I'm saying exactly the opposite. I will never consider getting an EV as long as it's full-time tethered to the mothership and my car can be deactivated/bricked/broken remotely either on purpose or by accident. I want my car to be MY property, not a device obeying inputs from someone somewhere else.
And absolutely no surveillance built in. Until then I'll stick to gasoline cars.
All that said though. I totally agree. I will never drive a car like this or one that tells me I need to update before I can drive.
And if I do get a computer car (at least one like a Tesla that runs something resembling a Linux or bsd kernel, then I would expect to be able to access that system just like the engine etc). It’s my property.
And absolutely no surveillance built in. Until then I'll stick to gasoline cars.