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29 Nov, 12 tweets, 13 min read
Thread with tweets I refer to often.

First my studies showing EVs are really much better

Article Joule

CO2 study with Prof Steinbuch avere.org/wp-content/upl…

Us in Der Spiegel

Transport & Environment tool
Then some debunks of articles that exaggerate CO2 emissions by electric vehicles (EVs) in the British press.

Let's start with #AstonGate.
I show EVs emit less after 16k miles (not 50k).
Michael shows bad intentions.
There was a whole host of this nonsense. Here's a debunk of nonsense in the Spectator


The Global Warming Policy Foundation is behind much of the FUD. Here's a back and forth
thegwpf.org/content/upload…

Deep dive into oil production
Germany's worst offender in exaggerating EV emissions is undoubtedly Hans Werner Sinn.

Here's a debunk list:

Blog
Whitepaper
The Guardian
De Tijd
Wiwo
A lot of damage was done by a tool that Joanneum Research delivered to ADAC and OEAMTC and that they enthusiastically abused.

Last ADAC debunk
First ADAC debunk
OEAMTC
More Germany

Fraunhofer study paid by H2 lobby makes EVs look bad

Juelich H2 FUD


Volkswagen makes Golf look good and eGolf look bad


VDI should be ashamed
Fortunately Herbert Diess (CEO of Volkswagen) understand the electric vehicle is the endgame.


I explain about the ID3 and EU resource policy here:
I'm bullish on battery electric trucks

In Bulk Distributor


Overview thread


Debunk of degrowth paper


Clean-Up podcast with Michael Liebreich


Blog as paper
elaad.nl/uploads/files/…
I'm also known for designing this chart that shows the IEA has been laughingly negative on solar cells.
Here's the original tweet:
Here's the 2018 update:
And here's a call for transparency:
I think they are also too conservative on electric vehicles (EVs). Both in 2019 () and 2020 ().
I want to save our beautiful planet


For that reason I created NEONresearch.nl which models how we get to 100% renewable energy


And we could even do that without nuclear and CCS
Apart from leading NEON I try to tell uplifting stories


of a better energy ecosystem


and I eat vegan and live in an energy positive house and think cultured meat is a great idea:

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29 Nov
From #dieselgate you may know that carmakers get away with untruthful tests in the EU.

That's important for both scientists and consumers.

Here I explain on Dutch TV @kassa_bnnvara how these lies made taxi drivers buy the wrong EV:
bnnvara.nl/kassa/videos/5…

But there's more!
But it's not just bad for immigrant taxi drivers who see their entire livelihood threatened by the lies because they buy an electric vehicle with too little range and slow fast charging. It also leads to many more people dying of exhaust.
And finally it leads to combustion vehicles seemingly emitting less exhaust which in turn leads to newspaper stories claiming it takes 50k miles for an EV to emit less when it's already closer to 16k miles (and getting less all the time).
Read 7 tweets
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27 Nov
New 'study' claims it takes 48k miles for electric vehicles to emit less CO2 than gasoline cars.

But it's just a misleading brochure.
Reality is closer 16k miles.

UK media including @thetimes where mislead by this carmaker-paid attack on @BorisJohnson's green plans. (thread)
About me:

I research electric vehicles at @TUeindhoven and direct NEONresearch.nl.

Comparing CO2 emissions of electric vehicles and combustion cars is my specialty.

My paper describing common errors: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A recent report:
avere.org/wp-content/upl…
Here is @thetimes @GraemePaton reporting on 'a study commissioned by vehicle and technology companies' where 'researchers recorded results'.
thetimes.co.uk/article/electr…

And there's literally dozens of others who fell for this.
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27 Nov
There's a study financed by EV sceptics Bosch, Honda, McLaren and Aston Martin doing the round, partly based on a study saying a Polestar takes 50k miles to emit less CO2.

Will debunk it this evening but could people maybe add links to places where it pops up?
I already know about @thetimes
And about daily mail. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
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27 Nov
@MLiebreich @Joost57437492 Everybody (well maybe 12 people so far) is asking me to debunk this article in the times. The problem: I don't know which study they are talking about. Can twitter help
thetimes.co.uk/article/electr…
Polestar published some numbers on it's study in september polestar.com/dato-assets/11…
and if I look at the @thetimes article they copy the numbers from that study. I briefly talk about that comparison here:
Main problems with this Polestar study:

1) The XC40 of parent company Volvo uses 45% more petrol than Polestar assumes if you take reality instead of WLTP.

2) The Polestar itself (not the battery) already emits 3 tonnes more. (Build next to a coal plant?)
Read 7 tweets
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26 Nov
I am sick and tired of of people who proclaim anti-renewable nonsense as fact and get away with it.

I think @mattwridley misunderstands @borisjohnson's green agenda on all 10 points but allow me to focus on the points regarding electric vehicles that are my academic specialty.
Matt Ridley is a journalist, biologist and viscount who owns coal mines on his family estate. He's (unsurprisingly) pro fossil fuels.
In this piece he gives ten things that are wrong with Johnsons green plans that I think mostly show how wrong he is himself.
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22 Nov
Allow me to debunk a nonsensical scare story in the @spectator yesterday, claiming electric cars are impossible because they would lead to a complete replacement of the electricity grid.
spectator.co.uk/article/boris-…
We have another winner. Another retired professor (this time a physicist) who thinks he understands the green industrial revolution better than these young kids that come up with crazy ideas that are more inventive than insulation and driving less.
Prof Kelly laments that Boris Johnsons 'green industrial revolution' is doomed to fail.

Specifically:
'Nowhere is the flaw in the government's plan more clearly exposed than in the announcement that sales of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars will be banned by 2030.'
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