Electric Cars to Become the "Biggest Data Collection Device" by 2030 When Self-Driving Will be Common, Says VW CEO

27 Nov 2022 | Abstracted from Notebookcheck

"...all that computing power needed to provide the complex calculations of the raw input coming from its sensory sidekicks will turn electric cars into 'the biggest data collection device there is'...might sound scary for the privacy-minded, Germany has one of the strictest security safeguards.

"Volkswagen [will] bet on a pay-as-you-go system where the self-driving service is only charged when needed and used, rather than Tesla's [model]."

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