Americans discover what the rest of the world has known for a hundred years: that electric trains are just plain better
zockerr
joined 1 year ago
Remember, this is System76, not necessarily pop os. Personally, I'd guess it's gonna be some new hardware.
Kann Tuxedo nicht empfehlen. Hab aktuell selber einen, aber würde ich nicht nochmal kaufen. Tastatur ist ziemlich schlecht, die Treiber sind sehr instabil (wer möchte nicht, dass aus heiterem Himmel die Lüfter auf Vollgas gehen und die Tastaturbeleuchtung ausfällt?) und die Akkus werden verlässlich nach 1,5 Jahren zum würzigen Kissen.
Every time I read about this kerfuffle, I am astounded by the sheer stupidity of the manufacturer. Even if they may be technically in the right here(I don't know, since the contracts they have with the operator aren't public), they effectively shoot themselves in the foot with this PR Desaster. Especially the various national rail operators across Europe will think twice about buying NEWAG, since these operators usually have their own maintenance and repair centers, and expect to service their rolling stock there. And those national operators still make up the lion's share of the European rail market.
VW has utterly failed to deliver EVs people actually want to buy. They are expensive, have lower quality interiors compared to their combustion brethren, lag behind in infotainment/connectivity compared to other EVs (especially Chinese ones, which is one market VW was betting heavily on) and in terms of range and charging speed they're also behind their competitors. At least here in Germany it seems like they padded their order books with deliveries to car sharing, rental and taxi companies, looking at how many ID3s and ID4s are present there. It wouldn't surprise me if they offered massive discounts in hopes of generating demand from private buyers, but that didn't work out and the fleet market is simply saturated now.
Well damn. I hope they can get a start under a new company. Annapurna has been kind of a seal of approval for high quality, small dev team games that weren't the usual triple A bullshit or obvious cash grabs.