Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?

iii@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You mean, like the car that I drive currently? It’s pretty tough to picture, honestly.

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tough to picture? Maybe improve your arts skills.

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    • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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• BCOVertigo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fucking sim cards in cars. I hate everything.

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  • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Suzuki Jimny, still comes in a very basic electrical system

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  • DaGeek247@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Have they ever made an electric car that didn’t have that fucking SHIT ?

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  • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, plenty. The pre-faclift Ioniq for example

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  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power

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    • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When I ask car people about that they say (basically) “no, it won’t fit”.

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      • Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For $40,000 plus.

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      • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also the price of most new cars.

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  • Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.)

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  a 40k-50k USD phone.

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