I enjoy having a vehicle that doesn’t run on a computer
Unless your computer is from the 70s, it has a computer.
That said, “always connected, getting firmware updates” is a new thing.
no fuel injection
TIL computers from the 1970s aren’t made of computer /s
First one to build the unconnected EV where the purchaser has admin rights (and no one else), wins the race.
Unfortunately, this model is probably already deemed illegal. Regulatory capture is a beautiful thing 👀😬🙊
First one to build the unconnected EV where the purchaser has admin rights (and no one else), wins the race.
Here in the United States a person can already build new or convert existing gasoline vehicles to be “unconnected” and in every way except possibly the battery management doing it with an EV would actually be easier.
It does cost money and take some time but probably less of both than you may think.
Yeah I saw a guy convert an old Toyota pickup into an EV and it cost about $18,000 IIRC. Biggest expense is obviously the batteries, followed by motor and charging system. Madman kept the original 5 speed which I absolutely respect.
Surely there’s a better source you could have linked to than Twitter.
Protip: this is a crosspost, OP “linked” to another post on lemmy
They still could have made their own post with a proper article as the post URL rather than directing additional traffic to a right-wing social media platform.
True, just like you could have set up a matrix instead of using a discord for your community.
