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The gen 1 LEAF I had did have some minimal wireless connectivity. It did allow remotely starting the heater/cooler among other things. However, it used a 2G mod
by Tagbert 7y ago
The gen 1 LEAF I had did have some minimal wireless connectivity. It did allow remotely starting the heater/cooler among other things. However, it used a 2G modem and those networks are mostly shut down now so it would be unable to connect anymore. I expect that the current one uses LTE for its wireless, now.
What is the nature of your concern?
- mikestew 7y agoParent can buy ours, which has had the GPRS modem removed by the dealer. I figured if they're turning the towers off, and Nissan would remove the radio for free, might as well remove a threat surface. Point being, even if a first-gen Leaf still has the cell radio, there's nothing for it to connect to. AT&T turned all that off, and maybe Nissan quit listening even if AT&T left it on. That, and CarWings was useless. It was quicker to walk out to the garage and turn the heat on than it was to use the app.
- LinuxBender 7y agoI still have some life left on my current vehicle, but I appreciate the extra information. I suspect most of the electric cars have some aspect of network connectivity.
- Gibbon1 7y agoMy two thoughts, it's not just electric cars that have tracking spying capability, it's most new models. Especially higher end ones. What I think is the number of new electric car models will increase dramatically in the next two years. At some point as battery prices drop EV's will hit price parity with gasoline/diesel cars. I'd expect you then see more bare bones cars, which are less likely to have tracking.
- LinuxBender 7y agoI don't want remote surveillance or control of the vehicle, otherwise it isn't my vehicle. My coworkers and I also hack into things that are said to be impossible to hack in to, so I never accept the word of a vendor.