These look like questions you would give to AI in 2026.

They are.

The problem is AI isn't CYA quality (yet) to your board.

The article is outdated. Horse Powertrain is already one of the largest ICE manufacturers in the world.

Their wikipedia lists many engine models, all of which seem to be either small industrial engines or engines for range extenders only. This does not sound like a portfolio that can compete with the legacy OEMs but it does explain how they ship so many units.

Close to S-Bahn but then more than 1h commute?

I understand that everything and everyone in Berlin is a 1hr commute.

Are you being serious or saracstic?

Is what Berliners always say, isnt it?

IDK, I don't live in Berlin, that's why I asked.

I assume a vibe coded agent would moonlight as the sysadmin to maintain the vibe coded LoB app.

Last local walking distance shop closed earlier this year (city in Germany). Used to go there for parts needed on short notice: mouse, cables etc. Not sure if there are many left now in this city that stock components like motherboards, gfx cards or RAM.

> Used to go there for parts needed on short notice

Which is why they shut down - the addressable market of people having an emergency need for an item from a limited selection of electronics isn't that big, and that's becoming the only market.

It's not your fault that you don't want to pay over the odds for everything when you're not in a rush, and it's not their fault they need to pay commercial rent, utilities, payroll, insurance and all the other overheads.

But the outcome is simply that staffed local physical shops have a lower efficiency ceiling in terms of getting items to customers.

Aren't mediamarkt still selling computer parts in Germany? Maybe not ram and mother boards but in my city in Spain Mediamarkt still sell all the peripherals, some internal drives and cabling at the very least.

It is also significantly more expensive: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy-vs-health...