UK hits 27.5% EV sales, now around 6.2% of all cars Also interesting that UK car cars have hit a 7 year high for July and car sales increase A positive sign for the economy

Last night, Kyiv looked like this. Russia targeted the capital with 4 Zircon/Oniks missiles, 24 Iskander-M/S-400 missiles, and 115 strike UAVs including Shahed (mostly jet-powered), Gerbera, and Italmas types, as well as "Parodiya" decoy drones (98 shot down).

Western partners of Ukraine may intentionally create a shortage of anti-ballistic missiles so that Ukraine makes concessions to Russia.

💔 This was our night in Kyiv, Ukraine. Once again, a night of terror. At least 17 people lost their lives, and more than 40 others were injured.

Vastly extending the distance drones can operate ahead of a ship or task group, multiple drones shared live data with a modified Wildcat, which relayed it to a control hub where operators identified targets and successfully controlled the drones.

“You’re making what again and it costs how much?” - John H. Towers

U.S. Naval Institute@usni.org · 7h ago

First Trump-class Battleship Could Cost $23.4B, Says CBO — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/08/05/f...

Trump pressuring Ukraine to surrender by withholding Patriot missiles Shocking but not news Trump also reversed support for Patriot production in Ukraine Europe needs to step up aid & start building 1200+ Aster 30 missiles/yr & SAMP/T NG for Ukraine or watch Kyiv be reduced to rubble

BYD secured 11.3 GWh of battery storage in Abu Dhabi as part of a 19 GWh, 5.2 GW solar project for power 24/7. 2.8 GW of capacity, equivalent to the output of 2-3 nuclear reactors for 4 hours BYD and Sungrow won the entire 19 GWh tender carnewschina.com/2026/07/10/byd… @evcurvefuturist.com

Caught! British authorities with the US, used surveillance and communications analysis to expose a spy couple working for Russia in London. A striking example of international intel collaboration. unn.ua/en/news/from...

From bed to prison: a Bulgarian couple of spies who worked for the Kremlin were exposed in London

УНН Politics ✎ London is considering a case of espionage by a group of agents who worked for Russian intelligence through an ex-Wirecard manager. Two of the five sus…

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Over 10 years and 1.2 million kilometres, the Panther eTOPAS 600 delivers an estimated €385,000 (US$450,000) in total cost of ownership savings, reducing TCO by around 36%. The economics speak for themselves. The transition isn't being driven by sentiment. It's being driven by math. #EVs

Our North Sea is all but empty, it has a 10-year future – BP knows this as well as anyone. The 'higher value opportunities elsewhere' is an admission of this. BP think it's game over - having had decades of benefit from the Casino Capitalism of global oil and gas market pricing.

Ballot closes on 11th August so get your vote in the post today #Dump #SharonGraham

Another Green@anothergreen.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you are a Unite member and want more climate action (not less), look out for the ballot paper which should arrive in the next couple of days. Sharon Graham has argued for more drilling in the North Sea and briefed against Ed Miliband because of his work on net zero. Time to dump Sharon!

MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds

UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’

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⚡️ Ukraine’s intelligence services have been ranked among the top 4 best intelligence agencies in Europe by French magazine L’Express. Assessed by 60 intelligence professionals across 25 countries, Ukraine placed behind only UK’s MI6, France’s DGSE, and the Netherlands.

🇮🇪 Ireland - July 26 - BEV Trajectory 33.3% BEV 15.4% PHEV 51.3% ICE (of which 21.7%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 26.7% BEV 15.0% PHEV 58.3% ICE (of which 25.4%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

🇬🇧 UK - July 26 - BEV Trajectory 27.5% BEV 14.9% PHEV 57.5% ICE (of which 13.2%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 25.6% BEV 12.8% PHEV 61.6% ICE (of which 13.9%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

"With a full lineup of electric vehicles, including the EV2, EV3, EV4, EV5, EV6, and EV9, plus the PV5 van, Kia now ranks as the second-most-popular EV brand in the UK year-to-date." Not being able to release tons of new, affordable, models is a death sentence for carmakers.

Kia's electric van is crushing it in Europe with a 37% share of small EV van sales

Kia’s first electric van continues to defy expectations. The PV5 has quickly become the most popular e-LCV across Europe and...

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You know what to do 👌

Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!

#WarspiteWednesday 😍 HMS Warspite in the port of La Valletta, Malta, September 1943. Grand Old Lady is sitting so low in the water after being hit by a FX 1400 "Fritz X" guided bomb The ship reached Malta thanks to tugboats 📷©IWM (A 20657)

@osinttechnical.bsky.social The Russian Wildberries distribution center in Aleksin has suffered a catastrophic fire after a Ukrainian attack drone strike tonight. x.com/osinttechnic...

I'd like to thank Donald for all he did ti help make this possible.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 21h ago

⚡️Update: Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue. A massive Russian attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported Aug. 5.

Massive ballistic missile attack on Kyiv again tonight. Very loud in Obolon and one huge fireball in Kyiv after this wave of Russia warheads.

More Lightning pics- because they are beautiful 😍 Posted by David Beresford captioned 'Coltishall 1969' The foreground lights give an indication of the Lightning's altitude....or lack of!

TWILIGHT THUNDER English Electric/BAC Lightning F.6 XR728 ‘JS’. Art by Simon Mumford G.Av.A.

This is a Turing machine. English Electric P1 - would never have worked if its designers had not hijacked the computer Alan Turing designed, making it the first digital fighter to fly. Full story in the book, jumpjetpenguin.com by Mike Pryce Happy birthday to the P1!

Wow - Australia passes 500,000 home battery unit milestone! Deploying 2,000 home batteries per day. Wow! Australia is already 50% to its home battery goal of 1 million by 2030! It now has 13 GWh of home storage. Home solar & batteries can reshape grids! msn.com/en-us/money/ge…

"Its main feature is its ability to fire while moving, making it significantly less vulnerable to enemy counter-battery fire and drones." There's 'shoot and scoot'. And then there' 'shoot while scooting'. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

German defence minister confirms delivery of latest RCH-155 howitzers to Ukraine

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has confirmed that Ukraine is receiving the RCH-155 wheeled howitzer.

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The U.S. Army wants new surface-to-air missiles, costing less than $150,000 apiece, that can destroy small drones. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️