A new technology doesn't take over overnight.

For new car purchases in europe as a whole 2024 was 15% EV, 2025 was 19% EV.
Pure ICE engines (diesel and petrol) fell from 47% to 37% in the same timeperiod.

They mean Data Centre.

The advantage of at-scale lithium is the technology advances will trickle down to home users. I have a 30kWh home battery that was about $6k installed and retrofitted (AC coupled, ick I know) into my 12 kW solar system. This is battery slimline and about the size of two suitcases (it's two 15kWh stacks linked together). It charges in full by 12 noon on sunny days (with me then actively sending power back to the grid) and usually by end of day on overcast days.

If it was cheaper, but:
- required 2x as much charging (meaning i would rarely fill it, or needed double the solar)
- was several times as large

I would likely not consider it.

Any tech making home batteries cheaper/longer lifespan/denser is a win for people like me.

Is solar just not a big thing in the US? I'd guess 1/4 of houses around here have it. Closer to 1/2 depending on the exact neighbourhood. Checking google maps (which is a bit out of date) 15/40 houses on my "block" (suburban street loop) have it.

My car cost 48k AUD, which translates to 34k USD. So if I had 200k I could almost buy 6. I'm guessing they're provide a discount for a 6pack to make it under 200k.

That's without any sort of rebate/incentive/etc. It's not the cheapest car in the world, but not extravagant.

90% of my EV charging comes from my own solar. I'd hope most people with EVs have solar and a battery.

Hyundai's Ioniq series (5 specifically) is amazing. Kia EV6 is also quite strong.

Don't forget that term has a slightly different nuance to us aussies

You had me until there. I am pretty sure this is a troll that's going over 95% of people's heads, but if not then ... no. that is not an acceptable use care for a typical home office.

And that's minimum. Cafes etc will almost always pay minimum, but any sort of fine dining pays more.

In Australia the price they list is the price you pay for airline tickets...

You're wrong, but it's good that you put yourself out there.

I just click "zero", which is the biggest button in any aussie place I've been to that "offers" tipping.

Consumer DDR5 prices have tripled to quadrupled in the last 6 months.

I bought my daughter a PC in january, and I am building one for myself now.

In AUD the exact same 2x16GB DDR5 6000mT/s CL30 ram from the exact same store has gone from $182 to $699. Most of that increase has happened the last 8 weeks since these contracts were signed.

Yeah the mercedes when the turbo engines came in was just silly for 2+ years.
I'd say 50% of the grid as opposed to 90%, but similar point.