It’s said that cars have become a lot like cellphones over the past ten years or so. In fact, they are cellphones – just heavier and more expensive. That’s not editorializing. It’s descriptive.
And the name for it is the software defined vehicle.
What that means is more than that the drivetrain is controlled by software – a trend that began about 40 years ago when software was first used to control the operation of electronic fuel injection systems. Software now controls or monitors or is aware of the operation of essentially everything that constitutes a car. Software – not your hand – engages Drive or Reverse when you move a new car’s automatic transmission’s selector mechanism (or push the selector button). Software decides when the transmission shifts.
It decides whether it will allow you to reverse (it won’t, in some instances, if you’ve left the door open to look back while trying to back up).
Even the power windows are controlled by software – via body control modules.
But it goes deeper than software controlling the operations of the car’s mechanical functions. Like your cellphone, the one you drive is designed to be updated – meaning its software (and so the car’s operations) can be updated essentially at will since there’s no realistic way to opt out of these updates. This is marketed as keeping the vehicle “up to date” – just like an app – and also to allow for “deeper insights into vehicle performance through telematics and diagnostics.” Those “insights” including how the vehicle is driven. The insurance mafia is keen to have such “insights” into “vehicle performance” and so of course is the government. The vehicle industry is working hard to provide them both with such “insights.”
It’s also more than just how you drive. It’s how you’ll be allowed to drive.
Also updatable.
Electric vehicles – such as the forthcoming VW ID1 – are the ultimate expression of the software defined vehicle because they are devices and no longer even vestigially mechanical, beyond the spinning motors that spin the wheels – all of that entirely controlled by software that you have no control over, beyond the illusion of control you’re allowed, as by pushing the “drive” or “reverse” button.
Very much of a piece with the illusion of control you’re allowed to have over your cellphone.
VW’s new device will include “updatable and very performant electric/electronic software architecture, [which] is something we are doing in our joint venture with Rivian,” says VW brand CEO Thomas Schäfer.
This device – like other devices – is steered electronically, too. By motors that are controlled by the software. The brakes may still be hydraulic but they are also controlled electronically and can be applied whenever the device decides it’s time to slow down – or stop altogether – according to its programming. Or by command of an update it just received over the air.
VW and Rivian have “partnered” to jointly develop software-defined electric vehicles, meaning that the four wheeled device you buy that has a “VW” badge will be essentially the same device as on with a “Rivian” badge in the same way that one Android-based device operates (and can be updated) much the same as any other Android-based device.
The brands may be different – but that’s not much if a difference.
Such a device – the one you drive much the same as you “drive” a simulator – can be updated to allow you to drive it farther on a charge or (by implication) less (or not at all) as when a “climate emergency” is announced. It will be much easier to enforce future lockdowns when people are driving – if you want to call it that – software-defined vehicles.
“Unlike traditional vehicles that rely primarily on mechanical and hardware components, SDVs use centralized computing architecture to control various systems, allowing for over-the-air updates, advanced connectivity and sophisticated driver assistance or autonomous driving capabilities.”
Look out! – per OJ – whenever you hear “sophisticated driver assistance” or “autonomous driving capabilities.”
“Sophisticated” – in this context – means out-of-your-control. And the same as regards “autonomous.” It is the height of etymological mendacity to characterize a device that is tied into a centralized control grid and controlled by software as “autonomous.” It is an inversion of a piece with framing the person who objects to the government imposing race-based quotas on the populace as a “racist.”
The only truly autonomous vehicle is one that is controlled independently, by its driver. One that cannot be updated by anyone other than its owner.
One that goes as fast as he decides to drive and stops only when he applies the brakes.
But that isn’t the kind of “sophistication” that’s wanted. The term is used to give absolute control over the vehicle a better mouth feel. To make it sound contrary to unsophisticated vehicles that are not connected to the Hive Mind and that leave the driving to the driver.
