Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
by prmoustache on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @11:59AM
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VW blocking third party to access their servers is one thing, the thing that I find shocking is that you need to access VW servers to obtain your charging data while this should be directly available locally from the car.
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Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
by bri3d on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @12:31PM
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The historical data is aggregated in some "cloud" rather than in the car, but if you want to collect and aggregate the data locally, you can still, for now at least. Car Scanner Pro and ABRP (A Better Route Planner) are both really popular for EVs for this exact use case, and both support VW EVs; they read battery charge state / voltage / temperature and operating states (speed, consumption, etc) using both standard OBD and proprietary manufacturer diagnostic IDs over the OBD port and then redo the aggregation and math that VW are doing on their end.
Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
by m3galinux on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @02:22PM
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I've seen some great successes using HomeAssistant combined with one of these that connects your vehicle's various CANbuses (via OBD port) to Wifi/BLE. https://www.meatpi.com/products/wican