Edit: Just asked because of curiosity. I’m not actually looking for such vehicles.
Edit 2: So for context, my parents new Toyota has this feature that allows the GPS location of the car to be sent to toyota, then you can see the location via an app on android/ios (it’s supposed to be an anti-theft feature). The data is sent via an antenna that connects to cell towers, which then connects to the internet, and to the toyota servers. “Diagnostic” and “maintenance” information is also sent via those same antennas.
The dealer said it could be turned off, but who knows if they are really off. There’s not a hard switch on the car.
I wouldn’t even mind that they are gathering all this data – as long as they let me know what it is, and let me access it, too. The cameras on these things are much better than any shitty dashcam I would buy. If I got in an accident, I would like access to that footage right away.
I drove a rental Tesla once. Those cars are super-shitty, but they let you see video of things like people who approach the car while it’s parked. And more importantly, they let you delete the video.