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‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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I need inexpensive and I need reliable. Please don't use "it's for your safety" to load a vehicle with questionable tech and software and charge me for it like it's a new house. I could probably afford a new car if they still made one where I can do my own parallel parking and manually crank my windows open or closed.
That's madness. How would you know you have done something wrong every 8 seconds if you don't hear a weird beep? You could cross some old lines on the road without knowing, or worse - obey the speed limit on the traffic signs instead of what Google thinks it is.