Of course they like it, but the government took this movement and ran away with it. Actually, they governments probably let it grow for their benefit.
Did you miss the news on all the remote controlling, eavesdropping, location tracking, and all other concerns? If you make your own electric car, maybe. But all major manufacturers are bowing down to demands for autonomous driving and built-in spying for "our safety"
except in all those cases the companies getting spied on were fucking PISSED and basically told the feds to go fuck themselves?
Google has a company policy boiling down to "fuck you, get a warrant" now
also, in what way are EVs unique in getting "spied on" compared to modern gas cars?
Well I'm glad some people are saying no. American car companies (e.g. via OnStar) gladly gave audio recordings of the drivers and put them to jail. Also, the major manufacturers are all going to be forced to implement autonomous driving in the future for safety reasons. It's just a matter of when.
Of course government spying is widespread in modern gas cars, but once the entire operation of the car is electric and controlled by the ECU/CPU, there will no longer be any limits on what information you can give.
>but once the entire operation of the car is electric and controlled by the ECU/CPU
except that's literally how gas cars work now too?
i mean you can use an aftermarket ECU but you can do that with EVs too, in fact a lot of the EV conversion builds have to use an aftermarket ecu
>once the entire operation of the car is electric and controlled by the ECU/CPU
So 15 years ago?
Its implied that in the future, when all cars steering, braking and powertrain is automated and computer controller, the cops will just wirelessly connect to the car (all cars will have an IP address for wirelessreading of fault codes and vehicle management etc) and make it drive to the police station, side of the road, off a cliff etc.
that sounds like a hell of a fucking court case waiting to happen
also relatively easy to defeat
Actually if everyone switched to electric cars power plants would be far more efficient as they can run closer to capacity overnight, when demand was typically low
Do you seriously think everyone is going to charge their car right as they make dinner and have a hot shower? Or when they go to sleep like when they charge their phones?
to be fair, they'll plug in when they get home, but the charging system can prioritize when to actually suck juice