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@ElectrekCo Embarrassing specs! Only goes to show how far behind China the Germans are..

Volkswagen just revealed the first-ever electric GTI ⚡️ 222 hp / 166 kW (front motor) ⚡️0-100 km/h in 6.8s ⚡️52 kWh NMC battery ⚡️263 mi (424 km) WLTP range ⚡️105 kW DC fast charging ⚡️10-80% in ~24 min ⚡️1,240L cargo (rear seats folded) ⚡️Starting under €39,000 (~$45,000) ⚡️ Pre-sales open this Fall in Europe ⚡️ No mention of any US plans

@De_Kyros @stats_feed I doubt 70 years of profit was lost in one year.. I think they will loose significantly more if they don’t double down on their EV investments

Honda posted its first net loss since 1955. Let that sit. Seventy years of never going red. Through oil crises, through recessions, through the entire rise and fall of Japanese economic dominance. And now, in 2026, a ¥403 billion loss because they bet wrong on EVs. The writedown is the dagger. ¥1.6 trillion. Ten billion dollars of "we thought electric was the future and we were right about the future but wrong about the timing, the cost, and our own ability to compete." That's not a loss. That's an amputation. They took what would have been a 7.4 billion profit, a celebration of hybrid wisdom and steady management, and torched it on the altar of electrification. Honda was the cautious one. The company that perfected the internal combustion engine, that made reliability a religion, that watched Toyota and Tesla fight for EV headlines while selling Civics to people who just wanted to get to work. They waited. They studied. They finally jumped, and the water was shallower than it looked. The EV market in 2026 isn't what the PowerPoints promised. Demand softened. Prices dropped. Chinese manufacturers flooded the zone with cheaper, faster options. Honda's e:Ny1 and Prologue landed with the enthusiasm of a homework assignment. The infrastructure didn't keep pace. The consumers didn't convert. The investment became a weight. Seventy years of profit. Gone in a fiscal year because the board decided they couldn't afford to miss the revolution, then missed anyway. The hybrid era was Honda's kingdom. They ruled it quietly, efficiently, without flash. The EV era is someone else's story. And Honda is now writing the most expensive footnote. Back to the drawing board. Or back to what worked. The engine still hums. The question is whether anyone's still listening.

🇯🇵 For the first time since 1955, Honda has reported a net loss. • ¥403.3 billion loss (~$2.6 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 2026 • Took a massive ¥1.6 trillion (~$10 billion) writedown on its EV investments • This wiped out what would have been a solid ~$7.4 billion profit

@baaslaunch @the_transit_guy Rail needs to be combined with a strategy to urbanize and densify areas around the stations. This has been successful many places around the world and may be the only way to combat endless sprawl..

Consider that maybe the regions that are succeeding... ...are not the ones missing something important. I love high-speed rail. China, Japan, Taiwan, France, Spain... Great systems connecting walkable cities. But rail doesn't work in sprawling metroplexes where cars rule. Texas will have fleets of safe, cheap, fast, efficient self driving cars multiplying roadway capacity far sooner than significant rail mileage can be built. If we could go back in time 40 years I would support high-speed rail for Texas. But for today and tomorrow... Don't see it.

Texas has “4 of the top 10” biggest cities in the country and yet doesn’t have high speed rail that looks like this:

@bobbyfijan @the_transit_guy This bedroom has a window I think.

@Komrad_Iron @the_transit_guy And here's another one. Took me 15 seconds to find

Lots of windowless bedrooms in the Navy Yard $2500/month

@Ajarncom That said, he may also be able to sell of some of the wood for a few thousand baht..

@Ajarncom I saw that, but unless you really, really enjoy your job that’s not really a life to be lived imo. I agree it’s a decent salary, but even running a simple business like this has it’s costs and the job isn’t finished when he leaves your garden.

We've got a guy in to chop down a couple of big trees in the garden. We've used him a number of times and my word, along with his wife, the pair of them seriously know how to put in a day's work. He charges 4,000 baht a day and told me he's got so much work and such a long queue of customers, he's having to work every day. 120K a month. There's decent money to be made if you're willing to graft. A few power tools, a rusty old pick-up truck, and let word of mouth do all your marketing legwork.

@danbychoi Hva med mailene til Mette Marit da?

Hva er det som foregår i TV 2? TV 2s forbrytelse her er bare så mye større enn at noen sier noe idiotisk på fylla. Møter du meg på en bar, og det ikke er avklart noen intervjusituasjon, kan du med sikkerhet vite at jeg ikke kommer til å sitere deg til noen sak. Denne tilliten er helt avgjørende for journalistikken som institusjon, men det virker TV 2 å bry seg pent lite om. De siste dagene har de flere ganger vist at de har en meget slapp holdning til hvordan de forvalter informasjon, og folk kan med rette stole mindre på dem. Det er et problem som rammer hele pressen. tv2.no/nyheter/frp-ra…

@Factnews2003 @stats_feed Thats not a measurement of "strong currencies"!

