Take a car with an internal combustion engine and replace everything that is needed for an electric car. Now you have a no-nonsense car.

Instead, we have a rolling data center that feels like a smartphone.

  • ReluctantlyZen@ani.social
    7·
    1 day ago

    There aren’t no nonsense gas powered cars anymore. Everything is computer controlled.

    Anti lock brakes, collision avoidance, controlling the fuel injections. You have to go back to the models that used carburetors to get what you want. Then the federal goverment requires tons of expensive safety equipment and testing.

    I don’t think OP is referring to any of that. More so the infotainments systems, touch controlled dashboards etc.

    • Concetta@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      24 hours ago

      Idk, just because a car doesn’t have a touchscreen doesn’t mean the computers aren’t tracking you. Anything with ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) is going to phone home, and vehicles are required to have a lot of the systems now.