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Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.

I will never buy an EV. For that reason and they're outrageously expensive. Simply cannot afford one and this kind of bullshit is downright criminal fascism.

Depending on your driving needs, an old Nissan Leaf can be had for about $5-7k with 65mi of range in mixed highway/city driving and I'm pretty sure its cellular connection won't work since it should be 3G. Might be an option as a second car, especially since EVs have very low maintenance needs.