Comment on Honda debuts new global EV series, Honda Zero, coming in 2026
cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d be all over it, but only if it wasn’t full of log collection and self driving bullshit like all EVs. EVs are a step to buying a rental. It’s not yours. Cameras will be watching. You driving habits, tracks, conversations, etc, all sent to god knows where. This is the future of vehicles and it’s bullshit.
ExLisper@linux.community 5 months ago
What? I own an EV and it has 0 self driving. It doesn’t track anything more than a normal car because it has exactly the same system (basic automatic lights and ‘keeping in line’ alarm). Just say you don’t like modern cars all of which have those features, getting angry specifically at EVs is silly.
7heo@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I guess what they were trying to say is: with fossil fuel cars, there can be zero electronics, heck, if you are willing to drive the least optimized car, and start the car mechanically, you can have zero electrical system. With EVs there will always be electronics. They simply can’t function without. And who says electronics, in our societies, says DRM, subscription based features, etc.
But yeah, I had a 1997 Honda civic hatchback, it already had electronics. I got a 2004 Volvo V50, it had more electronics. And when I see modern cars, they are choke full of electronics, and many have “features” such as GPS tracking, constant connectivity, internal cameras, …
It’s like TVs really, it’s nearly impossible to find a modern TV that doesn’t need to connect to the Internet, and that doesn’t carry the risk of its microphone or camera recording when you are unaware or unwilling.