Firstly, I don't believe electric cars are a good idea.
Secondly, I absolutely hate the idea of cars so dependent on electronics and software.
My neighbour has an old dumper truck he lets me use, probably 50 or 60 years old. It starts every time, first time. There is literally nothing to go wrong on it.
Now contrast that with a modern car, where you need special tools to access the electronics unlock diagnostics. What about when cars have auto update software over wifi? What about when the government forces car makers to embed their own tracking software into them to monitor and spy on civilians.
Tesla isn't quite as bad as the idiotic self drive cars Google is pressing for (So they can drive you to a google advertiser), but they're in the same bucket of nastiness.
Thanks for answering. I respectfully disagree, but we can still have a civilized conversation.
> My neighbour has an old dumper truck he lets me use, probably 50 or 60 years old. It starts every time, first time. There is literally nothing to go wrong on it.
I guess apart from modern safety features and gas guzzling?
> What about when the government forces car makers to embed their own tracking software into them to monitor and spy on civilians.
Not necessary. People already carry cell phones.
I am actually looking forward to the self driving cars. Human error causes lots of accidents. But then, I don't own a car and probably never will.
