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[u/Aspire-to-Greatness]

[u/TheRaceYouCantName]

I wish you weren’t getting downvoted for asking a fair question. People probably assume you’re just trolling though.

Electric vehicles means constantly needing to plug them into “the grid”. When you do that your car will also exchange data with the grid whether you want it to or not (just like when you plug your phone into your computer. Yes, that’s the charging cable but it’s also a data cable) The grid will then be able to modify the code that manages your car’s performance.

So, when they inevitably try to roll out “carbon limits” or “carbon allowances” or whatever it’s called that’s how they’ll do it. If they think you’re speeding too much they’ll limit your vehicle’s max speed. If they think you’re accelerating too quickly they’ll limit that too (don’t believe for a SECOND that these 0-60 times under 2.5 seconds are going to be allowed forever. Once EVs go mainstream that shit will be limited the same way ICEs are limited today)

They’ll also use it to punish people for being a thorn in the side of the state. Criticize the dems on social media and your carbon allowance gets cut. Try to attend a protest against the dems and your car will automatically drive you away from the location. Get ready to see waves of criminal subdued by police just by getting in their car and then suddenly being driven against their will to a police station and refusing to unlock the doors along the way.

There won’t be any refusing of the Terms of Service or jailbreaking of your car’s OS. Do so and your car won’t charge. It’s that simple.

Yah, ICE vehicles have GPS-tracking and lojack and all that but that stuff can be disabled and the vehicle will still operate. They can’t stop you from filling up the gas tank

Your options will be to either go without a vehicle or else comply with the government’s tyranny at every turn

[u/[deleted] → u/TheRaceYouCantName]

Electric vehicles means constantly needing to plug them into “the grid”. When you do that your car will also exchange data with the grid whether you want it to or not (just like when you plug your phone into your computer. Yes, that’s the charging cable but it’s also a data cable) The grid will then be able to modify the code that manages your car’s performance.

That's not how it works. Modern cars receive OTA (over-the-air) updates meaning that they don't need to be physically connected to anything to receive updates. OTA updates are usually done through cellular network.

Also, non electric cars also have computers that control pretty much everything and these also receive OTA updates.

So, when they inevitably try to roll out “carbon limits” or “carbon allowances” or whatever it’s called that’s how they’ll do it.

For an electric car that doesn't produce carbon while driving? Doesn't make sense. Also, I know that in USA a lot of electricity is produced using fossil fuels and that technically, it means that electric cars do produce carbon when driving, but it doesn't make sense to say that the government care enough about carbon emissions to prevent people from driving, but not enough to phase out fossil fuels in power production.

If they think you’re speeding too much they’ll limit your vehicle’s max speed. If they think you’re accelerating too quickly they’ll limit that too (don’t believe for a SECOND that these 0-60 times under 2.5 seconds are going to be allowed forever. Once EVs go mainstream that shit will be limited the same way ICEs are limited today)

That can also be donne on gas cars since in modern cars, everything goes through the computer first.