I saw this article earlier:

Tesla ‘going bankrupt’ is endpoint of protests, says local organizer

In the spirit of right to repair, self-hosting, giving a second life to old devices, and limiting data collection by car companies:

  • What are some considerations?
  • Are there any projects worth keeping an eye on?

An example that came to mind was Valetudo, which is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation. Some robot vacuums are easy to install this on, and others require more invasive modifications.

What I’ve found so far:

  • FreedomEV, a project that was presented at FOSSDEM 2019 but doesn’t have recent activity
  • TeslaMate, which is a popular and active selfhosted data logger for Teslas, but not necessarily a replacement for the software
  • OtterOPEnglish
    11•27 days ago

    Some brainstorming from me:

    • Ideally people do not buy more teslas
    • An initial goal would be to use the vehicle without it phoning home. Would the TeslaMate project be sufficient for that?
    • Long term, would it be possible to replace the software running on the car’s console? Or would it be better to tear out the console and replace it with something else?

    Alternatively, what would a recycling/conversion program look like?

    • @[email protected]English
      1•27 days ago

      Everything that polls Tesla data goes through (at lease negotiated access) Tesla servers.

      That includes TesMate, TeslaFi, Tessie, etc.

    • Lucy :3English
      7•27 days ago

      I’d guess that, like all tech that’s highly locked down, it will be very hard to do anything with - like Apple devices.

      So the only thing to do right now is - not updating.