The article paints a different picture than the article's own headline....

I might be the one 'left' behind. The current EV's in the market are all spyware [1](sending gps location), and can be shut off by remote control [2](like stolen tesla's in ukraine).

Same case is for petrol/diesel powered cars but right now I can buy toned down petrol car version (cheapest one in the lineup) which does not contain any spyware and has buttons and knobs to control AC, Radio, Volume etc

[1]https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2022/07/27/who-is-collec... [2]https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/russia-farm-vehicl... (not really EV tesla but diesel powered John Deere tractors, but pretty much same case) [3]https://electrek.co/2022/07/26/tesla-ransom-customer-over-80...