Chris Jones
@drcgjones.bsky.social
Lecturer in applied engineering at SM TAFE WA. Retired president of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association. Interested in transport, energy, motorbikes, environment and biodiversity. Living on Whadjuk country, born on Ghitabul country.
This is one of the most no-brainer decisions anyone in the bulk rail industry can make. Of course it's much easier when you own the tracks and sidings, and haul loaded wagons downhill and empty wagons up, but this will be a huge gain in efficiency.
BHP has welcomed its first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives, which will be trialled on the company’s iron ore rail routes between its Pilbara mines and Port Hedland.
BHP takes delivery of first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives for iron ore mines
BHP has welcomed its first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives, which will be trialled on the company’s iron ore rail routes between its Pilbara mines and Port Hedland.
thedriven.io
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is one of the most no-brainer decisions anyone in the bulk rail industry can make. Of course it's much easier when you own the tracks and sidings, and haul loaded wagons downhill and empty wagons up, but this will be a huge gain in efficiency.
I'm flying to Melbourne this evening for the AEVA national conference on Thursday, and Everything Electric on Saturday, talking with Jack about electric two-wheelers:
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the.... Hope to catch some folks there!
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the.... Hope to catch some folks there!
E-Bikes, Scooters & Safety: Micromobility in Motion
au.everythingelectric.show
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I'm flying to Melbourne this evening for the AEVA national conference on Thursday, and Everything Electric on Saturday, talking with Jack about electric two-wheelers:
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the.... Hope to catch some folks there!
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the.... Hope to catch some folks there!
www.motogp.com/en/news/2025...
Well fuck. One of the most competitive motorcycle racing series in the world, being dropped because of a lack of fan support and low sales of performance electric bikes. On that basis we should probably drop Moto3.
Well fuck. One of the most competitive motorcycle racing series in the world, being dropped because of a lack of fan support and low sales of performance electric bikes. On that basis we should probably drop Moto3.
MotoE™ to go on hiatus following 2025 season
The FIM and Dorna Sports have agreed to put the FIM MotoE World Championship on hiatus at the end of the 2025 season.
www.motogp.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
www.motogp.com/en/news/2025...
Well fuck. One of the most competitive motorcycle racing series in the world, being dropped because of a lack of fan support and low sales of performance electric bikes. On that basis we should probably drop Moto3.
Well fuck. One of the most competitive motorcycle racing series in the world, being dropped because of a lack of fan support and low sales of performance electric bikes. On that basis we should probably drop Moto3.
www.change.org/p/allow-free...
A simple petition to prove that human rights are not negotiable.
A simple petition to prove that human rights are not negotiable.
Sign the Petition
Allow "Free Palestine" as a yearbook quote at Harrisdale Senior High
www.change.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
www.change.org/p/allow-free...
A simple petition to prove that human rights are not negotiable.
A simple petition to prove that human rights are not negotiable.
Garlic harvest! #gardening
And some rather old but entirely edible carrots.
And some rather old but entirely edible carrots.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Garlic harvest! #gardening
And some rather old but entirely edible carrots.
And some rather old but entirely edible carrots.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
My unpopular opinion? Tiny homes are expensive trailer homes which avoids the problem. They are a bandage solution to a systemic problem - our collective failure to build solid, high-density, multi-story homes.
My unpopular opinion? Tiny homes are expensive trailer homes which avoids the problem. They are a bandage solution to a systemic problem - our collective failure to build solid, high-density, multi-story homes.
Are tiny homes the solution to the housing crisis?
Public interest in tiny homes has skyrocketed in recent years, but experts warn they come with their own problems.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
My unpopular opinion? Tiny homes are expensive trailer homes which avoids the problem. They are a bandage solution to a systemic problem - our collective failure to build solid, high-density, multi-story homes.
My unpopular opinion? Tiny homes are expensive trailer homes which avoids the problem. They are a bandage solution to a systemic problem - our collective failure to build solid, high-density, multi-story homes.
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Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48
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“Why should our generation be banned from social media, when it is your generation that can’t tell the difference between truth and lies, and caused all this mess in the first place?”
Anon kid.
Anon kid.
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Why should our generation be banned from social media, when it is your generation that can’t tell the difference between truth and lies, and caused all this mess in the first place?”
Anon kid.
Anon kid.
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Chris Sidoti is correct legally and morally.
But as usual, the Australian political and media establishment continues to ignore that sound advice. #GazaGenocide #auspol
But as usual, the Australian political and media establishment continues to ignore that sound advice. #GazaGenocide #auspol
No place in the world should be safe for anyone who has participated in a genocide.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Chris Sidoti is correct legally and morally.
