EV Pushback

[Morris Minor]

I'm wobbly on Giga Berlin - I think opposition from entrenched interests, environmentalists, & regulatory roadblocks are too much of a headwind. It really would have been better if they'd built elsewhere. Czech Republic maybe.

I suppose you could argue it's a backhanded compliment to Musk & Tesla that the threat they represent is serious enough to have mobilized this level of opposition, but honestly Germany in general is not exactly a great place to complete new business projects and that particular area is even less welcoming. Brandenburg is a backwater for a reason. All the action is further west & southwest.

[Soup DeVille]

I'm wobbly on Giga Berlin - I think opposition from entrenched interests, environmentalists, & regulatory roadblocks are too much of a headwind. It really would have been better if they'd built elsewhere. Czech Republic maybe.

I suppose your could argue it's a backhanded compliment to Musk & Tesla that the threat they represent is serious enough to have mobilized this level of opposition, but honestly Germany in general is not exactly a great place to complete new business projects and that particular area is even less welcoming. Brandenburg is a backwater for a reason. All the action is further west & south west.

The Brandenburg airport should have been a giant red flag.

[Morris Minor]

The Brandenburg airport should have been a giant red flag.

Exactamundo, an infamous and a well-publicized poster child for that kind of dysfunction.

[NomisR]

There are facilities (hotels) where people arriving in Australia may be quarantined under certain circumstances.  This occurs in a number of countries with variations.

Hotels?  Are you kidding.. let's move this topic out of here but you've obviously never seen the camps in Austrailia because they're not done at hotels