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Chris Jones

@drcgjones

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.

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Iran won't be the only nation boycotting the USA...

12.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WestCycle’s response to the Ride Safe report: 2025 Parliamentary Inquiry into eRideable and e-bike safety - WestCycle WestCycle responds to the Inquiry's 33 recommendations and outlines the principles underpinning our e-bike and eRideable positions.

westcycle.org.au/ride-safe-re...
R11: Ban the import of non-complaint e-rideables!!!!1
R12: Create a vehicle category for non-compliant e-rideables?!
So we're not banning stuff then? Well, good!
Faster than 25, but slower than 45, its a basic moped.
50 km/h it's a moped. More - its a motorcycle.

12.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We've been running Electrikhana in Perth since 2010. The demand for test drives has faded but interest in EVs has only grown. I hope to see you there!

12.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's poison. And anyone I work with who disagrees with me is demonstrably unaware of the scale of the unintended consequences (like rampant spreading of disinformation, and entire populations not believing anything (or caring) about it.
"It's a tool that needs to be used right" - so is morphine.

12.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support Fadi’s family to survive hunger and hardship, organized by Michael McCarthy I am Michael from the UK and I'm raising money to help Fadi and… Michael McCarthy needs your support for Support Fadi’s family to survive hunger and hardship

Don't forget about Gaza people!
gofund.me/c70cd9bae

11.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just to be clear, @aevanational.bsky.social made a submission basically saying we don't have strong feelings either way.
It was always a regressive tax break. EVs can, and do stand up on their own without the need for giving high-salaried earners additional lurks.

10.03.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So you'd think he's a fan of medium and high density housing oser to where people work. Yet, all we get is more freeway and more sprawl?

09.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With Trump's assistance, Bibi wants to do to Iran what he did to Gaza.

09.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean Sky news don’t even try to hide it, in fact they make an active declaration as to whose lives have value.

09.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

One time I dropped a kitchen kinfe, and as I jumped out of the way, kicked it with one foot, into my other foot, mid-air. Healed quickly fortunately.

09.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it can be downright dangerous work. You can just imagine the JSA needing an update with every client...

09.03.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And a lot of demand, given the circumstances...

09.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bikes for transport huh? Intriguing!

08.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The less we depend on the black stuff the better. Especially for transport, where we have electric options. One silver lining of the misery in the Persian Gulf is an acceleration towards EVs.

08.03.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

If only WV Australia brought the ID7 in...

08.03.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the charging infrastructure exists reliably every 100 km, you have a level of convenience and redundancy to make an EV work in the bush. I know of a couple of wheat farmers in Esperance who switched to an EV and would never go back.
Hybrids still burn petrol, and that's the stuff we need to quit.

08.03.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Loved that livery!

08.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the more reason for a universal, mass Γ— distance road user charge.

08.03.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The world is already regretting the embrace of the SUV. Losing the station wagon is committing us to inefficient, overweight, functionally useless blobs for cars.

07.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All in the last 15 years too.

07.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Surely our hottest March day on record? The shed wasn't much fun today.

07.03.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Proud to say I have never used any of them. But if you are, please, just frickin stop.

07.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The blowback from this illegal, unjustified and unequivocally immoral killing spree will be huge, and make 9/11 look like a door-egging.

07.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Next time you're out for a beer with old friends at a conference, play the "which men in our field would hang out with today's Epstein if they aren't already" game! Write down a name on a napkin, shuffle, flip, and see how many times that one egomaniacal clout-chasing bootlicker comes up

05.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Sometime I wonder if he ensured the Voice failed... I mean, everything since then is just reinforcing that idea.

05.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They sure aren't growing, that's true.

05.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She's too good for this party :(

05.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We have March flies in southwest WA which are smart enough to know when both hands are full or busy. They go in for blood the moment you pick up your sandwich in your right hand, drink in the left hand.

05.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Australia's first contiguous electric vehicle fast charger network was conceived and planned by an unemployed plant scientist in 2014. Australia's fastest electric superbike was designed and built by the same unemployed plant scientist around about the same time. It me.

05.03.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0