Good question, but they capture it, even the EV chargers capture data on you.. Its on the cloud and it could easily be hacked if there are any holes in the security. Some vehicles even capture photos of you as you approach the car.
One example.. if an MP or senior advisor / states person had an EV and a government wanted to spy on them and map their movements / activities.. they could easily. Its just another door open for them.
We are monitored enough these days. I have a car for freedom of movement, and car that takes this away cant be a good thing?
Firstly, looking at the list of high profile businesses that have been hacked - North Face and Cartier are two most recent ones (that's from earlier this week) - there's no reason to assume that European or North American car makers are any better than the Chinese in securing their data.
Then, this isn't an 'EV thing' as such, most modern high-end cars are 'connected cars' and regularly upload data to the manufacturers' datacentres with or without the customers being aware. In fact, the police have been using this for some time now to solve serious crimes - see for example:
Details showing a car's movements were a key factor in finding the killer of Gerald Corrigan.
www.bbc.com
"Whall may have believed he had covered his tracks by having the Land Rover destroyed, possibly believing any telematics data would also go up in smoke, but his every move had been recorded and stored, back at Jaguar Land Rover.
When police obtained the data, it provided another, key piece of the puzzle.
It revealed Whall had parked at Porth Dafarch beach - a short walk from Mr Corrigan's home - at 23:10 on 18 April.
The boot was opened at 23:11:04 and closed 39 seconds later. This was Whall, said prosecutors, removing the crossbow.
Mr Corrigan was shot at either 00:29 or 00:30 on 19 April."
That was 6 years ago..... you can only imagine what data car makers are collecting now.
