What happens to a car when…
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… the company behind its software goes under?
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… the company behind its software goes under?
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My Tesla early adopted friend just went through this. There';s an auxiliary 12V battery. If it runs down you are screwed. You can't replace it because the Frunk release is operated by it. He was locked in for a while.
This is not selling me on electric cars.
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My Tesla early adopted friend just went through this. There';s an auxiliary 12V battery. If it runs down you are screwed. You can't replace it because the Frunk release is operated by it. He was locked in for a while.
This is not selling me on electric cars.
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Yep.
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Didn't read through many comments on the article, but of those I did, this one speaks to me:
We keep making the mistake of thinking that high technology (especially software) belongs in everything. This was my attitude in my 20s and 30s, but decades later I finally have the wisdom to realize just how much tech can be a liability in an otherwise non-tech device.
I don't care if others want to surround themselves with 'smart' (:rolleyes:) technology, but I don't want to be forced to give up what works for me, and that is more often than not, analog. I dread the end of my car lease in a few years because I'm not sure I'll have any options. This is what worries and ticks me off.
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Didn't read through many comments on the article, but of those I did, this one speaks to me:
We keep making the mistake of thinking that high technology (especially software) belongs in everything. This was my attitude in my 20s and 30s, but decades later I finally have the wisdom to realize just how much tech can be a liability in an otherwise non-tech device.
I don't care if others want to surround themselves with 'smart' (:rolleyes:) technology, but I don't want to be forced to give up what works for me, and that is more often than not, analog. I dread the end of my car lease in a few years because I'm not sure I'll have any options. This is what worries and ticks me off.
@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:
but I don't want to be forced to give up what works for me, and that is more often than not, analog.
This is basically where I'm at as well. I don't want to all my appliances embedded with smart tech. I don't need to have all my data (what I buy at the grocery store, when I run the washing machine...) flowing out of my house and into companies wanting to profit by knowing more about me.
I dread the end of my car lease in a few years because I'm not sure I'll have any options.
This as well. Our car is from 2015, works great and has no annoying tech in it. I hate to think about what we'll be confronted with when it's time to get a new car...
