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I bought an WV eUP! (2014) this winter and it is basically a "regular" car with normal physical buttons + a small Garmin GPS. It's nothing like new cars, elect
by rsolva 2y ago
I bought an WV eUP! (2014) this winter and it is basically a "regular" car with normal physical buttons + a small Garmin GPS.
It's nothing like new cars, electric or not, with big screens and almost no buttons, and a bunch of privacy violating sensors and telemetry tech built in. It does have a 2G GSM and a GPS antenna, but the 2G network is soon turned off here in Norway.
And it's hacakble! You can buy an open source replacement for the remote control of charging and climate control! I love this car and I'm not tempted at all by Tesla and the like, they are a privacy nightmare.
- teknico 2y agoI have one too, nice little car. Unfortunately Volkswagen stopped making them, and the new ID line embodies many negatives of new cars. Any details about the open source replacement for controls?
- rsolva 2y agoThey stopped production, but due to popular demand, they have started it back up! [1] The open source remote control system is called OVMS [2]. I have not got around to order and install it yet, but my ambition is to get it done this summer. They have detailed instructions on their site [3]. [1] https://insideevs.com/news/568463/volkswagen-eup-available-order-again/ https://insideevs.com/news/568463/volkswagen-eup-available-o... [2] https://www.openvehicles.com/ https://www.openvehicles.com/ [3] https://docs.openvehicles.com/en/latest/components/vehicle_vweup/docs/index.html https://docs.openvehicles.com/en/latest/components/vehicle_v...