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
  • EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 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
      11·
      3 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
        1·
        10 hours 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.