▲ 518 ▼ EVs are now 9 times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK (www.carbonbrief.org) submitted 3 days ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 151 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1429718/evs-are-now-9-times-cheaper-than-petrol-or-diesel-to-drive-in-the-uk
[–] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children) https://www.slate.auto/en permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children) Slate is still going to be constantly connected to the internet, feeding data back to Slate... And it's backed by Jeff fucking Bezos lol. Yes, it will be a nice little bare bones vehicle, but that's irrelevant to the brain and network of the thing. There might be less data to collect, but they're still going to be collecting and sharing data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 3 days ago Slate is still going to be constantly connected to the internet No, it's not. It doesn't even have a cell radio. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago It's bluetooth only, no modem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children) Slate is still going to be constantly connected to the internet, feeding data back to Slate... And it's backed by Jeff fucking Bezos lol. Yes, it will be a nice little bare bones vehicle, but that's irrelevant to the brain and network of the thing. There might be less data to collect, but they're still going to be collecting and sharing data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 3 days ago Slate is still going to be constantly connected to the internet No, it's not. It doesn't even have a cell radio. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago It's bluetooth only, no modem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 3 days ago Slate is still going to be constantly connected to the internet No, it's not. It doesn't even have a cell radio. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago It's bluetooth only, no modem. permalink fedilink source parent