• Nik282000@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    If Chinese manufactures can exceed Canadian standards, provide spare parts for a minimum of 10 years from the date of manufacture, provide a minimum of 10 years of software support/updates, AND allow all software to be audited for both safe function and security. Then sure. Bring on the cheap EVs.

    (But not even our current domestically produced vehicles meet those requirements)

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      It’s a serious security hole cause the software can be updated through network, the version gets audit and all the follow up update can be good, but the moment it needs to go rogue you just need 1 malicious update to have serious and wide spread harm/attack on a button.

      IMO for any vehicles to allow over the network update is beyond stupid. (yes, that includes Tesla.)

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        4 hours ago

        There are a few good defcon talks where it has been shown that the engine control and body control can be accessed and modified via the “infotainment” system (the one I saw specifically was Jeeps).

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      The issues is they are artificially cheap, which undercuts Canada’s auto component industry from serving as an EV hub.
      The Chinese government paid for production and have lots (as in sites) of cars that are unsold. They offered huge discounts to unload last years production. Since there were laws about discounting new cars, they moved them (paperwork wise) through shell type arrangements to make them appear as used cars (with less than 5km on the odometer etc).

      That stuff undercuts any means of US and Canada EVs being viable.

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          5 hours ago

          Tesla has government assistance programs in US and Canada, but $35000 Tesla does not compete with $14000 Chinese car

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                Get a grip. So, assuming you realize that you just admitted Canada has a double standard for banning subsidized electric vehicles, why not force the US to offer you a better deal? Tesla has no issue operating in China. Where is your spine?