If you don’t believe them when they tell you it’s shut off, and you don’t believe the UI when it tells you it’s disconnected, then I suppose you can just unplug the antenna?
If, for some reason, I have to own a car that is capable of sending data wirelessly, this is exactly what I would do.
I don't see that needing to happen, though. I'm old enough that I can reasonably expect that older used cars will be available to me for the rest of my life. I don't see myself buying a new car at any point, due to these issues.
I don’t know how old you are, but I suspect ICE vehicles will be banned or heavily taxed/tolled in an increasing number of locations over the next 20 years.
I’d think disabling the wireless is a minor inconvenience to experience the joy of an EV.
I have no special desire for an EV specifically (and yes, I have used them!) I don't have any problems with them, they're just no more or less attractive to me for being electric. I very much prefer not to own a car at all when I'm in a position where I can get away without one.
But as I said, if I had to own a modern car, I'd disable the antenna. But it's a whole lot easier to just buy a car that doesn't have that nonsense in the first place if that's possible.
I agree with you but I fear we are in the minority, because Average Joe wants fast with shiny wheels, and is completely ignorant or complacent about some esoteric idea of a right to privacy.
Is that the only data collection a Tesla engages in?
> You can also email Tesla and tell them you want to go dark in which case they shutdown the LTE connection entirely.
But how can I be sure that they've done so? And how can I be sure they wouldn't turn it back on at some point in the future?
> of course online traffic aware maps, and streaming radio won’t work.
That is actually fine by me, as I wouldn't be using those things anyway.