• No1@aussie.zone
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      8 days ago

      Psssst. I have a secret to share with you.

      Modern ICE and hybrid cars don’t respect your privacy either. And neither does that phone you carry with you everywhere.

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        8 days ago

        It isn’t relevant that other cars also fail to respect privacy, and phones are even less relevant.

        Whataboutism isn’t going to get me to buy an EV that doesn’t respect my privacy.

        You can do what you want and I hope you get the results you deserve.

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          7 days ago

          Well, you could always go for a conversion kit on an older car.

          Hope this helps.

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              6 days ago

              The only companies I see doing it have like 4 show pieces on their website with no indication of costs. I reckon some collector has paid bank for eg, their restored land rover to get converted and figured as long as it costs less than a tesla they’re good.

              I haven’t seen anything in the reasonable price for an ev conversion. I’d be happy to spend ~$15k getting my old car done but that doesn’t seem to be an option yet.

              There’s some interesting motors that seem to fit between the wheel and hub, but they all seem to be in prototype.

              Plus the petro lobby is pushing to slow all this down to keep everyone addicted to their junk.

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            7 days ago

            I’ve been looking into it but it is an expensive way to go and not many old chassis make a good platform.