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[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'd like to buy from democratic countries if possible, especially with such a large purchase. Not a huge fan of my money funding China's regime.

As for exploding on command, that's highly unlikely. Although it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for China to push a little OTA update that just turns all the cars off if we ever went to war against China.

[โ€“] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

China doesn't allow firmware/software on their in country products. It's all reviewed by them. No reason why the EU, country or etc wouldn't review the same. No software/firmware update gets pulled without approval on the countries/ISP approval

[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago

Of course it wouldn't arrive via an official approved update channel, but a backdoor. Easy to implement and hide when you write the software. Even VW put manipulated software in their cars before to fake lower emissions. Regulators didn't notice for a decade. That's even though it was being actively used, unlike a killswitch that would lie dormant until it's too late.