-scale zero-emission mining operations.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 5d

PHEVs & EREVs were always a stop-gap. With battery prices <$50/kWh & densities >215 Wh/kg, why lug a petrol tank? 🚗⚡ BEVs give more range, lower costs & better performance. In a hot market like China, racing toward full electrification, hybrids were never going to keep up. #EV #EnergyTransition #LFP

BYD Sept NEV sales down 5.52% year-on-year as hybrids continue to decline

This marks the first year-on-year decline in BYD's monthly NEV sales since March 2024, with PHEV sales falling 25.58 percent.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 6d

🚢☀️ One shipload of solar panels = the electricity of 100 shiploads of coal. LNG? ~30. Fossil fuels are bulky, burned once & gone. Solar is front-loaded, then delivers clean power for decades. The math is brutal: renewables crush fossils on energy density & durability. #Solar #EV #BESS #Lithium

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 7d

🌍 Electric mobility is surging on every front. In 2025:

⚡ Cars: +9M EVs H1
⚡ 2 & 3-wheelers: +4M H1
⚡ Trucks & vans: ramping fast
⚡ Public charging: >5M sites (China leads with 16.7M)

2025 is the breakout year — blowing past 2024 and pushing EVs into global mainstream. #EV #LFP #Lithium #BEV

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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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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 9d

California made history in 2025. 🌞⚡ Solar is now the state’s #1 electricity source, overtaking gas (83.1 vs 81.6 TWh). In under a decade, solar surged from marginal to dominant. Big kudos to California—proof the clean energy future is not capacity, it’s generation. More to come! #EnergyTransition

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 10d

XCMG is scaling BEV fleets in the hundreds. 🚛⚡ Now the fastest-growing OEM, with electrification as its core bet. Fortescue’s 200×240-t LFP haulers mark China’s largest green mining export ever. While CAT & Komatsu run small pilots, XCMG leaps to global EV leader in record time. #EV #Mining #Lithium

XCMG and Fortescue haul truck sale is the biggest. EV deal. EVER.

In a deal worth billions, Chinese heavy equipment brand XCMG has sold 200 of its 240-tonne electric haul trucks to Fortescue.

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