Richard Laxton@rlaxton

Renewable energy, EV and Space enthusiast. Long distance EV driving fanatic. carloop Chief EVangelist. Committee member, AEVA.

 Wurundjeri lands, Australia
Joined June 2009
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I wonder what was going through the mind of the developer at A Better Route Planner who created this amazing charging chart? Very detailed Y axis!
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This is an excellent step. Mercator projection is bearing preserving, so is vital for old-school navigation, but it makes countries near the equator look tiny, and northern Europe and Canada look gigantic. aje.news/gqzt93

UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

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If Israel has guaranteed and non-revokable "right of return" for Jews, and Federal Parliament requires all right to foreign citizenship to be revoked, how can we have any Jewish parliamentarians?
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Every Zionist accusation is an admission of guilt.
Rep. Nancy Mace
@RepNancyMace
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Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic. We refuse to be silent.
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Had an excellent chat with @neerav Bhatt regarding charging infrastructure. Well worth a watch if you are curious about the current state, and where things are going! youtube.com/watch?v=ymtXDnlV…

Australia's EV Highway Charger Network Falling Behind EV Sales Boom

Can Australia's public DC fast EV charger network handle 200,000 mo...

youtube.com
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Scientists can neither confirm nor deny the involvement of time-travelling misfits with powerful mental powers with a goal to kill as many giant aliens as possible. IYKYK spacedaily.com/t-mediterrane…

The Mediterranean dried out almost completely about 5.6 million years ago and sat as a salt desert...

When the Atlantic finally breached Gibraltar, it may have refilled an entire sea in less time than it takes to read this article.

spacedaily.com
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Amazing progress on Starship thermal protection. With the V2 ship the plasma would have been filled with sparks of ablating material and on earlier ships we might have even been seeing burn through by now. Ad Astra!
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Tesla navigation really struggles with this intersection in Croydon, Victoria. Green is the correct route, Red is what it used to do, today, it tried to take me on the blue! Does anyone else have problematic intersections in their area?
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Does anyone else find it ironic that the energy-dense batteries that underpin the EV transition also enable the portable power tools that petty criminals and climate deniers use to steal cables from EV chargers?
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Sparking up at the chargo. @originenergy @Sungrow_Power site at Torquay, Victoria. Quite a long handshake, but settled into a good charge rate once we got going.
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By the way, credit for "chargo" goes to @moylecroft. I think that we need a proper Aussie slang word to make EVs more appealing to the masses. I just wish that there were more chargos that could sell you a sausage roll!
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It is not often that you see a tripling of capacity at a public charging station. @TeslaCharging upgraded their Colac, Vic site from a 3 stall V3 to a 10 stall (4,3,3) setup. Site power up from 250kW to 750kW. Great to see.
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Credit to ABC journos James Purtill and Alex Lim for writing an article based on testing hypotheses against real data (supplied by me and @carloop_au) abc.net.au/news/science/2026…

New data shines light on state of EV public charger network

It's often claimed Australia has an EV public charger shortage, but analysis of exclusive data shows most fast charger sites are not congested.

abc.net.au
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The Liberal and National parties never miss an opportunity to betray the nation and deny us sovereign independence from unreliable foreign powers. Shame on them. reneweconomy.com.au/plans-to…

Plans to resurrect 2km buffer zone will make new renewable projects "unviable," CEC warns

State opposition plans to require a 2 km buffer zone between all new wind, solar and battery projects would wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars in benefit payments, new analysis claims.

reneweconomy.com.au
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This site would do wonders for the cross-country route. I always vote to extend the reach of EV drivers.
Tesla Owners Club Western Australia
@tesla_wa
Jun 12
Please help @TeslaAUNZ @TeslaCharging to cross the Nullarbor with Superchargers by suggesting Eucla as an upcoming Supercharger Voting location by following the video below:
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Today we look at utilisation of public EV charging infrastructure in Australia over the last 18 months. The data is categorised by "Remoteness" a measure created by researchers at the University of Adelaide and widely used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1/3
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From the chart we can see that: - The further you are away from a capital city, the lower the utilisation (duh!) - The average utilisation of metropolitan charging infrastructure is around 14% - Across all levels of Remoteness, utilisation is trending upwards
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Should we subsidise the creation of EV infra away from major cities to aid in building out critical infrastructure? This was done in the early days of rolling out petrol stations across the country and contributed enormously to free travel across out "wide brown land".
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Did you know that over 1.3 DC charging sites will open per day throughout 2026? More details in the linked post. linkedin.com/posts/richardla…
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I have been working on visualising the development of the public DC charging network in Australia over the past decade. What do you think of this? Can I improve in any way?
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Note that X seems to be limiting the video to 720p. The fully 4K glory can be found on YouTube. youtu.be/Nz2Cv3yEUQw
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