World’s Strongest Currencies (2026) — Value vs USD: 1. 🇰🇼 Kuwaiti Dinar — $3.25 2. 🇧🇭 Bahraini Dinar — $2.65 3. 🇴🇲 Omani Rial — $2.60 4. 🇯🇴 Jordanian Dinar — $1.41 5. 🇬🇧 British Pound — $1.30+ 6. 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Pound — $1.30+ 7. 🇨🇭 Swiss Franc — $1.10+ 8. 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands Dollar-$1.20 9. 🇪🇺 Euro — $1.08+ 10. 🇺🇸 US Dollar — $1.00

Currencies performance YTD 🇮🇳 Indian rupee: -4.72% 🇹🇷 Turkish lira: -4.53% 🇰🇷 Korean won: -2.60% 🇯🇵 Japanese yen: -1.83% 🇪🇺 Euro: -0.18% 🇨🇦 Canadian dollar: +0.20% 🇺🇸 US dollar: +0.23% 🇬🇧 British pound: +0.45% 🇨🇭 Swiss franc: +0.94% 🇨🇳 Chinese yuan: +2.35% 🇲🇽 Mexican peso: +3.48% 🇦🇷 Argentine peso: +3.83% 🇷🇺 Russian ruble: +5.75% 🇦🇺 Australian dollar: +6.76% 🇧🇷 Brazilian real: +9.98%

@EnergyRealist25 @dunne_insights Only China you say? I’ve been to a dozen countries the last couple of years and seen EVs increase in every market. Take a taxi in Albania, Thailand, Morocco or Brazil and you’ll see most of them are EVs! Dealerships popping up everywhere

@dunne_insights EV advocates have been moving the "crossover" goalpost for 20 years (yet it's always couple years out!) - so far only China appears to have the infrastructure for viable mass adoption

Worth 10 billion words if this picture is accurate.

@MNReitan Oljefondet har en gjennomsnittlig årlig avkastning på 1.250 mrd kroner. Med 650 ansatte betyr det avkastning på nesten 2 mrd per hode. Jeg vil ikke si det er overdimensjonert. Faktisk vil jeg utfordre deg i å finne noe annet selskap som har større avkastning per ansatt.

Hvis 65% av de ansatte brukes til å kode, så er de enten veldig dårlige til å kode, eller så har du altfor mange ansatte

@TheMaineWonk I cannot believe how it’s not worse! Who in their right mind can approve of him?

Donald Trump’s net approval rating on the economy at this point in a term, is the worst in American history. Good luck in the Midterms, GOP.

@ealeonau Even 5000 seems a bit low for me

Reality hits hard when you come to terms with the fact that zebra crossings are just decoration. Video link in the comments. #ประเทศไทย #タイ #Thailand

@annvandersteel The Kra Canal was first proposed by King Narai in 1677, so this has been a desk study for about 350 years!

Thailand just made a massive geopolitical move and hardly anyone here is talking about it. They are planning a 28 billion dollar land bridge to bypass the Strait of Malacca. Think about what that means for a second. Right now about a quarter of the world’s trade moves through that one chokepoint. If something disrupts it, everything feels it. Thailand wants to change that. They are connecting the Indian Ocean to the Pacific by land, moving cargo across their country instead of forcing ships through the strait. That cuts days off shipping times and lowers costs. This puts Thailand right in the middle of global trade in a way we have not seen before. And it raises some real questions. Who is backing this financially? Who benefits the most if traffic shifts away from Malacca? What happens to the current balance of power in that region? This is not just an infrastructure story. It is a shift in how goods move around the world and who controls that movement. Most people will scroll right past this. They should not.

@MlleMalin Man jobber jo for å få bredere forpliktelser til kutt globalt. Dersom alle skulle brukt samme argumentasjon, hvordan får man da kuttet? Forresten er det ikke bare oss som kutter..

Redder vi klimaet, da, hvis det er bare oss som kutter?

@R04ch @Thai_Talk Last year was actually also much hotter then average as a whole. Only January and February was cooler than normal.

@Thai_Talk Last year was remarkably cool. This year it's a bit warmer again but not as bad as 2024.

During 2023-2024 heatwaves in Thailand, many Thai provinces got new record highest temperatures, e.g., Tak 44.6°C in 2023, Lampang 44.3°C in 2024. In April 2024, 26 provinces recorded temperatures exceeding 40°C. / 🇹🇭 current mean temperature is already higher than 26°C.

@RBBL_ROUZR @hagaetc Most people want to keep Vinmonopolet though

@hagaetc I know! If there is one thing I could change in Norway it would be the love of socialism and collectivism in government policy. Not the people; nobody wants this yet here it is.

In Norway the state has a monopoly on retail sales of alcohol with over 5% abv. Here’s what blew a visiting American friend’s mind: The store is literally called “The Wine Monopoly” … and people think it’s great!

@MadeByPiesso Hva med at svenske gjenger med voldsmonopol aktivt rekrutterer yngre tenåringer fordi de nå er under den kriminelle lavalderen og kan unngå straff og gjøre så mye ulovlig de bare vil, er det ikke det som ødelegger livet deres?

Personlig synes jeg det er greit å ikke ødelegge livene til barn som gjør feil.

@GjefleKarsten @gardlm @kiheger Hva snakker du om? Så du intervjuet?

@gardlm @kiheger Han snakker som en ekte Trump figur 🤡 kanskje det er noe i alle historier om sex drugs and rock’n roll 🚩 interessant podcast om han seier 🧩 podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/unh…

Årets TV-øyeblikk i Europa 2026!

@rorevin Fair enough! Jeg jobber med rekruttering og må ofte vurdere skjønnsmessig om det er innenfor å kreve vandelsattest i forbindelse med ansettelse. Statist i filmproduksjon havner klart utenfor i de aller fleste tilfeller.

@norjunglist Beklager, jeg visste ikke at de ikke hadde anledning til å hente vandelsattest. Min feil sjef.

Hva slags bakgrunnssjekk gjør NRK av sine skuespillere i sine serier? Inkl. statister med tre-fire setninger. Fikk sjokk i helgen. En jeg vet om som har tre voldtektsanklager mot seg fra før (frikjent men dog) og besøksforbud mot seg over lang tid dukket plutselig opp. Faen ta.