I was considering buying a Chevy Bolt lately to use as my daily commuter but found out it collects a lot of data and phones it back. It’s hard to do research on what kind of EV I could buy that doesn’t collect your location data so I’m hoping someone here might have some good suggestions.

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    11 months ago

    I wonder if anyone has tried “jailbreaking” their EV’s and running custom OS’s on it to get rid of the spyware.
    Would most likely void the warranty, but still.

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      11 months ago

      And likely void the insurance policy too.

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        11 months ago

        Probably not. You can modify cars pretty extensively and insurance doesn’t care. As long as it’s road legal, which is a very low bar in most states. There have been ECU mods forever and those are still covered.

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      11 months ago

      Locking your keys in a car and calling Pop-a-Lock voids everything afaik, so probably. But still is an interesting spot, possibly sweet.