Then there is only one option, and that is to not play future Sony single player games.
Except of course if they make Steam Deck versions. 😀

Except that’s not how wear scales.
Wear is also by weather, and wear from traffic on major roads is mostly from heavy trucks, and the fact that major roads have a lot of heavy truck traffic, also makes the road more expensive to build and maintain.
Yes there is some justice in taxing the gas when all cars are ICE, but there are many other costs from ICE cars than roads, for instance asthma and global warming.

In Europe gas is taxed accordingly, to limit the use of it, and USA has failed to do so for decades. The result is that average European cars in general have almost doubly the mileage of American cars, and now that gas is expensive, instead of the price increasing 50% like in USA, it is “only” increasing 20%, and people feel it less, because we drive more economic cars.

There have been talks in EU that all cars should be equipped with an odometer, and road tax should be based on that.
But that was years ago, and it seems like the idea is dead for now. But I think for heavy trucks they have something like that in some countries.

If it’s artificial it isn’t orange juice.

The waves are scary if you don’t read it correctly though.

Seems to me language has been hit with serious devaluation, and we now have runaway inflation.

Thanks. 👍

would be changed to EV drivers who are not currently paying the 18.5 cents per gallon federal gas tax.

That’s bullshit IMO. That’s like punishing people for buying a car that uses renewable energy, over an ICE stinker that ruins the environment both locally and globally.

So they continue more than half a century of bad practices.
My god American law makers are idiots. 😡

Goddam this is bad, it gives me an eerie vibe that this is just the beginning of such consequences globally due to rising fuel costs.

Some of the regions that will do best are probably EU and China, because we have good economies and a high degree of renewable energy.
Other regions will feel it both faster an harder. Because they are more dependent and/or can’t as easily afford higher prices.
USA will probably be worse off than EU and China, because USA has higher dependency on oil.

Also USA should be sanctioned like they sanction Cuba. USA deserves it a 100 times more than Cuba does.

DON’T BUY AMERICAN!!

I don’t see what that answer could be even hypothetically and if Trump wasn’t a moron.
USA is not the world leader in production anymore, that ship has sailed. Now China is the leader in production, and USA is mostly a service based economy.
So cars isn’t even the major problem, technology is.
Before the Japanese entered the market, and put a serious dent in US car manufacturing, American automakers were the biggest in the world, now the biggest American car manufacturer is GM at no. 5 internationally down from no. 4 in 2024.
Most likely USA will decline further because of the Chinese makers, that have not entered top 5 on production yet, but almost definitely will very soon.

USA is still significant with Ford following directly after GM. But the current home market GM and Ford are operating in, could make it even harder for them to compete internationally, as USA is somewhat held out of international trade by the Trump Tariffs, and those tariffs make production in USA more expensive.

So international competition by GM and Ford will be from factories outside of USA. But still disadvantaged because they can’t make international deals to cover all their factories.

So is the $ 130 Fee for EV extra? Is it cheaper or more expensive than ICE?

IDK what the fee is for ICE cars, but here (Denmark) all cars have a yearly fee, but EV is generally cheaper, because the fee is based on fuel economy, and the fuel economy of an EV is way better than ICE.

These cars are relatively new, for some countries the first mandatory safety check is at 2 years for others it’s at 4 years. so these checks are while most cars are still under warranty. By far the most people have them checked at the regular service intervals.

There is also no reason to expect either Tesla owners or other EV owners should be worse at having their cars maintained than other car owners.
And while Tesla has a failure rate of almost 50% in the countries that have the first mandatory check at 4 years, other electric cars are way way better, and top of class. Here in Denmark the VW ID.4 which is currently the top selling EV, has a failure rate at first mandatory safety check of only 2%.

This is not about EV cars in general, but Tesla alone that has a very bad problem with their quality and safety standards.

Oil prices were up more than 1% for a short time overnight

Sigh

There is no other option than to simply tear down the whole house and build a new one.

Thanks, but that’s just it, it’s not even digging! But just what I remember to have seen in the news within the past few months. Some of which are repeats from last year!
I just thought it would be interesting to collect it all to show for each country, because I doubt many people know this.

There are clear systemic problems with the safety and quality of Tesla cars.

Thanks, that’s very much like Denmark. AFAIK the inadequate bushing is what causes the play in the steering.

The headline translates to:

Behind Tesla’s record-breaking inspection figures, a cheap bushing is revealed, the part of which deliberately lets break down

Not the best translation, but it’s a very clear systemic design/production flaw. If it was only that one thing that was bad, it could perhaps be excused, but adding suspension and then even worse bad breaking performance, and we get an image of incompetence in making a quality car.

Apart from that, from what I’ve heard from multiple places, the cars are embarrassingly squeaky when driving on rough surfaces, this is even a thing right from the factory!

We also had a “weird” sound in our 4 year old VW iD.4 that annoyed the hell out of me, but the source was an ice scraper that I had put in the door compartment. That in turns would tilt and make a tiny bump. With that removed, our car is again exemplary in its lack of any noises that aren’t supposed to be there. I can’t imagine driving a Tesla, and it structurally sounding like a 15 year old car.

I’ve seen worst ever results on mandatory safety checks from Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Sweden: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/1iyzmnv/tesla_is_dead_last_in_swedish_quality_control/

Tesla is dead last in Swedish quality control.

Denmark: https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-22/news/round-up/45-of-tesla-model-y-failed-inspection-last-year/

45% of Tesla Model Y failed inspection last year

Model 3 came after as 2nd worst.

Germany: https://electrek.co/2025/12/03/tesla-model-y-named-worst-car-for-reliability-germany-major-tuv-report/

Tesla Model Y named worst car for reliability in Germany’s major TÜV report

Norway: https://www.torquenews.com/18004/almost-half-tesla-model-ys-fail-mandatory-inspection-denmark-and-norway-says-european-tesla

Almost Half of Tesla Model Ys Fail Mandatory Inspections in Denmark and Norway According to Data from Scandinavian Road Authority

Finland: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69074489/tesla-model-3-failures-mandatory-inspections-finland/

Half of Tesla Model 3s Failed Their Mandatory Inspections in Finland

The issues are not about Autopilot or FSD which are only just beginning to be allowed to be used in Europe, but basic safety like suspension, steering, breaks etc.
It is noteworthy that the picture is the exact same across so many countries. Covering probably more about 50% of total sales of Tesla in Europe!

In Denmark Tesla even made a lawsuit about it, trying to argue the test was unfair regarding play in the steering, which Tesla at first refused to fix on cars still under warranty. But Tesla lost the case 100% with no mitigating circumstances. And this issue was only one of many.

You need to be white, male, own land and have at least 3 slaves to be able to vote in Alabama.

That’s what they really mean by taking back the country.

Most of Christianity in USA is disgusting and unchristian.

I thought it was a pretty well established fact, that more vegetables and less meat help generally help prevent cancer.
But going full vegan also has health issues, that requires supplements to avoid, otherwise a vegan diet can cause anemia, bone loss and fatigue.
A vegan diet can easily lack 5 major nutrients like: B12, Omega 3, iron, calcium and zinc.
And a vegan diet increases risk of Colorectal Cancer, but this can be helped with calcium supplements. 1 of the 5 mentioned above.

You bet I know how to read terms of service agreements, I even had a major dispute over it with Autodesk in the mid 90’s. With the company I had started with a friend.
And after a couple communications they stopped making demands against us, because their fucking terms of service was illegal, which here in Denmark defaults the whole thing.

So stop making claims about what people know and don’t, the Facebook terms of service was equally illegal here, but there is no way to stop an American company to abuse your information as an ordinary civilian.