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stevenjgarnertoday at 3:02 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why? Are you worried from a liberty/privacy standpoint? "Smart" EV's are demonstrated to be significantly safer than "dumb" EVs. Waymo’s 2025/2026 data shows an 80–90% reduction in injury-causing crashes compared to human drivers in the same cities. [1, 2, 3, 4]

[1] https://www.reinsurancene.ws/waymo-shows-90-fewer-claims-tha...

[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11305169/

[3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39485678/

[4] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparison-of-Swiss-Re-h...


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somehnguytoday at 3:10 AM

Personally I’m not very keen on owning a vehicle the manufacturer can completely brick at will

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sagarmtoday at 3:42 AM

I assume GP meant cars with internet connectivity features, not (real) self driving tech.

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