It’s frustrating this is starting to happen with gas cars, but it’s really endemic to and we really need more ‘dumb’ options for EVs. Apps for charging stations? Reactive measures like hazards or engine breaking hidden behind touchscreen menus? Position within menus changing every update? Manufacturer employees able to turn on internal cameras and watch me drive because the onboard computer doesn’t use E2EE? A history of stops and address searches freely accessible if the car is stolen? I can’t understand why anybody would subject themselves to these things, let alone consider a vehicle featuring them a status symbol. I wouldn’t drive a Tesla if you paid me. AFAIK there’s the base-model Bolt and maybe very old Renaults and that’s it.
I’d like an EV eventually, but that’s why I just keep paying maintenance costs on my 20th century Honda. I test-drove a gas-guzzling 2023 Passport a few years back and its computer wouldn’t even read my music thumb drive correctly. Coworker got a brand new Pilot and has spent the last two months sussing out smart feature glitches and software errors, the kind that make backing out unsafe. New cars are more terminally online than redditors, but with none of the sensibility for privacy and troubleshooting. Though they do smell a little better…
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The only car I’ve ever struggled to get in to due to a battery issue was a 2010 diesel Skoda Yeti where the battery died so I couldn’t unlock it with the fob. The backup key system had never been used, and was rusted completely shut. I had to power the 12V system via the tow hitch connector to unlock the car.
Brakes can fail in modern cars, but total brake failure is rare. EVs are a bit safer here as they can come to an almost complete stop using regenerative braking.
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But it your car gets stolen:
“Sorry there is nothing we can do. Thieves have right to privacy you know!”
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This would be funnier if they weren’t planning to reboot Knight Rider featuring an EV
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harsh plus true!!
It’s frustrating this is starting to happen with gas cars, but it’s really endemic to and we really need more ‘dumb’ options for EVs. Apps for charging stations? Reactive measures like hazards or engine breaking hidden behind touchscreen menus? Position within menus changing every update? Manufacturer employees able to turn on internal cameras and watch me drive because the onboard computer doesn’t use E2EE? A history of stops and address searches freely accessible if the car is stolen? I can’t understand why anybody would subject themselves to these things, let alone consider a vehicle featuring them a status symbol. I wouldn’t drive a Tesla if you paid me. AFAIK there’s the base-model Bolt and maybe very old Renaults and that’s it.
I’d like an EV eventually, but that’s why I just keep paying maintenance costs on my 20th century Honda. I test-drove a gas-guzzling 2023 Passport a few years back and its computer wouldn’t even read my music thumb drive correctly. Coworker got a brand new Pilot and has spent the last two months sussing out smart feature glitches and software errors, the kind that make backing out unsafe. New cars are more terminally online than redditors, but with none of the sensibility for privacy and troubleshooting. Though they do smell a little better…
The only car I’ve ever struggled to get in to due to a battery issue was a 2010 diesel Skoda Yeti where the battery died so I couldn’t unlock it with the fob. The backup key system had never been used, and was rusted completely shut. I had to power the 12V system via the tow hitch connector to unlock the car.
Brakes can fail in modern cars, but total brake failure is rare. EVs are a bit safer here as they can come to an almost complete stop using regenerative braking.
But it your car gets stolen:
“Sorry there is nothing we can do. Thieves have right to privacy you know!”
This would be funnier if they weren’t planning to reboot Knight Rider featuring an EV