Why? As a consumer, I would be thrilled with an affordable vehicle with a powerful and reliable electric drivetrain, top-of-class range, comfortable features and sensible UI, and flawless fit-and-finish.

That should be what the company strives for in the medium term. Stop the fixation on tech that's a decade+ out and magnet for lawsuits and penalties from regulators. Make the best made-for-human vehicles out there, and become the most successful auto manufacturer. Keep working on moonshots but treat them as such.

Companies are not charities created to employ people.

So sure if only 1 person is off on leave most likely another person could be hired

But 5 years of protected leave..... What percentage of the work force is going to be out on that? Also since it is very hard to terminate someone in the EU, what happens to the employees that are "filling" the positions of those people out on 5 years of leave? can they be terminate or do you have to keep them employed even after the original employee returns?

If you can be terminated would you take a job knowing the second the parent returns you will be terminated

Parental leave should be measured in weeks, not years. If you want to be a stay at home parent for years, leave the work force and then return...,.

https://twitter.com/acomajuncosas78/status/15654058221207633...

For instance, Bilbao is quite humid right now (about 80%), but max temps are in the 25°C. Madrid is expected to reach 39°C today, but humidity is about 30%.

Yes I mean Russia. I don’t give a shit what they are doing. What’s the alternative, buying liquefied gas from the USA? Have you been paying attention to what they’ve done the past decades? Lol

https://climatechangedispatch.com/120-years-of-climate-scare...

Or just search "1970 global freezing".