Comment by joering2 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by joering2 | Hacker News Reader

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> Musk's ban hammer will be swift and harsh.

A friend of mine is highly regarded engineer at one of electric car manufacturer. He supposed to be getting 8% corp discount for buying their vehicle. He doesnt so I asked him why since he’s so lucky. He told me eventually the day will come that local government or LE will force them to update their car’s OS to report continuesly on the speed you drive, similar to how tachometers work on trucks where cops stop you and can review your speed for the last 14 days you drove your rig nd either report you to your employee or guve you a retro-ticket for speeding. This update, he says will come and nothing you can do to stop it. I take my friend’s word very seriously although getting EV is as tempting as never before!

I don't see how this is unique to EVs... Couldn't any car have this kind of tracking?

They already do. Most modern cars have what's effectively a black box data recorder in them. Unlike Tesla however, most cars cannot receive over the air updates and require you to take them to the dealership.

"Ford Exec: 'We Know Everyone Who Breaks The Law' Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car"

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-exec-gps-2014-1

Wow, and this was almost 5 years ago.

This might turn out to be true... But today we are clearly in a "golden age" of performance cars. If you are interested in this kind of thing, make hay while the sun shines!

It makes more sense to prevent speeding by limiting max speed. And it would be a life saving change. I hope it happens sometimes.

Maybe I’m wrong, but passing laws to centrally limit top speeds in the car loving United States is probably only marginally easier for me to imagine passing than meaningful gun legislation.

I think the car recording the historical data and the police using this as evidence is the much more likely future scenario.

Let’s not forget speeding fines are a revenue generator...

As for life saving, maybe, but I’d need to see a lot of evidence. Modern cars are vastly easier to drive and safer at speed than cars 40 years ago, but we still often keep largely the same speed limits. 155mph in your modern German luxury car practically feels serene.

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