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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
(www.autoexpress.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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My only gripe with EVs is repairability, and the inevitable enshittification of their software, and all the issue that spun from it, like ads and what not. Heck we can't even have a decent "open source" friendly phone, let alone EV. This will become a major issue unless well regulated and I hope the EU steps up. I wish we can have a mechanical, open-source EV.
The difference is (as long as its not self-driving) EVs are stupidly simple devices. They have less technology than smart phones. It would be great to have regulation to force standardization and open-source firmware, but genuinely we already have plenty of software and controllers capable of fully handling any EV, VESC being the most popular example of this.
And yes that controller both handles electric aircraft and RC cars. Because EVs don't really differ from the model scale to the extremely large scale.
Don't worry, they enshittify software in cars that have an ICE under the hood too.
Well you can buy an older ICE without that whereas that option doesn't really exist with EVs.
Odd, I've heard a lot of people say they don't want to get an EV because they don't have very good resale value. A quick search shows a bunch of used EVs for sale in my area, similarly priced to used ICE vehicles. Which given new EVs go for a lot more than new ICE cars, there seems to be some truth to that. But that's to your advantage if you want to buy a used EV.
I meant you can't buy EVs old enough to not have all the shit that spies on you in them.
I had my 2013 Leaf for 12 years and nothing got enshittified, if that's any comfort.