On: The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

[KRAKRISMOTT]

European regulations require mandatory car tracking. You will be tracked regardless of what the UI looks like in your car.

https://road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/statistics-and-an...

[XorNot → KRAKRISMOTT]

That is not what your link says. There is no mention of any type of live data tracking, just the deployment of black box loggers (which need not be online) for vehicle data to be used in the event of a crash.

[ukd1 → XorNot]

(these already exist in US cars too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_data_recorder)

[wkat4242 → XorNot]

True but e-call has been mandatory in the EU for years too.

[ohgodplsno → wkat4242]

>If you buy a new model of car, approved for manufacture after 31 March 2018,

Needless to say, almost no car in Europe has it. Simple upgrades to the model do not require an approval for manufacture.