Mark Constable
@trojanmark.bsky.social
⚡️Head of Public Affairs, Trojan Energy⚡️Chair, RECHARGE UK, REA⚡️Working in EV since 2012 (ex TfL/EDF)⚡️WalkCycleLondon ⚡️EDM⚡️Sci-Fi ⚡️COYI⚡️OV
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Mark Constable
@trojanmark.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I’ve said it before, but the last time I was truly surprised was when I heard the words “In the movie Frank Sidebottom will be played by Michael Fassbender”. Since then, meh.
Swore I wasn’t going be that guy, but I can’t hold back. Spent 2wks in a foreign city. Total public transport including river services - £6. London equivalent journey for journey: £121. That city, 100% reliable. Back in London 48h, Eliz Line buggered Tues, Blackheath junction buggered today.
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Swore I wasn’t going be that guy, but I can’t hold back. Spent 2wks in a foreign city. Total public transport including river services - £6. London equivalent journey for journey: £121. That city, 100% reliable. Back in London 48h, Eliz Line buggered Tues, Blackheath junction buggered today.
Nearly two hours 😀
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Nearly two hours 😀
Just had an epic run on #QatarAirways #BallDefender over the Indian Ocean
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Just had an epic run on #QatarAirways #BallDefender over the Indian Ocean
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Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
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Whichever councillor in West Oxfordshire compared a solar farm to Aberfan should feel absolutely ashamed of themselves. A completely disgraceful comparison for which they should apologise.
A solar farm that could have powered “all the households in Witney” has been refused permission by West Oxfordshire District Council. Councillors were concerned about the risk of fire, one drawing parallels to the 1966 Aberfan disaster: “Until someone can guarantee it is safe, I can’t support it.”
September 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Whichever councillor in West Oxfordshire compared a solar farm to Aberfan should feel absolutely ashamed of themselves. A completely disgraceful comparison for which they should apologise.
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i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age
August 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Do you have a Hyundai Ioniq (2016-21)? I've got roof bars available to give away (collect from Oxford, UK) - perhaps for a small charity donation. YKS6 Yakima flush bars S6, 100cm x2, with YKK1144 smartfoot fitting kits. message me if interested.
July 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Do you have a Hyundai Ioniq (2016-21)? I've got roof bars available to give away (collect from Oxford, UK) - perhaps for a small charity donation. YKS6 Yakima flush bars S6, 100cm x2, with YKK1144 smartfoot fitting kits. message me if interested.
The Prodigy’s Glastonbury set made it look like most other bands are just dicking around. Gen X rules. Always.
July 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Prodigy’s Glastonbury set made it look like most other bands are just dicking around. Gen X rules. Always.
Like all men are only five weeks of parental leave away from becoming a pimp??? What on earth is this?
Only one in three new fathers take paternity leave, but the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, says men should get six weeks to fight toxic masculinity. Tom Whipple, who took six months, reflects
Men aren’t taking paternity leave. Should we blame the matriarchy?
Only one in three new fathers take paternity leave, but the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, says men should get six weeks to fight toxic masculinity. Tom Whipple, who took six months, reflects
www.thetimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Like all men are only five weeks of parental leave away from becoming a pimp??? What on earth is this?
Fires, you say? 🤔
The USPS’s aging Grumman LLV fleet, built between 1986 and 1994, is now over 30 years old and plagued by breakdowns, fires, poor mileage, pollution, and outdated ergonomics.
Full story 👇
electrek.co/2025/06/22/r...
Full story 👇
electrek.co/2025/06/22/r...
Republicans can't stop wasting money - they want to scrap USPS' awesome EVs
An opportunity to waste money, harm the environment, put your kids at risk, AND increase labor costs? Republicans are all over it.
electrek.co
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Fires, you say? 🤔
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Almost everyone: "Electric cars are too expensive and are all SUVs. We need smaller, cheaper ones."
