A woman recently took to social media after discovering that her Audi rental car’s dashboard contained a camera recording her every move. It also gave verbal reminders…

  • fraksken@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    Maybe all in all not a bad idea for audis and bmws. “Don’t forget to use your direction indicator” or “slower acceleration gets you to the next red light just as fast and consunes less fuel”. Might so a world of good for some brands

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      3 months ago

      slower acceleration […] and consunes less fuel

      I’m not advocating any specific behavior, but this generally is not true for combustion engines. Faster acceleration at lower revs (and then holding a steady speed for longer) is more fuel-efficient than a long, slow acceleration period. This is different for different vehicles, but it holds true as a rule of thumb.