But as usual, the Australian political and media establishment continues to ignore that sound advice. #GazaGenocide #auspol
But as usual, the Australian political and media establishment continues to ignore that sound advice. #GazaGenocide #auspol
Watched Kamala Harris interview on ABC 7.30.
Dems haven't learned a thing.
Dems haven't learned a thing.
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Watched Kamala Harris interview on ABC 7.30.
Dems haven't learned a thing.
Dems haven't learned a thing.
Dear USA Bluesky. It's time to remove your government.
We know they hate truth, consistency, human rights and due process.
We've seen enough videos of people being kidnapped, interviews with fascists being fascist. They won't stop until they are stopped.
The only thing left to do is fight back.
We know they hate truth, consistency, human rights and due process.
We've seen enough videos of people being kidnapped, interviews with fascists being fascist. They won't stop until they are stopped.
The only thing left to do is fight back.
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Dear USA Bluesky. It's time to remove your government.
We know they hate truth, consistency, human rights and due process.
We've seen enough videos of people being kidnapped, interviews with fascists being fascist. They won't stop until they are stopped.
The only thing left to do is fight back.
We know they hate truth, consistency, human rights and due process.
We've seen enough videos of people being kidnapped, interviews with fascists being fascist. They won't stop until they are stopped.
The only thing left to do is fight back.
We underestimate 63-year-old white male know-it-alls at our peril. He's the reason EV sales are slow in Australia. He's the reason we don't have transmission lines or large scale renewable developments. And it's not because he fundamentally opposes them.
He *just hates* being wrong.
#energysky, #EV
He *just hates* being wrong.
#energysky, #EV
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We underestimate 63-year-old white male know-it-alls at our peril. He's the reason EV sales are slow in Australia. He's the reason we don't have transmission lines or large scale renewable developments. And it's not because he fundamentally opposes them.
He *just hates* being wrong.
#energysky, #EV
He *just hates* being wrong.
#energysky, #EV
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Dr Assal Rad—
"This story is getting barely any media coverage, which is why Israel returned the bodies with signs of torture.
"Didn’t even try to cover it up because they knew they didn’t have to."
"This story is getting barely any media coverage, which is why Israel returned the bodies with signs of torture.
"Didn’t even try to cover it up because they knew they didn’t have to."
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Dr Assal Rad—
"This story is getting barely any media coverage, which is why Israel returned the bodies with signs of torture.
"Didn’t even try to cover it up because they knew they didn’t have to."
"This story is getting barely any media coverage, which is why Israel returned the bodies with signs of torture.
"Didn’t even try to cover it up because they knew they didn’t have to."
You get the feeling the IDF just loves killing when you read stories like this.
“We have seen pigeons fall from the sky, shot down by drones. My nephews & nieces cried over them as if they had lost loved ones.” In Gaza, survival means union—even across species. We're bombed together, starved together, displaced together. We do not abandon each other, says Hend Salama Abo Helow.
Israel calls us “human animals,” never understanding that our bond with animals is the deepest proof of our humanity
Like all of us Palestinians in Gaza, our animals have been displaced, starved, bombed, and terrorized, yet we refuse to abandon each other
prismreports.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You get the feeling the IDF just loves killing when you read stories like this.
I'm off to welcome the reopening of the line to Byford this morning. A rail corridor which has been out of action for a long time while improvements were made.
Apropos of nothing, the government is seeking tenders on a freeway expansion.
www.wa.gov.au/government/m...
Apropos of nothing, the government is seeking tenders on a freeway expansion.
www.wa.gov.au/government/m...
Joint media statement - Expressions of interest called to upgrade Kwinana Freeway | Western Australian Government
The upgrade of Kwinana Freeway has reached an important milestone with Expressions of Interest (EOI) now open for industry.
www.wa.gov.au
October 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm off to welcome the reopening of the line to Byford this morning. A rail corridor which has been out of action for a long time while improvements were made.
Apropos of nothing, the government is seeking tenders on a freeway expansion.
www.wa.gov.au/government/m...
Apropos of nothing, the government is seeking tenders on a freeway expansion.
www.wa.gov.au/government/m...
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My hot take is that if does not actually matter to Palestine, or to any Indigenous population, what DNA tests show. I'm obviously not an Indigenous person but if my DNA showed I was 96% donkey and 4% tardigrade, it still wouldn't be okay to kill me and take my house.
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My hot take is that if does not actually matter to Palestine, or to any Indigenous population, what DNA tests show. I'm obviously not an Indigenous person but if my DNA showed I was 96% donkey and 4% tardigrade, it still wouldn't be okay to kill me and take my house.
If you're going to need a car, make it electric, and make it small. You can't tell me with a straight face that EVs are too expensive any more.
CONFIRMED: Australia's cheapest EV the BYD Atto 1 (nee Dolphin Surf) will land in November with an estimated mid $20k starting price. Competing squarely with the small ICE segment like the Suzuki Swift, Toyota Yaris and Mazda 2. Price parity has arrived.
www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...
www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...