*BYD launches new compact, high-quality electric car in the UK at £18,000*
BBC: No, not like that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*BYD launches new compact, high-quality electric car in the UK at £18,000*
BBC: No, not like that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Almost everyone: "Electric cars are too expensive and are all SUVs. We need smaller, cheaper ones."
*BYD launches new compact, high-quality electric car in the UK at £18,000*
BBC: No, not like that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*BYD launches new compact, high-quality electric car in the UK at £18,000*
BBC: No, not like that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Out of looroll
Quote this with your most spine-chilling three-word phrase in the English language. I bet you can't beat "replacement bus service" or "family fun day".
June 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Out of looroll
With a fire from the fireworks up above,
with a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain, you run for cover in a Temple of Love, shine like thunder, cry like rain
#sunday #camdenroundhouse #lifegoalinlocked
with a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain, you run for cover in a Temple of Love, shine like thunder, cry like rain
#sunday #camdenroundhouse #lifegoalinlocked
May 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
With a fire from the fireworks up above,
with a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain, you run for cover in a Temple of Love, shine like thunder, cry like rain
#sunday #camdenroundhouse #lifegoalinlocked
with a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain, you run for cover in a Temple of Love, shine like thunder, cry like rain
#sunday #camdenroundhouse #lifegoalinlocked
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We know only a little about why Spain and Portugal's blackout occurred on Monday, but enough to what went wrong and what should have happened but didn't.
Javier Blas's conference call with REE gives us the clues
1/
Javier Blas's conference call with REE gives us the clues
1/
May 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We know only a little about why Spain and Portugal's blackout occurred on Monday, but enough to what went wrong and what should have happened but didn't.
Javier Blas's conference call with REE gives us the clues
1/
Javier Blas's conference call with REE gives us the clues
1/
And what would he know about it?
Sir Tony Blair has warned there needs to be a radical reset of “irrational” net-zero policies because they are “doomed to fail”
Tony Blair calls for reset of ‘irrational’ net-zero policies
www.thetimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
And what would he know about it?
Movies you have seen six or more times, no Star Wars, LOTR, or Trek
April 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Movies you have seen six or more times, no Star Wars, LOTR, or Trek
Post a photo of a bus from your camera roll
April 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Post a photo of a bus from your camera roll
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This is getting endemic now. Pay as clear apparently is "stupid", you could take a few hundred quid off a bill "overnight".
Well if it's so stupid and easy to fix, surely you won't mind me tapping the sign?
Well if it's so stupid and easy to fix, surely you won't mind me tapping the sign?
April 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is getting endemic now. Pay as clear apparently is "stupid", you could take a few hundred quid off a bill "overnight".
Well if it's so stupid and easy to fix, surely you won't mind me tapping the sign?
Well if it's so stupid and easy to fix, surely you won't mind me tapping the sign?
Spending an evening at the @netzeroappg.bsky.social listening to speakers covering the current hot topics in Transport emissions. @alexsobel.co.uk chairing with calls to action from @jamesrcourt.bsky.social and others
April 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Spending an evening at the @netzeroappg.bsky.social listening to speakers covering the current hot topics in Transport emissions. @alexsobel.co.uk chairing with calls to action from @jamesrcourt.bsky.social and others
I don’t play much golf these days but man do I still love #MastersSunday - and what a year. The most amazing 19 holes I’ve ever watched, from everyone. Gutted for Justin, stoked for Rory, could have been the other way around so easily. One for the ages. #TheMasters2025 #GrandSlam
April 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don’t play much golf these days but man do I still love #MastersSunday - and what a year. The most amazing 19 holes I’ve ever watched, from everyone. Gutted for Justin, stoked for Rory, could have been the other way around so easily. One for the ages. #TheMasters2025 #GrandSlam
If you see this, post a vehicle
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If you see this, post a vehicle
Top Secret was the first video I ever rented. Looking over Val Kilmer’s filmography, I can’t help feeling his star never quite got to where it should be. What a body of work 👏🏻
April 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Top Secret was the first video I ever rented. Looking over Val Kilmer’s filmography, I can’t help feeling his star never quite got to where it should be. What a body of work 👏🏻