My understanding is that most modern cars already have those vulnerabilities—which is not to say that they wouldn’t be present to an even greater degree in fully-electric/autonomous vehicles; just that the concern exists even as things are now.
Not even close in actuality. With gas engines, one can disable all of the electronics and run the engine with a primitive ignition system and some type of carb if it ever really got that bad. Would be chopped to hell, but it would go from A to B and still be able to be refueled in 5 minutes.
Also to consider is that there's a huge number of somewhat aging cars on the road that this logic doesn't apply to at all, where there is no such capability.
True, although I was mostly referencing cars from the 90s as opposed to classics. Cars from the 90s are cheap, and they're everywhere, and they don't track you and their computers are very limited.
My understanding is that most modern cars already have those vulnerabilities—which is not to say that they wouldn’t be present to an even greater degree in fully-electric/autonomous vehicles; just that the concern exists even as things are now.
Not even close in actuality. With gas engines, one can disable all of the electronics and run the engine with a primitive ignition system and some type of carb if it ever really got that bad. Would be chopped to hell, but it would go from A to B and still be able to be refueled in 5 minutes.
Electric cars are an entirely different animal.
Also to consider is that there's a huge number of somewhat aging cars on the road that this logic doesn't apply to at all, where there is no such capability.
Exactly. I love old cars and trucks and there's nothing short of physically wrenching on them that could permanently stop them
True, although I was mostly referencing cars from the 90s as opposed to classics. Cars from the 90s are cheap, and they're everywhere, and they don't track you and their computers are very limited.