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
    8·
    8 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.

    • EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      7 days ago

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

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        7 days 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”

        • EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          4 days ago

          Both of my statements are correct. Cars shouldn’t have internet and there should be less cars. In total absence of offline cars (meaning no used cars, nothing at all), use bikes and public transportation if you can.

          I mean you literally asked for an alternative and I gave you one.