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BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would (www.techspot.com)
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[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 9 points 17 hours ago

I'm not sure about this black box, but in the EU, the e-call system is mandatory, so all new cars do indeed have a sim. Though it's most likely not a card, but either a chip (iSIM) or just in software (eSIM).