Peter GleickMar 9
Interesting to think that Donald Trump may have, completely inadvertently and at a horrific cost, finally woken up the world to how urgent it is we get off our dangerous addiction to fossil fuels.
Electrify everything.
Ban the production of gasoline-powered vehicles.
Tax oil companies dry.
Subsidize all renewables and EVs.
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.Mar 9

@petergleick 1/2 Perhaps in the middle of all of this we can not lose sight of the fact that, modern electric cars are, from a data privacy perspective an absolute disaster and incredibly invasive.

I do not want to give up my anonymous petrol-engined car that cannot leak any data and cannot be hacked remotely until I can buy an electric car that has these features.

Get rid of the iPads in the middle of dashboards. And the surveillance cameras festooned all over the cars.

Show threadKernel Bob Mar 9
@the_wub @petergleick Keep an eye on Slate Auto. They're promising no data connection on their EV trucks. They're doing it to cut costs, but it happens to be a privacy bonus.
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.

@kbob @petergleick

I am aware of Slate but no thanks. I might as well buy a Tesla if I really want to support a billionaire.

In such a scenario I would prefer to wait until batteries are small enough to provide a weight to range ratio closer to that of a fossil fueled car and convert one of my old cars to an EV. Or buy an L7e class car with the minimum of electronics in it.

https://www.newsweek.com/slate-auto-confirms-funding-bezos-involvement-2069605

Slate Confirms $700 Million in Funding, Bezos Investment

Slate Auto, the startup electric vehicle manufacturer, confirmed to Newsweek that the company closed on $700 million in Series A and B funding in late 2024.

Newsweek
Mar 9 at 10:48amWeb