Prof Ray Wills
@profraywills.futuresmart.com.au
Futurist
Disruption
Ag, biz, cities, climate, ecology, economy, energy, renewables, robots, tech, transport
World Top100 Sustainability
MD Future Smart Strategies™ Aus
Prof UWA
NB: I only follow accounts with name+pic+profile (+give me poke!)
Disruption
Ag, biz, cities, climate, ecology, economy, energy, renewables, robots, tech, transport
World Top100 Sustainability
MD Future Smart Strategies™ Aus
Prof UWA
NB: I only follow accounts with name+pic+profile (+give me poke!)
yup - absolutely
Donnie 'Captain poop-jet', too
Donnie 'Captain poop-jet', too
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
yup - absolutely
Donnie 'Captain poop-jet', too
Donnie 'Captain poop-jet', too
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
But, but, but - in the movies, the bad guy always explains their secret nefarious plans just before they intend to kill the good guy, and then the good guy escapes and wins the day
Bond
Star Wars
Batman
Get Smart
The Matrix
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Court rules against Texas gerrymander
Bond
Star Wars
Batman
Get Smart
The Matrix
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Court rules against Texas gerrymander
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
But, but, but - in the movies, the bad guy always explains their secret nefarious plans just before they intend to kill the good guy, and then the good guy escapes and wins the day
Bond
Star Wars
Batman
Get Smart
The Matrix
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Court rules against Texas gerrymander
Bond
Star Wars
Batman
Get Smart
The Matrix
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Court rules against Texas gerrymander
Electric buses not complicated:
🎵🎶The wheels on the bus go round and round🎶🎵
Trialling an EV bus like trialling the wheel
Don't need a trial
Just need a purchase order
Place an order, go electric
#Melbourne
EV car, EV bikes, EV bus
Dedicated safe infrastructure
Build your city for peeps
🎵🎶The wheels on the bus go round and round🎶🎵
Trialling an EV bus like trialling the wheel
Don't need a trial
Just need a purchase order
Place an order, go electric
#Melbourne
EV car, EV bikes, EV bus
Dedicated safe infrastructure
Build your city for peeps
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Electric buses not complicated:
🎵🎶The wheels on the bus go round and round🎶🎵
Trialling an EV bus like trialling the wheel
Don't need a trial
Just need a purchase order
Place an order, go electric
#Melbourne
EV car, EV bikes, EV bus
Dedicated safe infrastructure
Build your city for peeps
🎵🎶The wheels on the bus go round and round🎶🎵
Trialling an EV bus like trialling the wheel
Don't need a trial
Just need a purchase order
Place an order, go electric
#Melbourne
EV car, EV bikes, EV bus
Dedicated safe infrastructure
Build your city for peeps
Stuff I voted for
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Stuff I voted for
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Electric cars don’t have alternators
only ICE cars have alternators and ~1789 other parts
Around 30 parts in electric car
That’s why EVs so much more reliable
Here is my zeekr X7 🖖😬
only ICE cars have alternators and ~1789 other parts
Around 30 parts in electric car
That’s why EVs so much more reliable
Here is my zeekr X7 🖖😬
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Electric cars don’t have alternators
only ICE cars have alternators and ~1789 other parts
Around 30 parts in electric car
That’s why EVs so much more reliable
Here is my zeekr X7 🖖😬
only ICE cars have alternators and ~1789 other parts
Around 30 parts in electric car
That’s why EVs so much more reliable
Here is my zeekr X7 🖖😬
Range is less important than appropriate infrastructure
Range anxiety effectively blames the vehicle and affordability (and the owner) - and excuses poor infrastructure (government)
End charger anxiety: a reliable, well positioned, well maintained, well regulated charger network is needed
Range anxiety effectively blames the vehicle and affordability (and the owner) - and excuses poor infrastructure (government)
End charger anxiety: a reliable, well positioned, well maintained, well regulated charger network is needed
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Range is less important than appropriate infrastructure
Range anxiety effectively blames the vehicle and affordability (and the owner) - and excuses poor infrastructure (government)
End charger anxiety: a reliable, well positioned, well maintained, well regulated charger network is needed
Range anxiety effectively blames the vehicle and affordability (and the owner) - and excuses poor infrastructure (government)
End charger anxiety: a reliable, well positioned, well maintained, well regulated charger network is needed
There is no economic argument for nuclear - it only exists with government subsidy
Nukes slow coz it's both complex, and hard: is why it never gets built to budget or schedule
Even in China, nukes take 6-7 years
Batteries better, now here, and arriving faster than solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Nukes slow coz it's both complex, and hard: is why it never gets built to budget or schedule
Even in China, nukes take 6-7 years
Batteries better, now here, and arriving faster than solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There is no economic argument for nuclear - it only exists with government subsidy
Nukes slow coz it's both complex, and hard: is why it never gets built to budget or schedule
Even in China, nukes take 6-7 years
Batteries better, now here, and arriving faster than solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Nukes slow coz it's both complex, and hard: is why it never gets built to budget or schedule
Even in China, nukes take 6-7 years
Batteries better, now here, and arriving faster than solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
important to note solar often doesn't need to take up any land
In Australia, fields of solar panels are also just called suburban rooftops
2/3 of Australia's 41.4 GW installed solar capacity is on the rooftops of Australian homes
~40% of homes have solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
In Australia, fields of solar panels are also just called suburban rooftops
2/3 of Australia's 41.4 GW installed solar capacity is on the rooftops of Australian homes
~40% of homes have solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
important to note solar often doesn't need to take up any land
In Australia, fields of solar panels are also just called suburban rooftops
2/3 of Australia's 41.4 GW installed solar capacity is on the rooftops of Australian homes
~40% of homes have solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
In Australia, fields of solar panels are also just called suburban rooftops
2/3 of Australia's 41.4 GW installed solar capacity is on the rooftops of Australian homes
~40% of homes have solar
bsky.app/profile/prof...