It is of a piece with the way those who support other people being free to choose whether to inject themselves with what are marketed as “vaccines” – but prefer to be free to not inject themselves – were (and still are) derided as being “anti-vaxx.”
There is another factor driving the push to software-defined devices. It is that common architecture – software-speaking – reduces manufacturing costs for the individual device-maker, which is why it is possible to buy a $50 cellphone that is functionally pretty much the same as a $500 cellphone – other than the more costly one perhaps having a better camera and a faster processor.
What is wanted, ultimately is a kind of one-device-fits-all – perhaps in different sizes and shapes and colors, with different brands and badges – but all pretty much the same thing and controlled by the same things.
There is good news – in that it is still feasible to avoid being driven by a software defined device. By not buying one. The more who don’t – and make it clear as to why – the faster (and sooner) software-defined devices will become as hard a sell as “masks” have become now that a majority of people understand what that was all about.
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In the interest of promoting high quality predictive programming, I highly recommend the film Upgrade from 2018. In that film, the protagonists possession of a classic muscle car is the only reason a car chase happens. He stubbornly retains his autonomy.
The Software Defined Driver
Elon Musk-hating hackers have doxxed Tesla owners in the United States, releasing an interactive map showing their names, addresses, phone numbers and emails.
‘Encouraging destruction of Teslas throughout the country is extreme domestic terrorism!!’ Musk wrote on X Tuesday night.
The website says it ‘neither endorses nor condemns any actions.’ Under the heading ‘I want my information removed,’ the website says ‘Absolutely! Just provide us with proof that you’ve sold your Tesla.’
‘If you’re on the hunt for a Tesla to unleash your artistic flair with a spray can, just step outside – no map needed,’ it reads. ‘At DOGEQUEST, we believe in empowering creative expressions of protest that you can execute from the comfort of your own home.’
https://tinyurl.com/2drzf6hx
It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy — foundation.mozilla.org, Sep. 6, 2023
How are them ‘telematics’ workin’ out for us?
Breaking:
Benjamin Netanyahu wins the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize!
Donald Trump, a decision maker, a stakeholder, does have the final say.
Silence is golden in Palestine, peace in the valley.
With any luck, Bibi will be at peace, just not in the world anymore.
May the next Davos conference be located at the Little Bighorn.
Crazy Horse was there on June 25 1876.
Brains afflicted with natural software is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
Bibi is there now.
So upsetting reading about antisemitism.
It’s really out of Mein Kampfort zone.
Anne Frankly, it makes me fuhrerious.
— ShortBusCrewChief
Rachie Corrie is our Anne Frank.
–> Rachel Corrie
I’m waiting for the day when we can no longer own a vehicle, as in how we don’t own our house. BMW started it with renting the ability to turn on options.
I envision a day when car dealers will “sell” you a car for a price, but it will be required to purchase a software license.
This license will keep the software controlling your car from expiring. Additional add ons will be features like being able to use dual climate control, variable cruise control, automatic this and that. Maybe even those two extra tranny gears and increased horsepower will be available for a monthly fee.
The rest of us won’t be left out either. For a small fee, you will be able to turn off automatic braking, collision avoidance, lane keep assist, and other babysitter features.
Imagine you own a Tesla dealership. You know it is highly likely your inventory will be attacked. But you don’t have a security guard on duty?
Have you all noticed that Trump 2.0 is becoming like Trump 1.0 – internal chaos and fire bombings.
Orange War Daddy doubles down:
‘Iran must stop the sending of these Supplies IMMEDIATELY. Let the Houthis fight it out themselves. Either way they lose, but this way they lose quickly. Tremendous damage has been inflicted upon the Houthi barbarians, and watch how it will get progressively worse — It’s not even a fair fight, and never will be. They will be completely annihilated!‘
America First means defending our OWN borders, not bombing brown people six thousand miles away in the middle eastern snakepit.
Israel is our misfortune.
