It shall be intersting to see if Israel underestimated Iran.
I wonder if the Israelly population find this interesting too?

It sure is the time of the lawless states. 😬

That is very impressive by the new government. Hopefully this is a sign the economy is getting better.

he’s about to sell it and buy Tesla,

🤣 🤣 🤣

which should have virtually the same system as early Enyaqs

No I don’t think so, Octavia is not the MEB platform, but probably based on an older software design.
I can see here the Octavia PHEV was never popular, despite the Octavia used to be. but the PHEV sales numbers are extremely low, and apparently was only available for a couple of years. The sales were only 1.6% of the Enyaq!

I’ve seen many reviews and read fora about Enyaq, and I’ve never heard about anything like you describe. On the contrary I’ve often heard it described as very reliable, and for VW group as a whole a huge step up from previous models. The Octavia PHEV is admittedly not previous but contemporary, but maybe the software is different IDK.

According to the Skoda homepage the current Skoda Octavia software version is (O3A4) SW1985, but only ICE is listed, For Enyaq it’s ME3.8.
So no I do not think it’s the same software, and your friend should probably check if an update is available.

India is not depending on USA in any way, which is why they are not that concerned about USA either.
They probably just have confidence USA will stay arrogant while the ship goes down.

Yes I agree, and of course we hope the insanity will end. But as you write, just because Democrats manage to get elected next time, is not enough to restore trust.
When (if) things return to normal, we can trade and cooperate, but we can’t have any dependence on USA anymore.

It must be tough to be American right now, and I don’t mean inflation, house prices or recession. But the psychological environment must be insanely stressful.
I really feel for the Americans that understand what’s going on, and tried to prevent it.
Personally when Trump got elected, I decided to simply disregard USA as friend and partner. And consider USA as a country as mostly irrelevant now.
Maybe if there’s a revolution, and AOC becomes president, then I would have hope for a quick recovery. But there are not any realistic way I can see for that in the near future.

It’s almost sweet to see Canada has higher confidence than Germany, Spain and Sweden.

A few Canadians simply refuse to give up on USA, and just wish for things to return to normal.

But what is he really planning? If USA is at war, he can call for martial law and end democracy in USA. And he has the military there to protect him!

That’s weird, most comments I’ve heard it should be very reliable?
But I’ve only been looking at the Enyaq. Are we talking about the same car?

Edit PS: I think it doesn’t have over the air updates, maybe it’s a bad (early) version, and he should have an upgrade from the shop?

I’d be surprised if he didn’t actively encourage it.
Unless of course he wanted the privilege of starting it himself? Because a war could solve some of his problems, and pave the way for a MAGA dictatorship.

About as eco friendly as it gets. Very important detail, I never claimed it was best. But the difference to a sedan is negligeable.
I understand it’s counterintuitive, but Yes actually!
https://youtu.be/YMLQrEaped8?t=2016

Notice it’s more efficient than the Ioniq 5 !!! And also than the BMW i4 which is a sport sedan.

https://youtu.be/EYLQzWnALE4?t=886

This is the older iV80 in the SUV version, slightly less efficient than the newer one, but still doing pretty well.
Obviously it’s not the absolute best because of the weight, but it’s not nearly as bad as you probably thought.
It’s almost identical to the ID3 which is not an SUV.

VW did an amazing job with the MEB platform, and Skoda did an amzing job with the design of the Enyaq, so it’s better than the VW ID4.
You could also get some solar panels, and 200 or 225 Wh/km becomes near irrelevant.

Electric cars are notoriously heavy, that’s not unique for Enyaq. A Sedan is heavy too. To be significantly more efficient than the Enyaq, you have to go way down in size INCLUDING battery size! Which makes it a much less versatile car.

My Fiat 500 comment wasn’t either a joke or sarcasm, that’s how far you need to downgrade before it makes a significant difference. For me an electric Fiat 500 would be completely useless. For instance I need to be able to pull a trailer.

with something eco-friendly

The Enyaq is absolutely about as eco friendly as it gets. It’s very energy efficient and has good aerodynamics.
We can’t all drive around in stupid Fiat 500 cars that suck balls because they are from Stellantis.

If you need a trailer at some point, the Enyaq can pull a trailer up to 1000 kg, while the Tavascan can’t at all.

Regarding environment, the Enyaq is very efficient and aerodynamic despite the size.

I don’t think so, because Ubuntu is also controlled by a private company, and Ubuntu has issues with open source, making everything they do dual license, meaning they can choose to switch away from open source to proprietary on everything developed within the Ubuntu framework.

So choosing Ubuntu would be incredibly short sighted. Debian is a much stronger candidate. Or an in house distro based on Debian, until a common EU distro is ready, which is already planned.

Which is exactly what many have warned about for 20 years. The Microsoft lock-in is insane.
It’s better to get out sooner rather than later.
But considering most of EU is planning similar transitions, I’d be surprised if they don’t cooperate on making better import of MS formats in Libre Office.

The Danish government is also planning to make guidelines to make a smooth transition easier. Which will be available for private companies too.

Something that may make it easier is that it’s been law for more than a decade, that ALL documents from public services must be made in open standards.

Word isn’t even that great at keeping it’s own formatting

To put it mildly.

It’s only open in name.

I don’t think this is anywhere close to describe the real effect of the trillions the big ugly bill gives in tax cuts to the rich.

Just a quick example: 2 trillion spread evenly on ALL Americans including pensioners and children, would give every American almost $7000 per year each!

The fact that the debt has gone up for many decades now is not in question.
But your resoning for it is completely disconnected from reality.

when social security began running a deficit,

That comment is outright insane.
You appear to choose delusions that supports your opinions over facts that don’t.
Denmark has some of the highest social security programs, and have some of the best financials and economies in the world.