BYD asked about taking over Canadian Stellantis plant, mayor says (financialpost.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GreenBeard@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.world

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Personally I'm mixed on the idea. Not a huge fan of BYD as a company, but not really worse than Stellantis at this point and at least they'd be making cars in Canada, so I'd be cautiously for it.

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[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but I won’t run that tech, so can it run without an antenna or internet access?

[-] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Don't quote me on this but I believe they only started making over-the-air updates an option in 2025. It's not required AFAIK.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

All new cars have spyware, GM OnStar is the worst, they even upload your weight from the airbag sensor.

[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, and try opting out lol. It's designed to be impossible.

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago

Me: Why are GM owners sitting on their airbag—oh.

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