Gold futures reached a fresh high of $3,060 an ounce today. Chart:
https://tinyurl.com/2zth48bm
Gold is the anti-Trump.
Say, has anyone heard from “Eightsouthman” lately?
Hope he’s ok!
Myles
Yeah, also been missing Nunzio.
Ditto that, Mike –
I tried emailing and calling the number I had; no Nunz. He just went dark.
The sad part is not only are the kiddies today ok with this, they love it.
For the fans of the orang-utan man, many on this site, about JFK files:
The release does not include two thirds of the promised files nor any of 500-plus IRS record, nor any of the 2,400 recently discovered FBI files.
On the heels of this…..
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nvidia-gm-announce-strategic-business-partnership/ar-AA1Bbz8k?ocid=BingNewsSerp
When Did Our Civilization Forget How To Build Engines? Conspiracy Or Coincidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSFMMsaXuzE
Tilting at windmills. Everything is software defined. Phones, TVs, radios, cars, factories, the grid. Even bicycles and most recreational or hobbies are being taken over by a microprocessor and software. There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle at this point. Good or bad isn’t a one size fits all question. It’s not even just a question of being mandated, we (the market) has asked for and demanded it. Every time one of us bought the torque wrench or micrometer with a digital display over the analog dial we contributed to this. Buying a car stereo with the digital display instead of the needle on a face back in the 1980s. Logged onto Compuserve instead of picking up the print magazine. I like carbs, stick shifts and vinyl records. But being that stick in the mud can go from being quirky interesting to being unemployable and dangerously out of touch. I recently moved and the phone company not only won’t but can’t put a land line to your house anymore. The wires are gone, the equipment ripped out of the central offices. You can’t mail for help to 911. So you have to get a cell phone or at least an IP phone if you want to call anyone. Once you take the first step it’s only a matter of degrees as you what you’ll put up with.
I duuno. Not, “out of touch” here, yet they still have land lines in this part of the Midwest. The chicken coop isn’t digital. I don’t use a digital timer to water the garden. The tiller & the snow-blower don’t have electronics. The old radios I use have dials & knobs, and there’s not a lick of electronics on the bicycle.
A parade of old farm tractors a mile long goes by every year, not a single chip on them.
The Amish seem to be employed & doing fine without digital anything, and I imagine they don’t call 911.
Also: interesting search results for the phrase, “never call the police” or, “don’t dial 911”:
‘I never call the police anymore : r/TrueOffMyChest’
‘What If We Just Stopped Calling the Cops?’
‘(PDF) We Never Call the Cops and Here Is Why: A Qualitative Examination of Legal Cynicism in Three Philadelphia Neighborhoods’
‘We never call the cops and here is why: A qualitative …’
‘How to Never Call the Cops Again: A Guide with a Few … – Autostraddle’
‘I was caught shoplifting at Walmart, no police were called’
’10 REASONS NOT TO TALK TO THE POLICE – Dellino Law’
‘I called 911 and no one showed up, is this normal?’
‘Don’t Call the Police, Call Your Neighbors! – CounterPunch.org’
‘Never, Never Call the Cops For “Help” Unless You’re Willing to Risk Someone Being Shot and Killed’
And, the video Everyone should watch: ‘Don’t Talk to the Police’ – Regent Law Professor James Duane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
Yes, our retro trip has 10 years left if you’re a nostalgic billionaire but its long since dead for the rest. It will not happen again. Kids have given in, given up and almost given out from self suicidal demiurge. Not long to go. They wake n bake at 11 am and years old and dont give a flat flyin fk about not phone. Fundy bots are even worse. . .
Have a great day
“Look out! – per OJ –”
Since Eric brought OJ into the discussion, I captured this a while back, enjoy my dementia:
“The Act: Parsing The Fourth Dimension Of O.J.’s Unconscious
I was orenthaling through Brentwood the other night, when in a sudden flash to my
senses I was transported to Chappaquidick Island at nearly twice the speed of light.
