Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?

• Anivia@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes, plenty. The pre-faclift Ioniq for example

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• sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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