Data from German vehicle insurer HUK-COBURG (which holds a quarter of the market) shows that Germans have been choosing EVs almost twice as often since the latest oil price crisis in March: 12 per cent of car insurance policy switches in Q2 2026 were to an EV
Second-hand EVs are also becoming increasingly popular amongst frequent drivers, for whom the cost savings are even greater. Volkswagen EVs are popular as second-hand cars, whilst new German EVs are less so.
Just another place we visited in the Fränkische Schweiz. We just walked along a little stream and suddenly passed through this rock-gate with all the lush green on either side.
Just beautiful.
https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2026/caves-and-meadows-d…
On my walk this weekend I went past this abandoned mansion, built by a Victorian stockbroker in the 1860s. You can barely see it from the track but the whole place is falling into ruin. But as I walked past, I could hear the calls of peacocks. Presumably now wild, and it made me think post apocalyptic thoughts. #ruins #walking
Sources: indie studio Neon acquires Artificial, after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the biopic on Sam Altman and OpenAI; Amazon invested $50B in OpenAI in February (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/business/media/opena…
@… I’m not entirely sure what your train of thought was doing whilst following me, but I can only conclude it was plummeting into some sort of mental ditch. You’re aware I *hate* AI and AI users, right? And you’re aware that you are one, right? Please explain.
@… I’m not entirely sure what your train of thought was doing whilst following me, but I can only conclude it was plummeting into some sort of mental ditch. You’re aware I *hate* AI and AI users, right? And you’re aware that you are one, right? Please explain.