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'Fairly Lazy Explanation’: Rivian's CEO Doesn’t Think Americans Are Anti-EV (insideevs.com)
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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I would consider buying a new EV as long as it was affordable, safe, good quality, and didn't spy on me. Otherwise, I'm sticking with old manuals and bikes.

Also, anyone who wants to charge me a subscription to use anything on the vehicle I own can eat all of my shit and hair.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

eat all of my shit and hair

ew, waiter, there's a hair in this shit!

[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Idk about the telemetry in the electronics in regards to privacy but we just got a 2021 Bolt used (previously leased w/ 12k miles) and it was 17k USD out the door and my wife loves it. It gets charged off solar at home and we laugh at people talking about gas prices. Bikes, trains, busses, and regular old feet are also a big part of our lives, but IMO people acting like EVs are an impossibility are deluding themselves to defend a harmful status quo /shrug

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You might want to look into what spying it is doing and how you can mitigate or disable it. It may be as easy as pulling a fuse. For now, my only EVs are e-bikes with basic enough components that they're not capable of spying.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its the spying and subscriptions that keep me away.

[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We don't have any subscriptions for the car 🤔 I can't speak to the spying, I guess that's something to look into