The EV thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

I was listening to the wireless the other day when the motoring program came on.  The usual expert (Toby Hagon I think) was talking about the influx of cheaper Chinese EVs and the impact they’re starting to have on car sales.

A talkback caller asked about the Chinese EVs being used for surveillance and intelligence gathering.  To my surprise, Toby agreed with the caller and proceeded to itemise the ways that modern vehicles could be used to collect information about their drivers and what gets caught on dash cams.  AI means that it’s now possible to process all of that data in the hope of gleaning something useful.

I’m sure that bad actors and other nefarious characters will be licking their lips in anticipation of finding out what I’m up to.  Good thing the 79 Series has bugger all in the way of electronics ?

https://www.drive.com.au/news/new-chines...australia/
Its an invasion without a shot being fired, the lack of regulation in Australia will see the end of familiar brands and the Government are letting it all play out to help with their emission targets. Tesla have been forced again to drop their prices and I reckon the smart move is to hold out for as long as possible buying an EV as prices are just going to keep on falling and as an investment purchased today your EV is going to be a depreciation nightmare over the next couple of years.
I agree about the surveillance and intelligence angle....eg you look at the SAIC group and Chery group and it all leads back to Government or a State run company and thats not reassuring when it comes to advanced industrial espionage possibilities.
Joe Biden agrees....https://www.drive.com.au/news/us-to-investigate-chinese-cars-national-security/