Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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What are the most reliable ev models on the market? (piefed.zip)

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[–] speculate7383@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

No, I wasn't even thinking about remote bricking when I did it.

All of the car makers are making big money by selling your telematics data, so insurance companies can charge you more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html

and then there is this:

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-buying-americans-location-data-under-scrutiny-11627381

Unfortunately, the Leaf doesn't really know the SIM is removed, so it still asks me every month. But fortunately, now it doesn't matter what I answer 🙂

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the info. Looks like I have a lroject after spring plantings, trimmings, and repairs are done.