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Felix Hamer • electricfelix

@electricfelix.bsky.social

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Relentless (fast) charging addict on a quest to find #MOREPLUGS ⚡️ (At better prices) 🌞💨 My newsletter is on the verge of coming back to life at electricfelix.com/linkinbio

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · Jul 22

Gentbrugge 🇧🇪 is the First Fastned Station in The World where several #Elektrotruckers can party (and charge) at the same time!
#alwaysbecharging
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 3h

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 3h

based on this Reuters story back in the day ⚡️
#alwaysbecharging #megawatt #charging nitter.net/electricfeli...

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 3h

2021, Reuters:
"When Audi executives first saw the Zeekr 001 in 2021, a long-range electric vehicle with European aesthetics, it was a wake-up call for the premium German auto brand — if it wanted to compete with the Chinese, it needed their technology"

2025:
1321kW peak fast charging #001 🤣🤣🤣

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 4h

ah those are indeed to deliver 500A over 1 CCS plug, a so-called dual satellite package, but it's not their MCS charger

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 5h

just a packaged CCS plug, Kempower cannot deliver #MCS in this slim form (yet)

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 6h

I feel exactly how Patrick is showing here #megawatt #charging #forcars bsky.app/profile/elec...

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · May 6

@patrickgeorge.bsky.social:
Went #Megawatt charging with #BYD

it was another brain fry as happens when you go around China watching the EV landscape unfold..

I can't wait to watch his recording of an epic Beijing charging session, but for now we have the podcast with @tlevin.bsky.social - enjoy :D

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 6h

When Hangzhou charges faster than Beijing (31%) 🇨🇳

(based on @patrickgeorge.bsky.social's recording fast charge back in April in Beijing with BYDs back then just released #megawatt chargers)

meet #ZEEKR: 1321kW peak (1477A)
~3 min 10-50% SoC
and within 7 minutes to 80%
#alwaysbecharging
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 8h

Stellantis started building EVs years before Xiaomi did in China..

yet, have you seen those vehicles teaching you anything while charging, ever?
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#chargingcurve #educationmatters #xiaomiwatch #rentelectric

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 8h

two weeks ago late at night
walking around Lijiang, Yunnan, 🇨🇳 in the dark
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trying to rent one of these :D
#rentelectric

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 13h

Oh it’s super disappointing but in the Germany of today anything better than this is simply ignoring reality

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 13h

More in German: https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/verkehr/foerderung-ab-2026-was-ueber-die-neue-e-auto-kaufpraemie-bekannt-ist/

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 13h

As with the previous electric car bonus, the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) is responsible.”

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 13h

“Germany will get a new tax credit for BEV below 45000€ net cost. This means it has to cost below 53550€ gross. You get 4000€ per vehicle.
Applications are expected to be submitted starting in January 2026, with the bonus being paid retroactively after the vehicle's registration.

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Electric Nick @electric-nick.bsky.social · 1d

⚡🚘 Mercedes-Benz (incl. Smart) has a BEV share of <10% — quite low for a premium brand.

Time to catch up? 👀
Both 2024 and 2025 have been relatively weak — was it the price war that Mercedes chose to stay out of?

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Electric Nick @electric-nick.bsky.social · 1d

🇨🇳⚡ Volkswagen Group BEV sales in China aren’t looking great in 2025. @TeslaBest

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Electric Nick @electric-nick.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸⚡ Volkswagen Group recorded really strong BEV sales in the last quarter, likely driven by the ending of the tax credit.

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

I recommend bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw.

www.nytimes.com

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

🔋🔋🔋
#battchat #alwaysbecharging
excellent reporting by @lilipike.bsky.social, @cocojournalist.bsky.social & @topealake.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bloo...

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

"How much China ultimately decides to wield its battery leverage will likely depend in part on the outcome of trade talks. China allowed for the reinstatement of rare earth shipments to the US after reaching a deal with President Donald Trump’s administration in June."
bsky.app/profile/bloo...

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

“I think they've been very explicit about not wanting to give away core technologies,” said @ilariamazzocco.bsky.social, senior fellow focused on the Chinese clean energy industry at the @est.csis.org “I think they really are angling to become the leading power in this industry for decades to come.”

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

"“A lot of the battery factories that have been going up in the Southeast, they’re all going to be impacted by this — this is their raw material stream,” said Celina Mikolajczak, a battery executive who oversaw battery manufacturing for Tesla and Panasonic’s Nevada gigafactory"
#alwaysbecharging

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

"While the #Tesla #ModelY remains the world's best-selling #EV model, #Chinese EV giant #BYD fishtailed #Tesla out of its #1 spot overall globally.

Now, Tesla has made its first affordability play, unveiling two cheaper variants in the U.S" restofworld.org/2025/tesla-m...

Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD

Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.

restofworld.org

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

"“Elon and investors are looking at the share price and know that to keep [it] that high, they have to show some results along with their promises of an autonomous and robotic future,” Tu Le, founder and managing director of Detroit-based @sinoautoinsights.bsky.social
, told Rest of World."

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

"“Chinese EV manufacturers not only frequently release variety of new models but also employ a sub-brand strategy, targeting distinct consumer segments with greater specificity,” Dmitriy Pozdnyakov, analyst at Freedom Capital Markets, told @restofworld.org"
#alwaysbecharging bsky.app/profile/rest...

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla gets a lot of LFP battery cells from CATL for its energy storage products

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

In the first seven months of 2025, Chinese grid-scale lithium-ion batteries accounted for about 65% of US imports, according to the most recent data available from BNEF.

China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries

The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power.

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