Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoDepends on the manufacturer. A lot of American and European “smart” cars work fine without an internet connection. You need to use a key fob, and apps cloud maps or streaming apps obviously won’t work, but the basic driving, climate, and media stuff should work.
A lot of American and European cars actually kill your cloud service access if you don’t keep paying a subscription fee.
I think they keep an IOT connection alive to get the data they need from the car, they just kill your enjoyment of it. What happens if it would truly drop, your guess is as good as mine.
And that is with vested manufacturers. With startups it could be much worse.
keep an IOT connection alive to get the data they need from the car
The data they want, not need.
Potato/potato…
Gork@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I have zero use for a cloud connected car lol.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Cloud connected cars are essentially what happens when companies refuse to admit smart phones are superior for 99% of the stuff they want their car to do, and the other 1% is subscription bullshit.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Nah they’re using that cloud connection to spy on you and make money on the backend by selling your data.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Also to be able to disable certain functionalities of your car if you don’t pay a
monthly ransomsubscription.Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not in the EU they’re not.
Legally they can’t and if they do it and get caught the fines are proportional to their Worldwide Revenues.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I have zero desire for a cloud connected car.