Matthew Klippenstein (he/him)
@klippenstein.bsky.social
Canadian engineer; early Tesla fan turned early Tesla critic. Peripatetic: H2, FC, wind, EVs & infra; eNGO to corporate, R&D to manufacturing, cost-down to collective action; plus comics and a stage play. Opinions own.
Blog: https://eclectic-lip.ghost.io
Blog: https://eclectic-lip.ghost.io
They’re switching between the old 2025 and fully redesigned 2026 models. Takes time to retool.
It’s accurate that they cannot build cars fast enough. Everyone in the industry wants to have their problem.
It’s accurate that they cannot build cars fast enough. Everyone in the industry wants to have their problem.
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
They’re switching between the old 2025 and fully redesigned 2026 models. Takes time to retool.
It’s accurate that they cannot build cars fast enough. Everyone in the industry wants to have their problem.
It’s accurate that they cannot build cars fast enough. Everyone in the industry wants to have their problem.
Imagine what Suetonius could have done with these emails @csmfht.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Imagine what Suetonius could have done with these emails @csmfht.bsky.social
NB - January auto sales in China fluctuate wildly depending if Chinese New Year is in Jan or Feb.
2026, 2024 - CNY in Feb.
Jan car sales low.
2025 - CNY in Jan.
Jan car sales high.
(Etc)
Comparing (Jan+Feb) sales each year gives the best context. 👍
2026, 2024 - CNY in Feb.
Jan car sales low.
2025 - CNY in Jan.
Jan car sales high.
(Etc)
Comparing (Jan+Feb) sales each year gives the best context. 👍
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 AM
NB - January auto sales in China fluctuate wildly depending if Chinese New Year is in Jan or Feb.
2026, 2024 - CNY in Feb.
Jan car sales low.
2025 - CNY in Jan.
Jan car sales high.
(Etc)
Comparing (Jan+Feb) sales each year gives the best context. 👍
2026, 2024 - CNY in Feb.
Jan car sales low.
2025 - CNY in Jan.
Jan car sales high.
(Etc)
Comparing (Jan+Feb) sales each year gives the best context. 👍
You’re mansplaining to a journalist, how to do journalism. And not even letting go. What’s wrong with you?
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 AM
You’re mansplaining to a journalist, how to do journalism. And not even letting go. What’s wrong with you?
Mark Carney's Davos speech, but the greengrocer takes down his sign that Tesla's existence is inevitable...
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Mark Carney's Davos speech, but the greengrocer takes down his sign that Tesla's existence is inevitable...
Like how a Venus flytrap snaps shut after the *second* trigger hair gets touched.
January 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Like how a Venus flytrap snaps shut after the *second* trigger hair gets touched.
@timlanning.bsky.social - it features this spicy Bluesky tweet of yours. 😏
December 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@timlanning.bsky.social - it features this spicy Bluesky tweet of yours. 😏
[Congratulations again @cleangridview.bsky.social, and I don't want to interfere with your retirement reading. 👍 I can recommend "The Brothers Karamazov", which even includes a 19th century description of manspreading. 😅 ]
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
[Congratulations again @cleangridview.bsky.social, and I don't want to interfere with your retirement reading. 👍 I can recommend "The Brothers Karamazov", which even includes a 19th century description of manspreading. 😅 ]
Congratulations Ben!!
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Congratulations Ben!!
Oh, that's bad.
Unimaginably bad.
Unimaginably bad.
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Oh, that's bad.
Unimaginably bad.
Unimaginably bad.
To reframe, it doesn't make sense to support H2 infra as much as EV infrastructure. There's proportionality. And that Bavaria number looked pretty big.
Recognizing that I am in the tiny minority, I remain confident that on a systems level, it remains very unwise to abandon niches. /end
Recognizing that I am in the tiny minority, I remain confident that on a systems level, it remains very unwise to abandon niches. /end
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
To reframe, it doesn't make sense to support H2 infra as much as EV infrastructure. There's proportionality. And that Bavaria number looked pretty big.
Recognizing that I am in the tiny minority, I remain confident that on a systems level, it remains very unwise to abandon niches. /end
Recognizing that I am in the tiny minority, I remain confident that on a systems level, it remains very unwise to abandon niches. /end
... and optionality is how complex systems survive inevitable setbacks.
To quote French biologist Olivier Hamant, the big lesson of 3 billion years of evolutionary competition is that optimizing fragilizes. And what's fragile doesn't survive. /7
www.archambault.ca/livres/antid...
To quote French biologist Olivier Hamant, the big lesson of 3 billion years of evolutionary competition is that optimizing fragilizes. And what's fragile doesn't survive. /7
www.archambault.ca/livres/antid...
www.archambault.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
... and optionality is how complex systems survive inevitable setbacks.
To quote French biologist Olivier Hamant, the big lesson of 3 billion years of evolutionary competition is that optimizing fragilizes. And what's fragile doesn't survive. /7
www.archambault.ca/livres/antid...
To quote French biologist Olivier Hamant, the big lesson of 3 billion years of evolutionary competition is that optimizing fragilizes. And what's fragile doesn't survive. /7
www.archambault.ca/livres/antid...
As a co-op I worked for startup with the daft idea of burning money on "drug carriers" instead of researching new drugs.
Many bankruptcies and much "govt waste" later, [their] LNPs enabled mRNA vaccines.
Nurturing niches keeps your options open. /6
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Many bankruptcies and much "govt waste" later, [their] LNPs enabled mRNA vaccines.
Nurturing niches keeps your options open. /6
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3...
www.tandfonline.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As a co-op I worked for startup with the daft idea of burning money on "drug carriers" instead of researching new drugs.
Many bankruptcies and much "govt waste" later, [their] LNPs enabled mRNA vaccines.
Nurturing niches keeps your options open. /6
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Many bankruptcies and much "govt waste" later, [their] LNPs enabled mRNA vaccines.
Nurturing niches keeps your options open. /6
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Complex systems live [or die] on diversity [or lack thereof].
Princeton Univ Press blurb on Scott Page's book below.
You don't spend equal amounts on niches (ASL, Cree, LDV FCEVs) vs the dominant vector, but you keep options open. As with DAC. /5
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Princeton Univ Press blurb on Scott Page's book below.
You don't spend equal amounts on niches (ASL, Cree, LDV FCEVs) vs the dominant vector, but you keep options open. As with DAC. /5
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Complex systems live [or die] on diversity [or lack thereof].
Princeton Univ Press blurb on Scott Page's book below.
You don't spend equal amounts on niches (ASL, Cree, LDV FCEVs) vs the dominant vector, but you keep options open. As with DAC. /5
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Princeton Univ Press blurb on Scott Page's book below.
You don't spend equal amounts on niches (ASL, Cree, LDV FCEVs) vs the dominant vector, but you keep options open. As with DAC. /5
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Efficiency is relevant for simple machines. And like beef (100 calories of feed --> 2 edible calories) H2 vehicles seem unnecessarily complex.
But complex systems, like our energy systems, are different from simple machines. /4b
But complex systems, like our energy systems, are different from simple machines. /4b
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Efficiency is relevant for simple machines. And like beef (100 calories of feed --> 2 edible calories) H2 vehicles seem unnecessarily complex.
But complex systems, like our energy systems, are different from simple machines. /4b
But complex systems, like our energy systems, are different from simple machines. /4b