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A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

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1336 points kwindla | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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swagasaurus-rex ◴[25 Apr 25 15:14 UTC] No.43794426[source]▶
Very exciting! Electric vehicles have the ability to be very simple, much simpler than an ICE.

Although electric can't be 100% analog, I miss the old days when a car has no software updates, no telemetry, no privacy issues, no mandatory subscription for features.

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connicpu ◴[25 Apr 25 15:30 UTC] No.43794634[source]▶
I don't mind too much if there's still microcontrollers in the car, but I'd really rather they didn't have internet connectivity. The only antenna should be for AM/FM radio.
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1. dylan604 ◴[25 Apr 25 15:44 UTC] No.43794839[source]▶
AM is on its way out with EVs though. there's no reason that a car that has all of that internet connectivity cannot have the same features just without sending the telemetry. upgrades do not need to be OTA, and be upgraded through a USB or even bluetooth from a device. the only reason for it is that there's money to be made from that telemetry.