Now, to my surprise, I am back in Brentwood all safe and sound; but some thing’s vaguely missing.
Perhaps I will travel again soon.”
Software seems like impenetrable magic, unless you know how to work with it, in which case, it’s a really powerful tool.
The electronic ECU is great, because it allows you finer control of fuel injection and spark than any carburetor or distributor. The problem is, the manufacturers locked it down with encryption so that you can’t change it. I would take an open ECU that I am allowed to tweak over any old car, because it’s more reliable and flexible.
The software powering a lot of other ancillary stuff is also easy to modify by someone who knows what they’re doing, but same as with ECU’s, it’s locked down.
Right To Repair laws will be very important. If manufacturers are forced to release the documentation they already have, and allow people to modify the software on their own cars, I don’t see a reason to avoid it. This isn’t true today, so I avoid today’s software defined cars.
As for steering by wire or braking by wire, I think this is folly. People have become too complacent in their trust of electronics. Electronics make cars cheaper because they are constantly getting cheaper themselves, and that’s not because the quality is increasing. Each control module is as cheaply made as humanly possible, just barely adequate to the job. I much prefer an overengineered mechanical system. I don’t quite understand why the standards for mechanical systems are so high, while people are willing to accept low quality electronic systems.
I wonder if, someday, the electronic ECU will be easy & affordable to swap out with an aftermarket, “open ECU”?
…Or, is it already being done by somebodies, somewhere?
It’s frequently done for track cars, since there are many great, open ECU’s available to control an engine, but they won’t have the extra stuff every manufacturer puts in there. It’s also highly illegal to do this for a street car due to emissions rules.
The rules are very “convenient” for manufacturers who want to force you into their dealer network.
Interesting, thanks for the reply.
“Legal” is the only real stumbling block, then.
Cartels.
There’s plenty of people who tinker with building their own ECUs. Some even try with Raspberry Pi. That’s not ideal IMO mainly due to the relative fragility of RPis, both mechanically and in terms of immunity to noise, poor power, etc. They are powerful enough to do it in theory, though. It’s common for race cars to have ECUs you program yourself.
The main sticking point is regulatory for road vehicles. You can’t pass emissions without the blessing of your state or local “authority” over such things. Even if you provide them all the right testing hooks for their machines there’s proprietary things going on in the background that will fail you. Some of it is DOT and EPA, some of it is by the OEM.
I’ll say this, though, that even though I think the individual has the right to do this for him or herself most people should not. There is a safety aspect and I’ve seen plenty of shoddy work in my decades that people tinkering with ECUs is about the last thing I think most should be doing. With the authority would come the responsibility to other drivers and having your throttle stick due to a bug in your code could cause a wreck. I don’t like “suppose” this sort of things but if you do decide to modify your car (not just the ECUs here) then you also need to accept the responsibility to do it right. The OEMs don’t lock it down just to spite you. They have to lock it down so they aren’t responsible for mistakes someone does later if they’ve hacked around their encryption.
For, “Saaaafffeettyyy”. I see.
‘Safetyism’
“Safetyism is this idea that everything is dangerous and thus everyone must be “kept safe” – which is to say, prevented from doing whatever those obsessed about the danger of everything say isn’t safe.” …
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/02/15/safetyism/
There are States where there’s no emissions tests to jump through a hoop of. So, I imagine some guys are doing so right now.
A manual over-ride might be nice to have, I suppose.
Cartels.
Sorry Dave, but I see your not federally approved to mess with the door mechanism. Only ‘green’ car manufacturers are federally approved to make doors that can’t be opened in emergency.
We had race and gender training replace physics engineering metal and auto shop. What went wrong?
The poor kids are following phones like cubicle bound RTX fodder worships triple monitors. Phones sell feewings and dysphoria mewling.
Then theres the damaged human female issue.
Good luck Jim.
