• StaySquaredUp@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Please, Toyota, don’t do this. They refuse to go full out EV. Hopefully they too decide to keep some of these technologies away from their products.

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      6 months ago

      I really don’t understand why going EV seems to be synonymous with “collect all the data.” The only differences should be in the drivetrain, and they don’t need to collect any data to switch that to an electric motor from an ICE or Hydrid drive system.

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        6 months ago

        I suspect that it’s because they are marketed to be as much of a tech gadget as transportation. An iPad on wheels. So they figure that they can slip in this crap.

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          6 months ago

          Yeah, and I really don’t want that crap. I just want something to get me from A to B that I can fill up at home. Give me something cheap and reliable and I’ll buy it.

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        6 months ago

        It’s already happening anyways on non ev cars and has been for years. They all have monitors and tech in there.

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          6 months ago

          The sad part is that manual transmissions are going away, which means I’m completely SOL if the electronics die. But I guess on the flipside, there’s no transmission to break, so that’s nice.

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            6 months ago

            Give and takes. I’m waiting another 10 years till I hop on the electric vehicle camp. Just want some more competition and reliability.

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              6 months ago

              I think competition is pretty good right now, the main issue is range. Toyota is claiming to have much longer range battery tech in like 3 years (they’ve promised before), so if that materializes, we could see really compelling EVs in like 5 years.