Photos of a truly historical moment on many levels for prosperity

Hyundai collected. Motor running without any *literal* grumbles, and the clicking from the front end on acceleration and braking is sorted. 137431 kms, here’s to that and even more for the motor and reduction box bearings!!

Very cool way to re-use an old bus! It’s pin on maps it’s literally just “:)” in #Wicklow town, a Stone Baked Pizza Bus! #viewsfromabuswindow #ilovepizza

One of these just cycled past me. We need more of these on the roads!!! #GreenCouriers

Waiting for a bus…

Start of day 2, collection day for the Hyundai. Work is done, time to go get it now!

Solar is great, a slightly jaggedy line, but almost what you’d see as a perfect day for production. Also, I don’t recommend people put panels North facing, but I love the blip in the evenings where I get the setting sun on my North facing panels, running the house up to 9pm at night on Solar!!

In other news, dropped of my Hyundai Ioniq AE for a motor & reduction box bearing replacement. We are badly under supported for this. I had to drive from the Mid-West to the Sunny South east for a specialist to do this. 224kms. Then a bus, a Luas and two trains hope, which I worked on all the way!!

The #FerrariLuce has been revealed. And it’s like all traditional OEMs when they launch an #EV, in so far as it’s not a looker. Jag I-Pace vibes to it, but also, looks like a knockoff of a Ferrari and not a Ferrari you’d expect…. Not that I’m being one soon 😂

Anyway, 6Hrs of Spa was definitely worth the trip, much better than F1

@bustedride.bsky.social spotted this when in Belgium last week. The cream alloys to match the cream paint was quite a nice touch! Been sitting a while…

Couldn’t agree more, Le Mans weekend means not enough sleep. Maybe next year I might make the pilgrimage there, but this year is getting my dad to Spa, last F1 track he was at was Silverstone for testing days with Jordan. Also, you’ll like this, got this for my dad Christmas 2020, same one 😊

Made it today’s Sunday Independent. Many thanks for @gerherbert.bsky.social for taking my ramblings and making a coherent message Check out today’s #SundayIndependent in print, or here m.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

A) we have the cars, they are better to their ICE equivalents [IMO 😁] B) while not new, Hibra Design in Cork are designing and retrofitting tractors and other heavy machinery B-2) Volvo A30, a 270kWh dump truck with a 29,000kg load. These are the ones we see building our roads, so eh 🤷‍♂️

My Citroen has blown a LH brake light, again, again. Orig bulb: 66k kms Second bulb: 4k kms 🙄 Housing was a bit loose, sorted that… Third bulb then lasted: 36k kms Took me 10 mins (incl putting on my shoes), removing body panel and the whole light unit for a €1.69 part. This shouldn’t be ‘routine’

Link to EV strategy and screenshot of the 13 sites planned. www.limerick.ie/sites/defaul...

Went to Ballina/Killaloe like I said I would. The old bridge is busy with people out walking, and a handful of cyclists. The new bridge is busy with walkers/runners/cyclists, mothers with kids on bicycles cycling the main road etc It’s almost like build and they will come….

But to also note, SEAI reports renewable electricity at 40.4% from RES-E for 2023. That’s a nearly 20% gap between actual renewables here in Ireland and what is reported by the CRU. And open to correction, but I believe ROI has high % of renewables vs NI now. So the All-island mix is even more GOs!!

Wanna know what’s more frustrating, the CRU allow GOs (Guarantee of Origins) in their reporting. So All-Island Electricity in 2023 as per latest report was 61.01% renewables cruie-live-96ca64acab2247eca8a850a7e54b-5b34f62.divio-media.com/documents/Fu...

We installed these bee boxes through our work #GreenTeamNetwork at #LoughGur a few years ago. Absolutely amazing to see them with life a few of years later and for most to be like this! We were in Curraghchase yesterday, it’s been a weekend of #ShinrinYoku aka #ForestBathing #TreatyCity #Bees

And it’s hilly in Donegal. For example, the 6-8kms on the way into Dunfanaghy used 1% of the battery!! But we also climbed some nice heights (not on the map above, but we were up Glengesh Pass, 275m above sea level at an average of 4.5% gradient. Used a bit going up, regen a lot coming down!

So what’s the point here? Well #electricvehicles tend to have a bad rap here for “not being good in rural settings”… We covered over 120kms in a 9-seater van using 60% of the battery, or 2km to 1% of the battery. ~20kWh/100km, which for this van is as good as I *EVER* get

Bit of touring #Donegal today. Got to Dungloe and charged to 99% before heading up to Dunfanaghy, quick stop at Glenveagh National Park, then lunch in Annagry at Caisleáin Óir after some plane spotting at Donegal Airport. Then back to Dungloe, at 38.33%

A breezy welcome to Donegal trip 2025. Sun peaking through, but lots of wind and rain. 343kms from #TreatyCity to #WestDonegal and time to chill. Watching the rain come over the mountains is soul cleansing, so let it rain!!

Also I never realised I put up my own #electricvehicle for #evsky This is my 2018 Hyundai Ioniq 28kWh. Bought it at ~125k kms, 100% SOH. Gotten new tyres & rear discs and pads so far with my mate Pat from #PGTyres. And a major service (coolant, reduction oil, brake fluid) from #JohnEarlsMotors

#EV meet-up for Cork. Small turnout as it’s was a bit of a wet day (and it’s looks like there is only Cork people in Croke Park for the All-Ireland Hurling Final). But good chats, great to meet new and existing members of @ievasso.bsky.social as well as a free coffee from #ePower

This may be hard to see but I had a few options to pick, I was be diligent as an Engineer with access to a spreadsheet would be 😅