[We had race and gender training replace physics engineering metal and auto shop. What went wrong?] Rain
Didn’t work, so now parents choose sex and pronouns at birth.
NJ hospitals ask parents to ‘identify’ pronouns and sexual orientations of newborn babies
ttps://nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/new-jersey-law-ask-parents-to-choose-babys-gender-sexual-orientation/
Lord Donny’s decrees don’t work either. A tranny ‘judge’ just voided a Donny decree allowing disgusting trannies to stay in the military.
Link correction
https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/new-jersey-law-ask-parents-to-choose-babys-gender-sexual-orientation/
I am happy to accept the responsibility to do it right, and because someone might botch the job shouldn’t prevent me from trying.
If the state wants to mandate emissions or gas mileage, then measure the emissions or gas mileage, and let me figure out how to do it with my own ECU. Results matter, not means.
Move out of CA.
I tend to agree, open engine management is really not a bad way to go. I still prefer a good mechanical computer such as a carburetor, and a distributor with its mechanical advance mechanism and a separate coil is really easy to troubleshoot. For max performance, though you cant beat electronic engine management.
Also, I’ve never liked automatic transmissions, even though they have their place and I’ve overhauled a few of them. But electronic transmission control is absolutely the way to go if you have an automatic.
Analog cars are still avail. I saw them in Central America. Analog gauges and even the old school HVAC slide controls. IDK if the engine is or not computer controlled, but most cars are manual trans I saw.
I doubt they will ever be allowed to be sold in N-America, but we can hope.
BTW the one I was in was a late model Toyota.
Maybe the only way is to buy one down there an drive it up. Registration probably not possible in most states, but I bet some you could.
Eric, how about you investigate what can be bought down there for an article?
You need to play in the “authorized importer” grifting pool or its legally a farm implement.
These climate scientists need to write software to control the weather, it is cold and warming is much better.
It is really disappointing that weather can’t be controlled by software.
It doesn’t blend well with their credence.
They’re frauds, don’t know what they are doing.
If cars can be controlled by code then the earth can be too.
Make Antarctica Melt Again.
Waiting for the day some assassination takes place because the car was commanded to stay locked and the battery was overloaded remotely.
I suspect this has already been done, but it just appeared that the car crashed and killed the driver.
Second that, I believe there was an investigative reporter whose car steered into a tree at high speed just before he was going to publish an expose’ on CIA drug trafficking.
Eric – it would be nice to have a mandated mechanical kill switch that you control that stops all telemetry from leaving the car.
And an easy way to wipe all stored data before you take it into the shop for repairs.
Maybe some sort of privacy law.
Ha – will never happen
Anon
They don’t want that.
It logs events (such as driving it 160 mph) that might void the warranty.
Hi Eric,
I read most or your articles and though I don’t agree with all of what you write (which is a mark of sanity I guess), I appreciate your take on different subjects and it makes me refine my point of view whenever we’re not on the same page.
That said, on the topic of the ‘software vehicle’, I’m all on your side. That made me wonder : what are the latest models that you could expect to buy as a ‘mechanical vehicle’ insted of a ‘software vehicle’? I’m not necessarily talking about such things as power windows, but more important things as telemetry, digital cockpits, AAS, vehicle controls systems, etc.
Thanks a lot again for sharing your thoughts and knowledge.
Hi Dom,
You bet! And while I can be obnoxious, I’m not a narcissist like Trump who demands everyone agree with everything he says. As regards your question:
It is now pretty much impossible to buy a new vehicle without some of these “features.” Even the Miata – one of the most elemental new cars – has a touchscreen and data-mines you via send-and-receive “connectedness.” To avoid this stuff, you generally need to go back at least ten and closer to 15 years old. I do not consider this to be a bad thing, by the way – because I consider the vehicles made from (roughly) the mid-late ’90s through circa 2005 to have been the apotheosis of vehicle design if the measures are reliability/durability, ease of service and lack of creepy “tech.”
