Comment on Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027Comments−wilkommen2moCouldn't they have just mandated that Polestar cars in the US must not be able to connect to the internet? That would pretty much negate any potential foreign threat related to "connected cars". Just make them... not connected.−bdangubic2momaking them not connected would lower the price from $80k to about $45−ab5tract2moAh yes, because famously no one has a modem in their pants pocket these days.Internet built into a car is just another unnecessary subscription.
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Couldn't they have just mandated that Polestar cars in the US must not be able to connect to the internet? That would pretty much negate any potential foreign threat related to "connected cars". Just make them... not connected.
making them not connected would lower the price from $80k to about $45
Ah yes, because famously no one has a modem in their pants pocket these days.
Internet built into a car is just another unnecessary subscription.