It’s not an entirely analog experience, though; a Slate smartphone app can manage settings, change drive mode, and provide range and charging info. But only when connected locally to the car—there’s no embedded modem, so forget about remote access. And the company says that while it may use data from the app to improve its products, it won’t sell that data.

“We pinky swear that we will not sell any of the massive trove of data we’re collecting on you and your driving, especially not to insurance companies.”

This is the conclusion I came to after looking to buy a simple mp3 player to play binaural beats through earbuds when I sleep at night. An old cell phone has super long battery life if you put it on airplane mode and play mp3s, and has tons of storage space. Honestly, an old cell phone blows away any reasonably priced mp3 player.

This would be an awesome deal and I would buy one, but… 1) There is no way it will actually be $25K. Low price points are always announced and never met; and 2) This vehicle will be full of spyware collecting all your data to be sold. Yes, Tesla does it to, but I’m not buying a Tesla either.

Trans Am meetup.