Thanks for the reply Peter.
Not a narcissist like Trump and not a blind sheep follower like most of the MAGA crowd unable to see that the guy tells A one day, B the other day and requires everyone to think that he has always said B (before coming back to A or going to C). Pretty much the scenario of 1984.
That’s what I thought for the model years. I have a 2008 Versa nearing 310 000 km (I’m in Canada) and a 2013 Corolla with 140 000 km. No touchscreen, almost no digital dashboard… pretty much what I want for my next car when the Versa will be definitely dead. Looking for a circa 2010 car without too much km (or miles) on. As I say to everyone arounf me who don’t understand why I keep those cars : I want to control my car, I don’t want a car that controls me.
Happy to, Dom – but my name’s Eric!
We will see what he says, but I feel you are either going to pay over $300,000 for a new car like a Spyker, get something old, or get a new Mahindra Jeep and register it for the road with an old CJ5 VIN. Probably have to add the old style grill now too since they changed it.
The main change is when OBDII/OBD2 was required. OBD is On Board Diagnostics, which is primarily pushed by EPA and DOT. For most vehicles this was 1994. That was due to California requiring but it spread nationally. OBD2 isn’t just emissions but standardized the way mechanics talked to the cars, too, to fix them.
So to me if you want a truly software-independent vehicles you need pre-OBD2. That’s because any vehicle with OBD2 will eventually failsafe for something. Oxygen sensors, a knock sensor, catalytic converters, an air-fuel issue. It’s only OBD1 or older that you can jumper around the failure in the field without a computer, usually literally a jumper in a plug somewhere under the hood.
An OBD2 vehicle can fall into limp mode but until you resolve the error it won’t run right or at all even if you repair or bypass the failed whatever. You might be able to disconnect the battery and reset some faults but some in OBD2 are stored until removed by a diagnostic tool and will persist across a reset.
You can’t just adopt some aspects and not others. If your car has an OBD port under the dash then you will eventually need the terminal that talks to it for some reason.
So why doesnt a fkn $25 OBD2 reader dongle data display on the stoooopid touchscreen?
Cuz what ol’ George C said?
Anyone who has purchased vehicles for stupid people is ?
I failed to mention, that one example of this is the 80 series Land Cruiser. Most of us think of Land Cruisers as rugged and they are. But in the U.S. the 80 series is where this OBD2 implementation happened. As a result the 1991 to 1997 trucks are now getting to be difficult to keep on the road because of this. They’ll flash the check engine light and go into “not ready” or limp for lots of reasons. You start throwing lots of money and time at them. It’ll even happen to a freshly rebuilt engine if you reused all the ancillary parts, which you have to because many of the EFI and emissions parts are no longer available and you have to get used junkyard parts or whatever aftermarket you can adapt to it. The older 60 series aren’t hard to keep running, they’re simple. Even the FJ62 with an EFI engine, which has a simple computer. You might need to be a little bit of wizard tracing down wiring and vacuum hoses but it’s mostly just a fight with the air boards who expect older vehicles to pass with emissions numbers significantly better than they had to originally. That’s just the criminals doing their criminal thing in state capitols.
Hi Gary,
Yep – and this is why I favor mechanical fuel delivery systems (carbs). They can be kept running 50 years – 100 years – for not much money by anyone with a degree of mechanical ability. My ’76 Trans-Am has it original Rochester 4BB and if need be I can rebuild it for about $70. The mechanical pump costs another $40. That’s the whole works.
‘Isn’t the Federally mandated breathalyzer still on the table for the 2026 model year?’ — Flip
In a word, no. MADD kvetches impotently:
‘We are deeply disappointed by NHTSA’s report to Congress outlining reasons the agency failed to meet the November 15, 2024 deadline to create an anti-drunk driving technology Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS).
