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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked (cybersecuritynews.com)

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Volkswagen has inadvertently exposed the personal information of 800,000 electric vehicle owners, including their location data and contact details. The breach, which occurred due to a misconfiguration in the systems of Cariad, VW’s software subsidiary, left sensitive data stored on Amazon Cloud publicly accessible for months. The exposed information included precise GPS data, which allowed […] The post Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'm not holding out a lot of hope, especially from normal dealership models. If I find something that fits it'll probably be a secondhand commercial vehicle, a really cheap Chinese off brand I'll never be allowed to import, or something intended to be recreational along the lines of La Bagnole. Or some kind of diy kit - there were some really cool homebuilt EVs made from scrapped Tesla parts and old ICE vehicles but I'm still just learning about fixing cars so that's a long way off. For now I'm just driving less and using a bike when I can.