Wrong but right. It comes down to the same reason they're upgrading electric meters on people's houses. They can be shut off remotely and connected to the internet. These electric cars will be fully connected to wifi. You wont be able to drive if it's not connected to wifi, it'll be illegal to drive if it's not connected to wifi, it'll be impossible to drive the car faster than the speed limit, it'll be able to be hacked by the police department, it will give data on your traveling, it will watch your facial expressions and send that data out (under the guise of safety, "it's to make sure you arent asleep at the wheel!"), and when the time comes, they will tell you when you are and arent aloud to drive. The government won't flat out say "nobody is allowed to drive past 9 PM due to covid 32'" the corporations that run the systems will say "due to safety and the health of our environment, our systems will be closing between 9 pm and 5 am for the forseeable future." Are you at the store when this happens? Well too bad. Die in the cold because of it? Well too bad, it wont be reported and Gatech Technologies isnt liable for any damages.
Also, murder cars.
New cars today which can be accessed wirelessly are already murder cars. Electric brakes and throttle bodies. Some even come with electric steering. All of which can be controlled remotely. The next step is full control over the driver and their routine.
I bought a new Subaru in 2019, I love it. It has a bunch of "driver aids". It actually works pretty good, it's not intrusive. The dealer gave me a new loaner when I had mine in the shop. Holy Cow! There is no way I'll buy another one. Some of it you can turn off but you have to turn it all off every time you start the damn thing. The most annoying thing is the driver monitor. If you're looking for something at the side of the street you have to look obviously, it's got an alarm that starts going off if you don't have your eyes exactly on the road. A bunch of other shit. But geez.
Yes, also -
With gasoline, someone can fill up a jerrycan, slip tank, or skid tank and have fuel to use whenever they want. Or someone can buy gasoline, and give or sell it to me.
With electric, it's hundred's of times more difficult to store it.
Someone with good social credit can fill up their vehicle with gas, and then siphon it into my vehicle, and no one would find out. But with electric, even if you can transfer a charge from one vehicle to the next, they'll know how many miles a car travelled between charges. So they'll know if you siphoned power off of it.
You could always carry a gas powered generator around in the trunk lol
Fun fact -
They have big diesel engines that power electric motors. There is no mechanical connection between the diesel engine and the wheels. Therefore, they are electric trains. - Most people don't know this, but it is in fact true.
Yeeeeeep.
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