Would you tell me the Kia model and the year it was built? I’m very curious about this now.
In general, I believe it’s a stupid EU rule, too. Of course I have nothing against safety, but I find all those beeps and bongs and steering wheel corrections that modern cars have much more distracting than helpful. At least there should be a tolerance (like 10% haha) for the speed warning. But maybe this Tesla case initiates a discussion about this, who knows.
When I can’t sleep I play the “alphabet game” in my head: I pick a random subject. Can be anything really, doesn’t have to be something I am an expert in. The other night it was “things associated with either the Commodore 64 or the Amiga”. Then I think about a fitting thing for each letter of the alphabet, from A to Z.
Sounds weird, but it works for me 99% of the time. I actually made it to Z without falling asleep only once in my whole life. In that case you can still pick a new subject and start again at A.
Keeps your head occupied in a good way.
Every car registered for the road in the EU after July 7 2024 has to have the warning system. Only cars which were registered in the EU before that date are allowed to not have the system.
What car do you have?
Wait wait wait…
So a modern car in the EU bongs at me as soon as I stray over the speed limit by 1 kph, but Teslas assisted driving is allowed to exceed the speed limit by 10%?
Sorry, I don’t really see your point.
Reviewers don’t talk about reliability because a review is too short to test reliability of a product. Owners bring up reliability more because they use the product IRL and become most vocal if it fails.
So aren’t these things kind of expected?
Nope, LNG imports into the EU from Russia are banned only from Jan 1st 2027.
Once I stayed at an airbnb in Vienna. Across the Street was a small Hofer (Austria’s Aldi). All innocent enough, until the first night. Apparently this street was the local hooker pickup so lots of sparsely dressed ladies appeared each evening and there was lots of come-and-go (haha) traffic. And every morning at 4am sharp a huge truck arrived to restock the Hofer. In the narrow street it had to do a 50 point turn, complete with loud reverse beeping.
Photoshop didn’t for a surprisingly long time.
I was curious about this article so I did some digging. I learned a lot about gas imports and I’d like to share it with you.
First, this article and its numbers are factually correct. However, it lacks context ant thus paints a picture that’s different from reality.
About gas imports in general:
Natural gas is imported in two ways: in its natural gaseous form by gas pipelines and in liquid form (LNG = liquified natural gas) by LNG ships.
LNG is much denser than the gas in its natural state, but also much more difficult to make. The natural gas needs to be chilled to below -161 °C (-258 °F) to become liquid. It is then transported by LNG ships. At its destination, it needs to be regasified to become natural gas again.
As import of natural gas via pipelines is much easier, import contracts tend to be short(er)-term. The much more complicated process of making and transporting LNG leads to long(er)-term import contracts to allow economic viability and stability for all involved parties.
About gas imports into the EU from Russia:
So yes, the article states facts. That said, the total amount of gas imports from Russia has gone down by roughly 75% when comparing the pre-war to the post-war period, and it will decline further when the LNG import ban becomes effective on Jan 1, 2027. As per the article, pipeline imports from Russia are banned from September 2027. So it’s not like the EU keeps happily buying Russian gas in droves as if nothing happened. Imports have already been reduced massively and will seize in 2027. Is this ideal? No. But this is the economic reality.
The article:
While factually correct, I find the article misleading when it states that “(…) Russian pipeline gas [imports] increased 7% year-on-year in January to May 2026, while Russian LNG imports rose by 11%, (…)”. Yes, this is factually true as far as I can confirm it with the data I have. In Q1+Q2 2025, 8.3 bcm of pipeline gas were imported, in Q1+Q2 2026, 8.7 bcm were imported via pipeline. In in the same quarters of 2024 it was 15.8 bcm, 2023 it was 11.3 bcm, 2022 it was 48.4 bcm and so on. Before the war it was between 71 bcm and 94 bcm. In my opinion, picking these specific periods in 2025 and 2026 and stating percentages instead of total amounts is, while factually correct, questionable.
In a similar fashion, yes, LNG imports also have risen, even by more than 11% according to my data. The gas storage is quite low in the EU right now (lower than in the last 4 years at this time of year) and LNG shipments from the middle east are questionable right now due to the situation at the Strait of Hormuz. With LNG imports from Russia being banned by the end of this year, the EU countries will naturally ramp up their LNG imports, also from Russia, and not only because contracts still need to be fulfilled. Thus, yes, current LNG import from Russia is at a “record level”, but pipeline gas import has decreased massively in the last years, thus overall gas imports from Russia are down. Since LNG imports always only made up less than 10% of the total gas imports from Russia, a “record level of LNG” is still a low overall amount of gas.
I recommend to read this article, it was my data source. It has interactive diagrams, also all data can be downloaded as XLSX/CSV files for further analysis. Very interesting insight.
Money, probably.