" I don’t agree with the tariffs on Chinese EVs in the US. I’ve always believed in free trade. I’m very disappointed in the tariffs that Trump is imposing.
I think competition is always good, it encourages the development of new technology and better quality products."
I posted it because I thought the comparison to Tessler is interesting.
I would like to see the documentation that it does not meet US specs.
As for spying, I think the US cars and Insurance Companies are trying to play catch up with the Chinese.
BTW: If you drive with your mobile phone turned on the cops can easily find out where you have been.
I reciently watched a crime TV show in which Easy Pass charged a woman andd her father for traveling to and from the location where they disposed on her husband’s body.
The cops also confirmed it with her cell phone pings.
Finally, cameras are very where.
It is also not a good idea for a criminal to use his debit or credit card to/from a crime scene.
Not to get picky, but Teslers can see where you are, how much battery you’ve got left, how fast you’re going, how many people are in your car, where you live, where you work, pretty much everything else. But course Tesler will only use that for the good.
Tessler is not the only car company collecting information that has been refereed to.
The danager in the collection is two fold:
The data is subject to potential hacking by bad actors.
We see headlines relating to this every day.
The second isse is that a bad actor inside the company could give in to the temptation to supplement his income by stealing and selling the information to a foreign nation.
Inspite of the above potiental exposeure I believe that the data collection will continue. China and Russia will sooner or later discover that I go to the gym 7 days a week, visit Walmart at least once a week and cout my grass myself.
If the US had a federal felony boring statute I would be doing time in Super Max.