‘Technology exists to stop this crime, yet the agency provided no timeline for completing the FMVSS. NHTSA’s report, however, suggests the agency is waiting for automakers to voluntarily install the technology in new cars. Meanwhile, automakers are waiting for NHTSA to provide the necessary leadership by issuing the FMVSS.’
https://tinyurl.com/mwzc8x5h
Contrary to MADD’s claim, passive detection technology with an acceptable false positive rate DOES NOT EXIST, and in my opinion, NEVER will exist.
Rep Debbie Dingell’s idiotic Section 24220 of IIJA-2021 hit the wall of physical impossibility. Graham’s Law of Diffusion, bitch. Shoulda started with a fart detector in the House chamber, fool.
Rep Scott Perry (R-PA) has introduced H.R.1137 to repeal Section 24220. It has 15 cosponsors, including Rep Thomas Massie, who the abject Israel puppet Trump has promised to primary.
Thomas Massie for president!
‘VW’s new device will include “updatable and very performant electric/electronic software architecture, [which] is something we are doing in our joint venture with Rivian,” says VW brand CEO Thomas Schäfer.’ — quoted by eric
Stupid krauts. Why should we drive devices designed by craven eunuchs and Sitzpinklers?
They’ve totally lost the plot.
Waiting for the frabjous day when Scout Motors smacks the wall. Dummköpfe!
Ja. Esel mit ohren.
My preferred description/term is “laptop on wheels” because that is what they, effectively, are. The same lifespan, software issues, physical problems, etc.
Hi Warren,
Yup. With one important difference. A laptop isn’t pretending to be a vehicle!
“Lapdance on wheels” — it takes your money, pretends to be hot, and leaves you dissatisfied.
Now bend over …
https://postimg.cc/xJ3Xm8pB
No doubt we’ve all seen a movie where an individual is killed when the brake lines in his car are cut and he drives over a cliff. A fully computer controlled car can do that also and who would ever find out. Single vehicle accident and no witnesses? Guess who would get the blame? I’m sure no WEFFER or terrorist group would even think of creating chaos by having car accelerate then make 90 degree turns at speed.
Even if all of the above never happen just consider how hard it would be to repair this sort of vehicle let alone pay for one. and yes I understand I won’t need a car when I’m living in a Freedom City or Gulag as they would have said in the old country.
At least I can enjoy a well cooked meal in my new Freedom City communal housing unit? Ah, no……..
Next thing to be banned to save the planet? Cooking!
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/03/13/cooking-ozone/4191741900746/
Yeah. Because the people doing this really care about the ozone layer.
Oh, and about sabotaged computer controlled cars: Michael Hastings’ car was a 2013.
Hi Landru,
I also read on Armstrong Economics last year that there are those who want to ban making & drinking coffee among the masses, using what as the excuse? Cliiiiiiiiimate change! And yet, ironically, these same global elites are clearing a section of the Amazon rainforest to build a highway for them to go to the COP30 climate summit later this year to likely lecture to the little guys how THEY need to eat bugs, drive an EV, give up using gas powered devices, live in an itty bitty shack, etc. If we had a President Kamala Harris now instead of Trump, these sociopaths would likely be trying to ram such INSANE ideas down our throats through executive orders signed by “Madame President” or perhaps the same auto pen that was used during the Biden regime to sign all sorts of insane EOs.
You know this world has gone to complete and utter sh** when TPTB want to outlaw coffee. WTF??? For some that-and the occasional glass of vodka-are one of pleasures that are still around to some extent.
Gin and cloves, anyone?
They hate us and want us to be miserable and die early. Its really easy to understand, once you get your head around creatures like that existing.
Speaking of this, isn’t the Federally mandated breathalyzer still on the table for the 2026 model year?
I recognize Orange Man has been busy with very important things like Yemen & paper straws, so it’s not clear if/how that provision of the Scranton Sniffer’s infrastructure bill has been removed.
You forgot the Epstien and JFK files. And OMFG all that Red sea “trade” so important to US citizens.