The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows Carbon Brief analysis.
Every single car in the last five years is a privacy nightmare, not just EVs. My next car will likely be an economical ICE not because it’s ICE, but because it’ll be old enough to not be a privacy nightmare.
We thought about it…my wife has a short in-town commute and we considered it…but two things nixed it for us. The Internet-connected car, and the lack of physical door releases. There is no good reason the regular door-handles have to be electric, and it’s inherently unsafe.
Add that to the fact that the Condo association at our house doesn’t allow external chargers to be installed, makes it a non-starter.
I 100% agree about the door handles, but not all EVs have non-physical door releases. There are at least 6 from various manufacturers that are fully physical.
The internet connected car is every single car made today, unless you pull out a fuse, regardless of EV or ICE.
it can work, until you’re in a particularly strong cell network, then the traces on the board can pick up the signal, and everything gets uploaded in a burst.
That’s all fine, but I’m still not gonna drive one. Nothing connected to the internet will make it to my driveway.
Aren’t those two separate issues?
Sadly, they’re not. Every single EV is a privacy nightmare.
I’d love a dumb EV, but there is none.
Every single car in the last five years is a privacy nightmare, not just EVs. My next car will likely be an economical ICE not because it’s ICE, but because it’ll be old enough to not be a privacy nightmare.
What dumb ICE cars are there?
Retrofitting classic cars is a thing. Have you looked into that? I agree it seems you are letting a different problem lock you into inaction.
https://www.slate.auto/en
Looks like you aren’t driving any car made after 2018, so why say you aren’t driving an EV?
We thought about it…my wife has a short in-town commute and we considered it…but two things nixed it for us. The Internet-connected car, and the lack of physical door releases. There is no good reason the regular door-handles have to be electric, and it’s inherently unsafe.
Add that to the fact that the Condo association at our house doesn’t allow external chargers to be installed, makes it a non-starter.
I 100% agree about the door handles, but not all EVs have non-physical door releases. There are at least 6 from various manufacturers that are fully physical.
The internet connected car is every single car made today, unless you pull out a fuse, regardless of EV or ICE.
We tried that in my sons Toyota… The fucking ignition key stopped working. Manufacturers work really hard to make sure you don’t…
As for door handles, physical handles backing electronic locks doesn’t count.
I also read some people putting some kind of blocking device on the cell antenna or something instead of pulling a fuse.
it can work, until you’re in a particularly strong cell network, then the traces on the board can pick up the signal, and everything gets uploaded in a burst.
it’s either remove the unit, or don’t bother.
My wife’s 2019 Acura isn’t internet ready…
I drive a 2014 and probably will until the end. This need to buy a new car every few years baffles me.
I love my V8, manual transmission mustang and will drive it until the end.
Acura has been putting mobile data connection and collection devices in their cars since 2014. They call it their subscription service AcuraLink.
It was even installed on their lowest end car in 2014, the ILX: