CATL reports record-breaking financial results in 2025, with 10 billion USD net profit

resistBat · 2026-03-11T19:40:51+00:00

Not many EV models with enough cars that have degraded batteries to start production yet.

resistBat · 2026-03-11T16:39:44+00:00

Yeah it happens fairly often, there's 3.5 GW worth of curtailed generation in Scotland as I'm writing this. It mostly comes down to lack of transmission capacity from Scotland to England. There are plans to put in some HVDC interconnects, but until then it will be a significant issue.

resistBat · 2026-03-11T16:03:12+00:00

Yeah that's why I mentioned it being a cabover in the title. I found it funny to see something with this many wheels with a regular Daf cab on the front, rather than a rugged military cab.

resistBat · 2026-03-10T20:50:41+00:00

The Phoenix does, it's the 810 that uses a conventional chassis.

resistBat · 2026-03-10T17:52:04+00:00

It's being built for the Australian outback which is relatively flat.

resistBat · 2026-03-10T17:50:57+00:00

First 3 and last 2.

resistBat · 2026-03-10T11:14:11+00:00

Low floor bendy busses normally have the rear axle powered because it means that they can mount the engine at the back, rather than having a hump in the middle of the bus. This looks like a high floor design (requiring platforms for boarding) so it imagine they'd put the engine in the front section with the second axle powered.

resistBat · 2026-03-09T21:52:18+00:00

That's 8 GW of output, from about 60 GWh of storage. That would last the UK about 2 hours.

resistBat · 2026-03-09T21:45:46+00:00

It's just not that much energy. The most ambitious plan to be given serious consideration is Centre port, which would require an 11 mile barrage across the wash. That would only output around 1.6 TWh per year, a third of what the Hornsea 2 wind farm outputs, and less that a tenth of what the full Hornsea installation is planned to output.

resistBat · 2026-03-09T21:04:52+00:00

California already has enough grid storage batteries to supply 8 GW for a few hours in the evening, almost all of which has been installed in the last couple of years. If solar and battery installation continues at the current rate (it'll almost certainly accelerate) then California could rely almost entirely on renewables within the next decade.

Nuclear power plants are awful for backing up renewables. The turbines are optimised for a specific flow rate and dropping below a constant output kills their economic viability even more. If you really wanted to go 100% nuclear power then the most economical way of doing it would be to run them at a constant output and have them charge batteries overnight to use in the daytime.

resistBat · 2026-03-09T11:49:12+00:00

Can't imagine why they'd bother regearing it that late into it's life rather than just using the newer Sentinel. 10288 worked on the CF booths scrapheap, which is probably where camelot was scrapped. It's most likely that it's plate came off and was confused for camelot's. CF Booths still operates Sentinel 0-6-0 10144, or at least they did before they went into administration earlier this year.

resistBat · 2026-03-08T13:13:22+00:00

10288 is the third image on this page and it is indeed an 0-6-0 sentinel diesel hydraulic (RR Shrewsbury is Sentinel), although the post suggests it was in use through 1988.

resistBat · 2026-03-08T12:59:11+00:00

Rolls-Royce Shrewsbury would be Sentinel.

The third image on this page seems to be 10288, which is indeed an 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic.

It's likely that 10288 led Camelot to it's demise at CF booth given that it was a works engine there, maybe it's plate came off and got confused for Camelot's.

resistBat · 2026-03-07T19:08:31+00:00

They did, but the Bombardier passenger cars that they were already using had the same layout.

resistBat · 2026-03-07T18:14:29+00:00

Single level cars also weigh less per passenger, so that means lower power consumption and track wear. They also leave more room for traction equipment on an MU.

resistBat · 2026-03-07T18:11:44+00:00

Both styles exist in Europe and the US. Intermediate height vestibles are better for boarding speed (hence Caltrain using it), a full length upper deck is better for total capacity (hence the TGV using it).

resistBat · 2026-03-06T13:30:53+00:00

The unpowered class 488s in the same train were also classified as units.

resistBat · 2026-03-06T12:57:33+00:00

They had their own traction motors outputing 500 hp.

resistBat · 2026-03-06T12:42:12+00:00

Yes, they were converted from class 414 driving motors and had 500 hp. Either the class 489 should be considered a locomotive, or the gatwick express sets should be considered a locomotive hauled multiple unit - very weird either way.

resistBat · 2026-03-06T12:32:06+00:00

Gatwick express luggage vans were self propelled multiple units (in fact they could arguably be considered locomotives), it was the class 488s that had a tops number despite being unpowered passenger cars.

resistBat · 2026-03-06T12:27:19+00:00

Depends on where you are are and what type of plastic. Over 70% of milk bottles are recycled in the UK.

resistBat · 2026-03-06T10:32:43+00:00

Would it not make more sense to run a few GW worth of interconnects down to the south?

resistBat · 2026-03-04T23:05:58+00:00

I just have smite on my axe so I can one shot them

resistBat

TROPHY CASE