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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (19 children)

I'll buy an electric car when

A) it won't spy on me and

B) I won't have to sign away my soul and first born to whatever car company I'm buying from

[–] SpacetimeMachine 45 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I hate to break it to you, but nowadays neither of those are exclusive to electric cars. Just sounds like you might never be buying a new car again.

[–] humorlessrepost 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It’s still easy to disconnect the cellular antenna if you’re fine with losing features like self driving and map updates.

[–] KellysNokia 1 points 2 months ago

It would be good to know which car companies don't give annoying/intrusive warnings for doing the disconnect.

Plus I'd be concerned about gotchas regarding warranty and liability - GM just issued a recall for brake fluid level software not working, I don't want to be on the hook for causing an accident just because I didn't update my software.

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