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Is there an updated Version of the Mozilla Foundation's EV Review?
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From personal experience, I can tell you the older Chevy Bolts (2017-2023) you can remove the fuse labeled "onstar" in the user manual and it should, hopefully, disable telemetry and tracking.
You'd be giving up some features though, like location based charging (where it automatically switches to charge up to a certain percentage at home).
Whatever car you're looking at, you should search online "[year] [make and model] disable telemetry" and see if anyone else has already figured it out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BoltEV/comments/1bhsqx0/my_experience_disabling_onstar_in_my_2023_bolt_euv/
Reddit seems to have quite a few people doing this for the bolt, I haven't looked into other cars.
You also give up the compass and Bluetooth for some reason by doing that.
I followed the guide and can confirm it didn't disable Bluetooth or the compass. The data line was capped using a 50 ohm terminator that was then wrapped in alternating layers of plastic and metal tape with to make a rudimentary Faraday cage. The GPS line was kept on so the compass works just fine.
I meant the fuse pull.