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There is a good chance that the vehicle stores that data for a limited time, not that it is posted through telemetry. If they are snooping on their cars (all of them, that is) then they have other problems. Fleet cars are also routinely fitted out with vehicle tracking systems, sometimes for insurance purposes.


The Congressional Budget Office has recommended a pilot program of mandating GPS tracking of electric vehicles in order to tax them per mile driven.

Since they don't consume fuel they don't pay fuel taxes and don't contribute to surface maintenance of roadways.




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