I saw this article earlier:

Tesla ‘going bankrupt’ is endpoint of protests, says local organizer

In the spirit of right to repair, self-hosting, giving a second life to old devices, and limiting data collection by car companies:

  • What are some considerations?
  • Are there any projects worth keeping an eye on?

An example that came to mind was Valetudo, which is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation. Some robot vacuums are easy to install this on, and others require more invasive modifications.

What I’ve found so far:

  • FreedomEV, a project that was presented at FOSSDEM 2019 but doesn’t have recent activity
  • TeslaMate, which is a popular and active selfhosted data logger for Teslas, but not necessarily a replacement for the software
  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    I mean, what’s the alternative? It’s not like it has to have internet. Anything internet connected is mainly quality of life:

    • Traffic
    • Remote (app) features
    • Music

    Except maybe Teslas, damned if I know what they do. But they’re nice to have things that generally require realtime updates but the car functions just fine as a car without it.

    • stetech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago
      • Traffic
      • Phone (CarPlay/Android Auto (yes I know Tesla doesn’t have them, a garbage decision you’ll have to live with if you bought one))
      • Remote (app) features
      • Don’t care/want/need, plus security risk. If you really can’t do without, use WiFi when at home, and no-idea-what for when on the go.
      • Music
      • See point 1, also “dumb” media devices via Bluetooth/USB should be possible.
      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        1 day ago

        Again though, they are all quality of life things. You don’t have to use it on most cars. Don’t want it, don’t pay for it and don’t use it. So just like giving people the choice of AA/CP, what’s wrong with giving them the choice of using those features?

    • EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      22 hours ago

      Public transit/bikes are (or should be) a good alternative if you can’t find normal, used, dumb cars anymore

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        20 hours ago

        That’s a non-sequeter. You started by saying that internet on cars were bad and then switched to “you should be using bikes”