John Voelcker
@johnvoelcker
Raconteur. Random cultural, political, sociological, science, tech, #EV, #LGBTQ, British car stuff. "Plucky and good fun."Contributing Editor, CAR and DRIVER, Green Car Reports, others; Cofounder, Tempting Fate Tours. Welcome to Bluesky. Don’t be a jerk.
I've not posted consistently of late. This will continue for a while.
(This is what I did a couple of weeks ago. None of 'em are mine, but I got to drive every one as 1 of 2 truck wranglers. Fun day.)
I'm not sure whether to laugh helplessly, lose all respect for The Supremes ... or form a band with this exact name. So much for Zombie Link Juice. Sic transit gloria mundi. CC: @joelfeder.bsky.social
"Love feels like blasphemy when you worship power." Damn. This guy is good.
From Sky News! (Usually solidly in the Trump camp): "The Iran 'deal' is a tacit admission of strategic defeat by the Trump administration + of failure to achieve nearly all of his war aims. "As things stand, the deal achieves none of what Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal did ..." (1 of 2)
On the day I went away Goodbye Was all I had to say Now I ... I want to come again and stay Smile, and that will mean I may 'Cause I've seen, oh, blue skies Through the tears in my eyes And I realise I'm going home
Another pic ... this time from the front. Curious to get reactions to the design of this latest Volvo #EV. I have thoughts, but want to hear yours first. Weigh in, give me your reactions to the new 2027 Volvo EX60.
2027 Volvo EX60, the Swedish maker's latest + perhaps highest volume #EV, photographed outside Barcelona. First drive report coming next week on Charged EVs.
Remind me again which one is the Subaru Outback + which one isn't?
"Over 700 languages are currently spoken in New York City, making it not only the most linguistically diverse city on Earth, but in human history." -- Nat Geo, June 2025 Ah, #NYC, don't ever change.
I strongly suspect they're not going to lean on '90s cultural memes to market THAT brand.
You may possibly be the first person in history to take that photo. Kinda like this one ...
Want to view my presentation on 'The State of #EV in 2026', given to IMPA members yesterday? Just 12 slides (incl cover + links pages); my talk runs 40-ish minutes, then Q + A for the remainder. This was the least bad pic I could capture (PFA), sorry. Dropbox link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgtno...
Happy to announce I'm presenting tomorrow (noon ET) to the International Motor Press Association, on where I see the #EV business + technology today, in both North America + RoW. Open to all members of motor-press groups. If you'd like to attend, contact the email: www.impa.org/events/an-ev...
Kia PV5 #EV delivery van on display at EV + Charging Expo show + conference underway in Toronto today + tomorrow. Van is getting lots of interest (I had to wait to get unobstructed shots). No, it's not presently available in U.S.
That time when you realize your great-grandfather's family plot is just 2 miles off your road trip.