#hybrids

I know mallard hybrids are a dime a dozen, but I'm very excited anytime I see a mule, so. The Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland has a male mallard-gadwall living there right now and he is very beautiful, even if the light was rough yesterday and he didn't want to cooperate much. 📷🌿🪶🦆

A photo of an apparent gadwall x mallard hybrid duck (Mareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos). It is a male duck the general size and shape of a mallard with much of the same coloring, but has the delicate gray patterned plumage of the gadwell on its wings and lower body, and iridescent reddish-brown patches on its cheeks and forehead along with iridescent green behind its eyes and on the back of its head. It has a yellow, mallard-like bill. It's floating on sunlit water facing toward the left of frame with sparkling water droplets on its face and chest.A photo of the head and chest of an apparent gadwall x mallard hybrid duck (Mareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos). It is a male duck the general size and shape of a mallard with much of the same coloring, but has the delicate gray patterned plumage of the gadwell on its wings and lower body, and iridescent reddish-brown patches on its cheeks and forehead along with deep iridescent green behind its eyes and on the back of its head. It has a yellow, mallard-like bill. It's floating on sunlit water with its head turned toward the right, and is mostly back-lit.A photo of an apparent gadwall x mallard hybrid duck (Mareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos). It is a male duck the general size and shape of a mallard with much of the same coloring, but has the delicate gray patterned plumage of the gadwell on its wings and lower body, and iridescent reddish-brown patches on its cheeks and forehead along with iridescent green behind its eyes and on the back of its head. It has a yellow, mallard-like bill. It's floating on sunlit water facing toward the left of frame with water dripping from its bill.A photo of three ducks standing on a steep grassy shore next to a pond facing left, a pair of gadwalls (Mareca strepera) and one apparent gadwall x mallard hybrid (Mareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos). The hybrid, on the left, is a male duck the general size and shape of a mallard with much of the same coloring, but has the delicate gray patterned plumage of the gadwell on its wings and lower body, and iridescent reddish-brown patches on its cheeks and forehead along with iridescent deep green behind its eyes and on the back of its head. A teal stripe is visible on its wing. It has a yellow, mallard-like bill and bright orange legs.

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Knowledge Zonekzoneind@mstdn.social
2026-01-07

Scientists fuse human cells with #Plant #Protoplasts in laboratories to study how #Chromosomes function across vastly different species.

These #Hybrids cannot develop into organisms but offer vital clues about the fundamental evolution of life on Earth.

knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Huma

2026-01-05

The volume EV market needs an elegantly simple car, with great range. And leave out the anti Right-to-Repair drm parts BS, and interior cab surveillance.

We need the equivalent of what the Prius did for hybrids back around 2004. Priced to move at around $25K+. I think the Prius EV has a nice ring to it.

#EV #Hybrids #Automobiles #ToyotaPriusEV

2026-01-05

I think a reason EV sales are slowing (other than the orangeman), is that car manufacturers focused on the luxury models first. And instead of expanding to volume, they ran scared. Their luxury market is now saturated.

The new 3rd generation Nissan Leaf is one of the few at $30K. Not too many others out there. And because we've prevented any foreign competition (even from Canada), it's probably not going to get better.

The economy is very very top-heavy.

#EV #FossilFuel #Hybrids #CoalCar

Miguel Afonso Caetanoremixtures@tldr.nettime.org
2025-12-31

Not even tariffs can stop Europeans from buying Chinese EVs and hybrids. And in fact, their brands are at the top of the league, right now. Right now, I think only South Korean brands such as Kia and Hyundai can compete with them.

"Chinese carmakers captured a record 12.8% of Europe’s electric-vehicle market in November, building on gains made this year despite the cost of European Union tariffs.

In the fast-growing hybrid-car categories, Chinese brands resumed their rise, surpassing 13% across the EU, EFTA countries and the UK, according to researcher Dataforce.
Gathering Strength

Brands led by BYD Co. and SAIC Motor Corp., along with newer entrants such as Chery Automobile Co. and Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., have redoubled efforts to crack the European market this year. Overcapacity in China has fed the export push, as manufacturers seek a release from relentless price wars in their domestic market.

Mainland automakers have largely absorbed the extra fees that the EU imposed on Chinese-made EVs in late 2024, while pressing into areas unaffected by the new tariffs, such as hybrid models and non-EU markets like the UK.

Through October, Leapmotor’s European EV sales had surged more than 4,000%, based on separate data from Jato Dynamics — growth bolstered by a joint venture with Stellantis NV, the parent of Peugeot, Fiat and Opel. Chery’s Omoda brand saw an 1,100% EV rise over the same time frame."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#China #Europe #EU #EVs #Hybrids

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io
2025-12-30

#PlugInHybrids Now Outsell #Diesel in #Europe
Europe has hit a historic milestone: plug-in #hybrids now outsell diesel #cars. With incentives rising and diesel demand collapsing, #PHEV are becoming the continent’s preferred transition technology.
autoblog.com/news/plug-in-hybr

The Japan Timesthejapantimes
2025-12-30

The EV market is slowing in the U.S., but analysts expect hybrid sales to continue accelerating, with one platform predicting nearly one in six new cars next year will be a hybrid. japantimes.co.jp/business/2025

Miguel Afonso Caetanoremixtures@tldr.nettime.org
2025-12-20

"WHEN THE European Union increased tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024, the logic was straightforward: raise prices and imports will fall. A study published by the Kiel Institute, a think-tank, estimated that higher levies would cause Chinese car exports to plunge by 25%. After more than a year, that forecast is wrong. According to China’s customs agency, car exports to Europe rose to nearly 1.2m in the 12 months to November, up by 26% from a year earlier (see chart 1). The data suggest that Europe’s failure to stem the rise of Chinese-made vehicles has less to do with weak tariffs than Chinese carmakers’ talent for steering around them.

Europe’s EV tariffs were designed to address what the European Commission calls the “unfair subsidisation” of Chinese producers by the state and restore a “level playing field”. But instead of imposing a uniform duty on all Chinese cars, the EU opted for a tailored approach. Extra tariffs were applied only to purely battery-powered vehicles, based on each carmaker’s estimated level of government support. On top of the bloc’s existing 10% import duty, BYD (China’s biggest producer of EVs) faced an additional 17%, Geely-owned brands 18.8% and SAIC 35.3%. Other Chinese carmakers were subject to tariffs of 20.7%. Hybrids were spared.

Rather than retreat, Chinese carmakers changed lanes, pivoting from EVs to hybrids, which combine electric motors with petrol engines. This shift is evident in the data. Whereas monthly Chinese EV sales to Europe have grown by 12% in the past year, exports of hybrids have surged by 155%, albeit from a low base (see chart 2). “It was only a matter of time before the Chinese manufacturers changed their strategy,” Beatrix Keim of Germany’s Centre for Automotive Research recently told Handelsblatt, a German newspaper. Hybrids are now the fastest-growing segment of China’s car exports..."

economist.com/graphic-detail/2
#EU #China #Tariffs #Protectionism #TradeWars #EVs #Hybrids

CnznewsCnznews
2025-11-24

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