"If they can be shut off with an over the air command we need to be able to trust the companies that make them."
-Ben Alexxander on the bricking of TESLA power walls.

Remote software updates, feature enabling/disabling, and the most extreme remote bricking raise several "consumer rights" issues that have not been adequately addressed. #tesla #solar #rightToRepair

youtube.com/watch?v=b5cSicjTOD…

So eine #solaranlage bringt ja nichts, wenn da ne dicke Schneedecke drüber liegt. Da bringt es einem auch nichts, wenn sie theoretisch autark ohne Stromnetz laufen kann.🙃

Ich denke, ich werde auf katzengesteuerte Panels umsteigen, es erscheint mir ausfallsicherer zu sein.

#solar #stromausfall #cats #caturday

ft.com/content/079f2014-ed56-4…

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#China can actually catalyze the #clean #energy #transition rapidly for the #poor #countries while #US #Europe etc. either increase #oil #gas production or spend on #military

Remember: #solar #battery #EV DO NOT make the poor countries dependent on China. While oil and gas imports will keep them dependent.

#Africa #solarpunk #hopepunk

Why China is doubling down on its export-led growth model

The country plans to reinforce its dominance of global manufacturing, despite persistent deflation at home and rising tensions abroad

^{Thomas Hale (Financial Times)}

theguardian.com/business/2026/…

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"BYD sold 2.26m battery electric cars during the year, easily outstripping the 1.63m deliveries reported on Friday by Tesla for the same period."

#solar #battery #EV #China #Africa #solarpunk #hopepunk

China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s biggest electric car seller

Sales at Elon Musk’s company slump after Donald Trump’s withdrawal of EV subsidies

^{Jasper Jolly (The Guardian)}

nytimes.com/2025/12/30/climate…

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"Solar has risen from almost nothing in 2019 to roughly 10 percent of South Africa’s electricity-generating capacity"

#solar #battery #EV #China #Africa #solarpunk #hopepunk

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c... 1/ "Solar has risen from almost nothing in 2019 to roughly 10 percent of South Africa’s electricity-generating capacity" #solar #battery #EV #China #Africa #solarpunk #hopepunk

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Li...

Recently I found myself with three unused and slowly decaying lead acid starter batteries. Between these batteries and my fascination with “van-lifers” using solar and large battery banks, I wanted to do another baby project along those lines.

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saahbs.net/post/20251221-recyc…

#diy #3dprinting #solar #battery

Recycling Starter Batteries

^{House of Saahbs}