SF Becomes First U.S. City Where Electrified Cars Make Up 50% of Sales

Re:SF Becomes First U.S. City Where Electrified Cars Make Up... by nebula8804 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:55PM (#36343377)

If you manage to find an electric model that allows you to pull the modem, that represents ultimate freedom. Think about it: Right now you are dependent on gas stations which can collect info on your transactions via CC or when you visit via surveillance.

With electric, if you set up a solar panel and battery system you have a greater ability to stay private by detaching from the grid and external dependencies(at least until you need to buy a part to fix/maintain your car).

Right now is probably the golden era because its before a lot of the OEM have gotten their act together on making a fully locked down system like Tesla but it still is the EV era so you benefit from the example above.

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Re:SF Becomes First U.S. City Where Electrified Cars Make Up... by JohnFen on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:13PM (#36343660)

> If you manage to find an electric model that allows you to pull the modem, that represents ultimate freedom.

Yes, I agree. But it's not a thing that would impact my life enough to bother hacking to accomplish it. I can just buy old ICE cars and be fine.

I only have a limited amount of time in each day, and I have to prioritize things.

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Re:SF Becomes First U.S. City Where Electrified Cars Make Up... by nebula8804 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @09:43PM (#36349850)

>But it's not a thing that would impact my life enough to bother hacking to accomplish it.

Well then you have a limit to how much you actually care about your privacy. So really whats the ultimate point then?

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Re:SF Becomes First U.S. City Where Electrified Cars Make Up... by mdhen on Friday June 16, 2023 @01:20PM (#36360339)

Sounds to me like you just don't like change. If you actually valued privacy this would not be your answer.

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