EVs certainly didn’t create the option, but it became standard soon after EVs shipped with those features as standard.
correlation doesn’t prove causation - this was going to happen even if EVs never took off.
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoThe integrated head unit isn’t the problem, my 2007 Prius has one and it doesn’t have any way to phone home (no navigation built-in, for example).
I don’t know about the rest of the industry, but at least with Toyota Prius, navigation/internet access became standard around 2020. All of that is standard on most EVs, except maybe the base Leaf (it’s standard on Chevy Bolt though).
noxy@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Maybe, but it requires someone to move first, so I think EVs accelerated it.
noxy@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
Why do you think that? What exactly about the motor spinning from electrons instead of hydrocarbons makes any difference?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s a new product on the market, so it’s an opportunity to really shake up customer expectations. Tesla lead the charge with that and essentially set the standard for the rest of the EV market.
femtech@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Ahh I gotcha. Yeah, I like my EV but with the reports coming out that they are selling data to insurance providers I would love to disconnect my connection to the Internet but I believe it has a esim from Verizon.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, and digging that out could be a huge pain, as it’s usually buried beneath the dashboard, so it would probably take an hour or two to get to, even if it is user-removable.
I’m not going to buy any vehicle that I cannot block from accessing the internet, so my search for a car is a bit complicated. Instead of just looking at price and specs, now I also have to look for what kind of spyware it has and if it can be easily disabled.