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
  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Realistically they would get a bailout “for the consumer”.

    More likely than central hosting would be some of the same people enabling faster modes via software hacks currently making them run offline.

    • xye@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Bailout, or government ownership run by DOGE? I hear they have some servers available - well, soon.