[FarmerFran]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

The naive mistake you're making is you extrapolate the current model of vehicle ownership and driving arrangements onto the new technology. If only the goal were to enhance the driving experience or even to "save the planet".

You will not really drive that car anymore. It will be a remote controlled appliance that can be disabled, limited or even fully managed from the mothership "for your safety", and you will no longer have a say. Tesla turning off supercharging capability remotely because you "modified" or restored an "unsafe" car was just the beginning. Say hello to remote speed and acceleration limiters, stop sign mandators, insurance policies based on obsessively detailed driver performance metrics etc. The reason you have 2-second 0-60 times is because no one cares yet, once the health hazard lawsuits start flowing in, the next federally mandated software update will all of a sudden cut that back to 4.x seconds.

Aftermarket modifications? Come on, the 2020 Camaro already has a transmission control module that cannot be unlocked anymore. You bet everything will be encrypted. Of course, just because we can do something it doesn't mean we should, but it's going to be a heck of a battle to rise against the tide of "inevitability" that many envisage even here, which it really isn't, but people would need to believe that first.

Alas, this isn't really about technology anymore. For the record, I wouldn't mind a low cost EV for city driving and as a grocery getter if I knew it was my own car that I paid for and I have the freedom to decide what to do with. Even then, prices would need to come down first.

I looked all over for it and cannot find it.