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Europe must cancel its plan to ban new fossil fuel-emitting cars from 2035 to reduce reliance on China's battery supply chain and play to its technological strengths, BMW's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Oliver Zipse, who has long pushed for regulators to permit various technologies - including alternative fuels like e-fuels or biofuels and hydrogen fuel cell cars - said the mood in Europe was "trending towards one of pessimism" and the region needed a new regulatory framework to remain competitive.

Try to defuse, end the interaction and try to move on perhaps? Defuse for one’s own sake and a tool to end the interaction sooner, but not to cede the point to a reactionary boomer.

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I desperately want a viable alternative to come along. There’s a lot of great content on YouTube, but the platform is increasingly being enshitified.

No, it is not. But, while electric vehicles have lower carbon footprint than gasoline powered cars, they have far higher carbon footprint than public transport.

When the driver of a car is looking more at the passenger they’re talking to than the road. Probably a dead giveaway that the scene is shot with green screen or the car being towed on the back of a truck.

TMDB (https://www.themoviedb.org/) maybe? Don’t think it has an app though.

Bad sound, otherwise incredible.

Pro: the second line can be deactivated (“disconnected”) from the phone. Con: added cost.