Now that cars have become rolling smartphones, it's been pretty disappointing to see them copy some of the worst practices from the smartphone world. I wrote an article that talks about some of those problems. [CW: Tesla negativity] https://puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remote-control-car/
@ajmartinez I'm thinking of doing a similar thing down the road if the situation doesn't improve. By the time I actually need a new car hopefully there will be a few common conversion kits and I can decide which old car+kit works for me.
@ajmartinez Maybe one day I'll look into a kit like this for my Ghia: https://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=220&osCsid=c60e66975fff1c66517a58bab4c4eefb
@kyle very cool, looks like AC charging only but with planning that’s not a problem really. Looks like a solid kit!
@kyle getting the Librem 14 was in no small part so I’d have the power to do some (mechanical) modeling and embedded programming on a system completely removed from $dayJob (my work AppVM was not and will not be part of the restore). Helping move electrification forward in a meaningful and open way is somewhere I think I can contribute.