I think the naysayers don't live in Germany, or at least are not used to the idea of mixed use neighbourhoods.
PerCarita
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Most restaurants that germans go to don't have a parking lot nearby. Most restaurants are in the city. Although maybe some enterprising country inn/restaurant owners already offer EV charging.
You're thinking cities with single use neighbourhoods like in the US, where residency and commercial areas are usually separated. That's not the case in Germany.
For a family trip? Toilet break, coffee, cakes for the kids, that's 15-20 minutes on a rest area. We do this on a weekend, so need a quick grocery run (our supermarkets are famously closed on Sunday), that's easily 30-40 minutes total.
Some gas stations are also highway rest areas with restaurants and whatnot. The ones that aren't close to rest areas are in mixed used neighbourhoods, so possibly close to the customers' homes. If you take your car to the cinema in Germany, you're doing it wrong.
boots
The Sam Vimes' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness! Can we be friends? XD
Now they're researching a time machine to try to create a conundrum where Musk simultaneously buys Twitter, runs it to the ground, but then in the past re-buys it from himself after he runs it to the ground.
We're just interested to see if there are statistics around that support your claim that
20 percent of hexbears user base is trans.
Don't you mean, you tried to sook it up?
sorry.
No, I don't mind you asking. When it comes to talking about race relations in Europe and systemic racism against black people in the US, especially in the US she's of the view that Obama became president = racism solved, this she relates to how many Uyghur people are "actually in power", like black people in the US. I still see a systemic problem.
Another one is when we talk about Taiwan. I'm of the view that a country is made up of land, people, and government, and the people should have a say in who governs them. She thinks Taiwan (and Hongkong) belongs to China because it has always historically belonged to China. Thing is, we both live and work in Germany, but I don't think she knows which parts of Europe used to historically belong to this or that other kingdom that are now divided into different countries.
I've seen this sentiment being repeated in the replies, yet this also applies to private companies that are run by absolutely powerful people. It's true that Lord Acton wrote this about the monarchy, but some execs in multinational corporations today are just as powerful as old-timey monarchs.
It's the one-party system that bothers me, really. When I talk about politics to my one close-ish friend from mainland China, I often feel like she comes from an alien planet
In Germany: Big car manufacturers do have round-table sessions where they share research informations with each other. However, they do not co-ordinate pricing.
When you feel like car manufacturers release models with similar specs within a short time frame, this could be why.