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

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1365 points kwindla | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | 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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patagonia ◴[25 Apr 25 15:36 UTC] No.43794711[source]▶
Are they making any 100% analog ICE vehicles currently? This is just a consumer products issue. Sadly.
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1. testing22321 ◴[26 Apr 25 13:13 UTC] No.43803314[source]▶
In many countries around the world you can buy a brand new 70 series Land Cruiser with a mechanical injection diesel fuel pump, crank windows, no screen, etc. No computer.

NGOs and UN buy them in the thousands for Africa and the Middle East.