The rebranded Dolphin Surf will arrive as the BYD Atto 1, and be Australia's new cheapest EV | Drive
Two more models will arrive in BYD showrooms in the next six months, and one will be the most affordable EV in Australia.
www.drive.com.au
October 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you're going to need a car, make it electric, and make it small. You can't tell me with a straight face that EVs are too expensive any more.
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This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.
The deference we give to drivers is astonishing: speeding, blowing through red lights, crashing without a whisper; yet we jump on non-drivers the moment they step out of line.
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.
How can I convince a well-meaning, but AI-obsessed volunteer that a 30-page Gemini-generated facsimile of a submission is of *substantially* lower value than a 3-page human-written submission to a government inquiry?
I can only assume it's because they're not *expecting* someone to read it?
I can only assume it's because they're not *expecting* someone to read it?
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
How can I convince a well-meaning, but AI-obsessed volunteer that a 30-page Gemini-generated facsimile of a submission is of *substantially* lower value than a 3-page human-written submission to a government inquiry?
I can only assume it's because they're not *expecting* someone to read it?
I can only assume it's because they're not *expecting* someone to read it?
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They tried to erase Palestine, but the world has become Palestine.
The outrage is global. The world is rising against genocide.
Thank you Amsterdam.
The outrage is global. The world is rising against genocide.
Thank you Amsterdam.
October 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
They tried to erase Palestine, but the world has become Palestine.
The outrage is global. The world is rising against genocide.
Thank you Amsterdam.
The outrage is global. The world is rising against genocide.
Thank you Amsterdam.
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Are you a member of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA)?
Have you done your member survey yet? Check your emails...
It closes on 1 October 2025. Have your say, provide your insights and let’s ensure we continue to be the voice of the EV owner.
Have you done your member survey yet? Check your emails...
It closes on 1 October 2025. Have your say, provide your insights and let’s ensure we continue to be the voice of the EV owner.
September 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Are you a member of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA)?
Have you done your member survey yet? Check your emails...
It closes on 1 October 2025. Have your say, provide your insights and let’s ensure we continue to be the voice of the EV owner.
Have you done your member survey yet? Check your emails...
It closes on 1 October 2025. Have your say, provide your insights and let’s ensure we continue to be the voice of the EV owner.
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„All Eyes on Gaza“: 100.000 gegen den Genozid
In Berlin protestierten am Samstag bei einer musikalischen Solidaritätskundgebung 100.000 Menschen gegen das massenhafte Töten in Gaza und gegen die deutsche Unterstützung für die israelische Regierung.
Pressemitteilung:
www.medico.de/presse/2025/...
In Berlin protestierten am Samstag bei einer musikalischen Solidaritätskundgebung 100.000 Menschen gegen das massenhafte Töten in Gaza und gegen die deutsche Unterstützung für die israelische Regierung.
Pressemitteilung:
www.medico.de/presse/2025/...
September 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
„All Eyes on Gaza“: 100.000 gegen den Genozid
In Berlin protestierten am Samstag bei einer musikalischen Solidaritätskundgebung 100.000 Menschen gegen das massenhafte Töten in Gaza und gegen die deutsche Unterstützung für die israelische Regierung.
Pressemitteilung:
www.medico.de/presse/2025/...
In Berlin protestierten am Samstag bei einer musikalischen Solidaritätskundgebung 100.000 Menschen gegen das massenhafte Töten in Gaza und gegen die deutsche Unterstützung für die israelische Regierung.
Pressemitteilung:
www.medico.de/presse/2025/...
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Senior Reform politician took bribes to spread Russian propoganda in European Parliament. This is shocking and should be front page news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Senior Reform politician took bribes to spread Russian propoganda in European Parliament. This is shocking and should be front page news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"EVs vs. combustion: what the data really says", my article on @medium.com
medium.com/enrique-dans...
medium.com/enrique-dans...
EVs vs. combustion: what the data really says
The debate on the supposed neutrality of EVs compared to internal combustion vehicles has been persistently driven by those who seek to…
medium.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"EVs vs. combustion: what the data really says", my article on @medium.com
medium.com/enrique-dans...
medium.com/enrique-dans...
Hello? Global community? Does anyone give a shit anymore? *taps mic* Is this thing even on?
Israeli 'massacre' leaves 20 killed in bombing of displaced Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-least-20-displaced-palestinians-gaza-city
Israeli 'massacre' leaves 20 killed in bombing of displaced Palestinians
Air strikes near the Firas market in Gaza City struck a building sheltering displaced people, amongst them children
www.middleeasteye.net
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hello? Global community? Does anyone give a shit anymore? *taps mic* Is this thing even on?