Things are going more or less normally out in sunny ol' California this week...
...but I gotta say, this is more than a little alarming:
In case you're having trouble reading that, the message declares:
The current heat wave is expected to stress California's grid this weekend. Use the Scheduled Departure setting to ensure your vehicle is charged and preconditioned to your preferences at time of departure, while avoiding charging during higher price evening hours between 4-9 PM.
Reading that message like:
I mean, look, a few things are very obvious here:
- There are a ton of government officials in California who would love to be able to control your automobile and tell you when you can drive it and when you can't.
- The technology could easily allow for that level of control by government officials.
- It is not implausible to imagine that many if not most of the big players in the electric car industry would be sympathetic to those aims and might very well cooperate with them.
Is this at all becoming clear?
It won't be long, folks. Get ready.
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