The future is what designers design and that regulators permit
And the pollution that comes from it
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And the pollution that comes from it
bsky.app/profile/prof...
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The future is what designers design and that regulators permit
And the pollution that comes from it
bsky.app/profile/prof...
And the pollution that comes from it
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Anything but cars: decarbonizing public transport
PT is going electric From bus trials to expanding networks
Hear how it turns cities cleaner
We need #EVs for all uses
Jack Scarlett
with
Ray Wills
Clare Walter
Tim Pratt
Dan Cass
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
PT is going electric From bus trials to expanding networks
Hear how it turns cities cleaner
We need #EVs for all uses
Jack Scarlett
with
Ray Wills
Clare Walter
Tim Pratt
Dan Cass
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Anything but cars: decarbonizing public transport
PT is going electric From bus trials to expanding networks
Hear how it turns cities cleaner
We need #EVs for all uses
Jack Scarlett
with
Ray Wills
Clare Walter
Tim Pratt
Dan Cass
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
PT is going electric From bus trials to expanding networks
Hear how it turns cities cleaner
We need #EVs for all uses
Jack Scarlett
with
Ray Wills
Clare Walter
Tim Pratt
Dan Cass
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
Electrifying Australia: How Fast Can We Go?
Australia picking up pace on the EVs
My view: it’s not range anxiety that is problematic for the regions, it’s charger anxiety
Giles Parkinson
Paul Fox
Bjorn Siem
Chau Le
With Jack Scarlett!
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
#everythingelectric
Australia picking up pace on the EVs
My view: it’s not range anxiety that is problematic for the regions, it’s charger anxiety
Giles Parkinson
Paul Fox
Bjorn Siem
Chau Le
With Jack Scarlett!
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
#everythingelectric
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Electrifying Australia: How Fast Can We Go?
Australia picking up pace on the EVs
My view: it’s not range anxiety that is problematic for the regions, it’s charger anxiety
Giles Parkinson
Paul Fox
Bjorn Siem
Chau Le
With Jack Scarlett!
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
#everythingelectric
Australia picking up pace on the EVs
My view: it’s not range anxiety that is problematic for the regions, it’s charger anxiety
Giles Parkinson
Paul Fox
Bjorn Siem
Chau Le
With Jack Scarlett!
au.everythingelectric.show/vic/giga-the...
