Archive link to an FAQ for the Slate electric trucklette that claims no sim cards and minimum digital bits. No clue if it will be a good vehicle so don’t take this as an endorsement. archive.ph/PMKpC
Anyone know other options?
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iii@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Imagine a car without cellular connectivity
BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Fucking sim cards in cars. I hate everything.
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
Suzuki Jimny, still comes in a very basic electrical system
DaGeek247@fedia.io 5 weeks ago
Buy a car that fits your needs and then pull the fuse powering the sim card before it leaves the lot. If it breaks, put the fuse back and don't buy it.
My 2019 corolla lost the right speaker and mic access when I did that. I fixed the right speaker by crossing some wires, and the mic hasn't really been needed enough for me to dig deeper to fix it.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Have they ever made an electric car that didn’t have that fucking SHIT ?
Anivia@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Yes, plenty. The pre-faclift Ioniq for example
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
You can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power
tabular@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
When I ask car people about that they say (basically) “no, it won’t fit”.
Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Yes, there can be challenges about where to put the batteries, and some vehicles are certainly easier than others. But that hasn’t stopped a LOT of people from doing it anyways.
30 seconds of internet searching will show plenty of retrofits. One guy retrofitted a 1980s Delorean with a Chevy Bolt electric powertrain, and now it accelerates twice as fast as it ever did with gasoline.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
For $40,000 plus.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Also the price of most new cars.
Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
My 2015 Nissan Leaf asks every few weeks if I want to allow the telematics to phone home. When you say no, it obeys. (I also removed the SIM card anyways.)
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
a 40k-50k USD phone.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
You mean, like the car that I drive currently? It’s pretty tough to picture, honestly.
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Tough to picture? Maybe improve your arts skills.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No need to improve your art skills. All you need to do now is feed your 2026 Civic some keywords to generate an AI image.