Post #1677998
2026-04-25 23:40 UTC
> permanent cellphone modems
Yeah, I'm not buying one of these things with an onboard modem either. I've got a 2010 Volvo S80 with a 5cyl diesel (and a manual) and I don't drive enough miles to really see the benefit of changing that out.
But if I ever need something else, it'll probably be something hackable like the 2016-2024 Leaf, and I'll just yank the modem out of it myself.
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@djsumdog@djsumdog.com 2026-04-25 23:43
A manual? diesel? Volvo S80?! ... that sounds incredibly obscure and rare.
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@magicalthinking@noauthority.social 2026-04-26 00:14
@cjd @nach @djsumdog Not factored is the long term cost of chemical batteries. It's very like the CCP to release a product that will utterly destroy an ecosystem just to be first to market. How are these new batteries recycled, if they can be? What kind of waste is their manufacture producing?