#everythingelectric
#EverythingElectric Melbourne 2025
My Australian vehicle sales summary
Oct 2025 VFACTs figures - 6Nov25
BEV 7.6%
Hybrid inc PHEV 23.2%
ICE only drive train share 69.1%
(BEV 12 month average 8.1%)
China poised to move up from 3rd to 2nd for total vehicles supplier
SUVs 62% share of sales
My Australian vehicle sales summary
Oct 2025 VFACTs figures - 6Nov25
BEV 7.6%
Hybrid inc PHEV 23.2%
ICE only drive train share 69.1%
(BEV 12 month average 8.1%)
China poised to move up from 3rd to 2nd for total vehicles supplier
SUVs 62% share of sales
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#EverythingElectric Melbourne 2025
My Australian vehicle sales summary
Oct 2025 VFACTs figures - 6Nov25
BEV 7.6%
Hybrid inc PHEV 23.2%
ICE only drive train share 69.1%
(BEV 12 month average 8.1%)
China poised to move up from 3rd to 2nd for total vehicles supplier
SUVs 62% share of sales
My Australian vehicle sales summary
Oct 2025 VFACTs figures - 6Nov25
BEV 7.6%
Hybrid inc PHEV 23.2%
ICE only drive train share 69.1%
(BEV 12 month average 8.1%)
China poised to move up from 3rd to 2nd for total vehicles supplier
SUVs 62% share of sales
Funding high speed rail through aviation fuel excise
Dr Chris Jones and Dr Ben Elliston
Aviation lightly taxed
A excise duty could raise $2B/year from aviation fuel taxes
Modest impact on airline fares: 1-way economy class ticket Syd to Mel up ~$12
@drchrisjones.bsky.social
#AEVA Conference 2025
Dr Chris Jones and Dr Ben Elliston
Aviation lightly taxed
A excise duty could raise $2B/year from aviation fuel taxes
Modest impact on airline fares: 1-way economy class ticket Syd to Mel up ~$12
@drchrisjones.bsky.social
#AEVA Conference 2025
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Funding high speed rail through aviation fuel excise
Dr Chris Jones and Dr Ben Elliston
Aviation lightly taxed
A excise duty could raise $2B/year from aviation fuel taxes
Modest impact on airline fares: 1-way economy class ticket Syd to Mel up ~$12
@drchrisjones.bsky.social
#AEVA Conference 2025
Dr Chris Jones and Dr Ben Elliston
Aviation lightly taxed
A excise duty could raise $2B/year from aviation fuel taxes
Modest impact on airline fares: 1-way economy class ticket Syd to Mel up ~$12
@drchrisjones.bsky.social
#AEVA Conference 2025
Australia's PHEV emissions loophole
Dr Ben Elliston
emissions from PHEVs depend on driver behaviour
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), Australia moving from NEDC to WLTP test procedure improving calculation of PHEV fuel consumption and emissions
Ben ACT chair AEVA
#AEVA 2025
Dr Ben Elliston
emissions from PHEVs depend on driver behaviour
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), Australia moving from NEDC to WLTP test procedure improving calculation of PHEV fuel consumption and emissions
Ben ACT chair AEVA
#AEVA 2025
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Australia's PHEV emissions loophole
Dr Ben Elliston
emissions from PHEVs depend on driver behaviour
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), Australia moving from NEDC to WLTP test procedure improving calculation of PHEV fuel consumption and emissions
Ben ACT chair AEVA
#AEVA 2025
Dr Ben Elliston
emissions from PHEVs depend on driver behaviour
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), Australia moving from NEDC to WLTP test procedure improving calculation of PHEV fuel consumption and emissions
Ben ACT chair AEVA
#AEVA 2025
Lifecycle impacts of car size and driver use profiles on GHGs – comparing petrol, diesel and battery electric vehicles
Robin Smit
largest benefits of electrification in small BEV city use cf large diesel SUV = 90% reduction
#AEVA Conference 2025
Robin Smit
largest benefits of electrification in small BEV city use cf large diesel SUV = 90% reduction
#AEVA Conference 2025
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lifecycle impacts of car size and driver use profiles on GHGs – comparing petrol, diesel and battery electric vehicles
Robin Smit
largest benefits of electrification in small BEV city use cf large diesel SUV = 90% reduction
#AEVA Conference 2025
Robin Smit
largest benefits of electrification in small BEV city use cf large diesel SUV = 90% reduction
#AEVA Conference 2025
Australia
25 million people
4 tiers of government
Federal
State/Territory
Local
And Strata
5
And landlords telling you what you can’t do
(Me at #AEVA National Conference 2025)
25 million people
4 tiers of government
Federal
State/Territory
Local
And Strata
5
And landlords telling you what you can’t do
(Me at #AEVA National Conference 2025)
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Australia
25 million people
4 tiers of government
Federal
State/Territory
Local
And Strata
5
And landlords telling you what you can’t do
(Me at #AEVA National Conference 2025)
25 million people
4 tiers of government
Federal
State/Territory
Local
And Strata
5
And landlords telling you what you can’t do
(Me at #AEVA National Conference 2025)
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trends from the Chinese automotive market and what they could mean for the rest of the world
Mark Rainford
Inside China Auto
#AEVA National Conference 2025
Mark Rainford
Inside China Auto
#AEVA National Conference 2025
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Trends from the Chinese automotive market and what they could mean for the rest of the world
Mark Rainford
Inside China Auto
#AEVA National Conference 2025
Mark Rainford
Inside China Auto
#AEVA National Conference 2025
AEVA National Conference 2025
@aevanational.bsky.social
Glen Morris General Manager, Smart Energy Lab
#AEVA
@aevanational.bsky.social
Glen Morris General Manager, Smart Energy Lab
#AEVA
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
AEVA National Conference 2025
@aevanational.bsky.social
Glen Morris General Manager, Smart Energy Lab
#AEVA
@aevanational.bsky.social
Glen Morris General Manager, Smart Energy Lab
#AEVA