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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by nomel on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:23PM (#30646193)
> Download 3rd-party firmware for your car?

I imagine insurance companies will eventually have clauses that prevent this.

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by kube-system on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:29PM (#30646836)
They don't prevent me from modifying my car now. In fact, they'll explicitly give me coverage for aftermarket equipment upon request.
Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by nomel on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:13PM (#30676837)
"Evenutally". There's little reason now, with 99.99% of cars being human driven, where a dropped Twinky has a higher chance of causing an accident than some slightly modified ECU curves.