If you wanted to know why I'm thankful I don't need to replace my car, and if I did, it wouldn't be with a modern one, here's why: #privacy #bigdata https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2022/07/27/who-is-collecting-data-from-your-car
@hehemrin @purism This is why you need a combination of that and regulation. Consumer demand in other industries that do have options would show there's a market (privacy can be profitable), and regulation can provide limits in areas where there isn't alternatives (data collection becomes less profitable).
@kyle Troublesome, I believe, to combine non-modern with a fossile free engine.
@hehemrin While a lot of it is custom and expensive work, the demand is high enough you are starting to see aftermarket kits for popular vehicles. For instance this company has a series of kits for vintage porsche and VW models: https://www.evwest.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=40
@kyle Wow, of course... when there is a market, things can be invented. I didn't know about this kind of conversion existed, tnx for link. I don't have a car, never have had, but my dad have a "almost new" in my view Volvo S60 from 2007. Maybe it can get a 2nd life as EV. By the way, your link reminds I read about the Mars II Electric manufactured in the 1960s. (article is locked, but you can see the first photo). https://www.dn.se/motor/i-backspegeln-elbilen-fran-1960-talet-far-nytt-liv-i-sverige/
I wrote about the "smartphoneification" of cars last year on the @purism blog: #privacy https://puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remote-control-car/