I was considering buying a Chevy Bolt lately to use as my daily commuter but found out it collects a lot of data and phones it back. It’s hard to do research on what kind of EV I could buy that doesn’t collect your location data so I’m hoping someone here might have some good suggestions.
This is a great question, and as far as I know, the other answers are correct, you’re not going to stop any modern vehicles from publishing at least some information.
Aptera nominally seems to be more focused on consumer rights than other ev companies, but I can’t even tell if they’re in full production yet and also they’ll probably still record at least location and safety statistics.
I know a guy who sticks with his older firebird because it has zero microchips. He’s coincidentally an addict illegally overstaying his visa and missing a lot of teeth, plus the last three repairs cost more than the car is worth, but no gubbermint is going to find out he drove to Fresno.
We will find out.
Speaking of Aptera, they’re not yet in full production. They’re currently about a year or so out.
This video I found talks about where they’re at.
Haven’t they been a year away from production since like 2009? I stopped following their developments at some point because it had been long enough back then.
They did have some unreasonable promises when they first started.
But now they’re making their production intent cars. These are like 99% similar to what the production line will look like.
They’re looking to have done all or most of their crash testing and safety tests before this time next year. If the planets align, there might be actual cars delivered to customers some time in 2025.