Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo
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Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo
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Re: Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo
#2It’s because the Polestar cars have a lot more electronic surveillance than the Volvo models, which have had only minor tweaks and have mostly not been updated for years.
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#3It does not terrify me.
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#4Might it be that one sells EV’s and the other sells ICE cars? Or perhaps stupidity re Volvo’s ownership? Or a missing bribe?
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#5It’s because the Polestar cars have a lot more electronic surveillance than the Volvo models, which have had only minor tweaks and have mostly not been updated for years.
If it were just about electronic surveillance, a bunch of other cars/manufacturers would be getting impeded or at least get some sort of negative scrutiny.
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/cate...
Re: Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo
#6It’s because the Polestar cars have a lot more electronic surveillance than the Volvo models, which have had only minor tweaks and have mostly not been updated for years.
If it were just about electronic surveillance, a bunch of other cars/manufacturers would be getting impeded or at least get some sort of negative scrutiny. https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/cate...
None of those are Chinese-owned, as far as I can tell.
Polestar is predominantly Chinese-owned. Federal Connected Car Rules instituted a ban on the company selling cars in the United States.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it were just about electronic surveillance, a bunch of other cars/manufacturers would be getting impeded or at least get some sort of negative scrutiny. https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/cate...
None of those are Chinese-owned, as far as I can tell. Polestar is predominantly Chinese-owned. Federal Connected Car Rules instituted a ban on the company selling cars in the United States.
All of them are Chinese owned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geely. Geely, Polestar, Volvo, Zeekr, Smart, Lotus. All the same group
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#8The feds also controlling who has access to AI models. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692995
It's all just this lawless personal fealty shit.
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#9Probably the stupid politician behind it didn't get the memo that Volvo is no longer a swedish company?
Re: Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo
#10Might it be that one sells EV’s and the other sells ICE cars? Or perhaps stupidity re Volvo’s ownership? Or a missing bribe?
Volvo also has BEVs, which are rebadged Zeekr (Geely) and mainly sold in China.