I just want a mechanical safety backup for the brakes, even non-EV new cars don’t have that :(
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DSN9@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
First one to build the unconnected EV where the purchaser has admin rights (and no one else), wins the race.
Unfortunately, this model is probably already deemed illegal. Regulatory capture is a beautiful thing 👀😬🙊
vodka@feddit.org 1 month ago
DSN9@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Flintstone feet breaker floor box
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Did toyota get rid of their hand e-brake? I thought they were one of the few left that still had a manual e-brake.
vodka@feddit.org 1 month ago
None of the newer Toyotas except the 86 that I’ve been have had a proper mechanical handbrake sadly :(
wavebeam@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My 22 Tacoma has a proper hand brake
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I know that the Rav4 Hybrids have a real hand brake, at least when they first started making them. Not sure about the newest ones.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Admin right on the automotive parts seems like asking for trouble by default. While I’m very much in favor of owning and controlling all my devices, cars feels like weapons we put in the hand of the general public because they’re deemed safe under regulations, so… yeah.
However, an EV with a separate automotive computer that only do car stuff under strict control, connected to another one that do management, UI, entertainment, etc. that’s more open, I could see that. As long as the proprietary one have decent changelogs (that you’d have to trust, sadly) and can be updated at will with a decent UX instead of “your car’s dead this morning lol”. That sound like a viable compromise.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I only agree if that separation means the vehicle cannot be remotely disabled by the manufacturer; on purpose or by accident.
tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 1 month ago
if i cant use sudo on my own device, then its not my device!
waspentalive@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have long said in regard to Microsoft Windows, “If anyone else can shutdown your computer without your permission, it is not your computer, it is theirs” - same goes for cars.
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Any bad thing the user wants to do with the car can already be done by the person with the keys. Allowing the user more control could prevent someone including a terrorist or enemy state from doing something bad to millions of people like virtually cutting everyone’s brakes at once.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You’d be surprised how many stupid thing users are prevented from doing by a basic software check. Making it easy to load a custom firmware downloaded from wherever do sounds like trouble brewing. Of course, I can’t foresee the future, but It’s already an issue with electric scooters, so I’m not in a hurry of seeing that coming to bigger vehicles.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Can you elaborate the regulatory part? Is it required by law to have them always connected to force push updates?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 month ago
They’re a .ml idiot. Block and move on.
whimsy@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Do you have any issues to their point or are you having a bad day and decided to call people names?
MITM0@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Clearly the person has issues
Soggy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hating Communists has always been an acceptable form of bigotry. You don’t have to listen to what they say, just dismiss them (and insult them!) for wanting a world that doesn’t run on money.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Someone’s an idiot here, but it’s certainly not them.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I have a used 2017 Chevy Bolt that I absolutely adore. I bet I could pretty easily disable the OnStar if I was so inclined and paranoid about it somehow getting updates. But I doubt I need to do that.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Probably as easy as pulling the fuse for the cellular card. That’s the case for a lot of these connected cars
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That’s a horrible idea for so many scenarios. Maintenance, repairs, accidents, sales, accidental death… Yeah, no.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
You do realize that like 95% of the planet doesn’t want something like that. They just want something they can get in go that works and that if it breaks down somebody else can fix. Most people don’t care about connected or not connected. In fact most people actually want to be connected.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They might not want that up front, but an Internet-disconnected car that gives the owner full control doesn’t imply that it would be unreliable or hard to fix.
I’d even be ok with a connected-by-default car, as long as I have the option to disconnect it and do what I want with it, like any other computer I own. I don’t think that’s too much to ask, and I feel like it makes both audiences happy.
UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Is 2025 the year of the Linux car?!?! The answer may shock you!
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Here in the United States you can already build new or convert existing gasoline vehicles to be “unconnected” and in every way except possibly the battery management doing it with an EV would actually be easier.
It does cost money and take some time but probably less of both than you may think.
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah I saw a guy convert an old Toyota pickup into an EV and it cost about $18,000 IIRC. Biggest expense is obviously the batteries, followed by motor and charging system. Madman kept the original 5 speed which I absolutely respect.