Tinker ☀️I hate how modern EVs (edit: really all cars, even gas cars now) are so heavily tied to the surveillance state.
Sure, you get a battery powered car, but so much telemetry (and control!!!) go back to the corporation and government.
I've started looking into EV conversions (both DIY and small local boutique shops that do them).
They're advertised and geared towards folks that want to take a classic car or some other novelty car and convert it into an EV, but I like the idea of converting an old extreme high mileage (but with good bones and frame) beater into a new EV!
Even paying someone to convert an old ICE car into a new converted EV is often cheaper than buying a new manufactured EV. (At least from a total amount of money spent, I dont know if you can get a car loan to pay for a conversion)
And! (I don't think...) Those conversions don't beacon telemetry back to a centralized source!
Anyhow... this is just a quick observation and something that's out of my price range right now. Buying used EVs is more approachable but still expensive. Buying older hybrids is better it seems. Me, I'm looking into an old ICE car that has high"ish" fuel efficiency.
I wish transit, rail, and local bike infrastructure was more developed in the US, but here I am.
You know the makerspace in Dallas, TX has a community car mechanic shop. I wonder if they do classes on EV conversions...
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