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Would love to have a barebones, no frills EV. Just give me a dumb "thin-client" LCD screen that I can project CarPlay into, otherwise no fancy technology gizmos

Would love to have a barebones, no frills EV. Just give me a dumb "thin-client" LCD screen that I can project CarPlay into, otherwise no fancy technology gizmos and doodats. Current dream car would be something like an Elise or S2000, just electric. Ok, so it wouldn't be as light, and it wouldn't have a manual transmission.

nus07 4y ago
Wasn’t the Nissan Leaf just that? A barebones EV . Probably needed better range which I think it does now.
CalRobert 4y ago
If memory serves, the o.g. Tesla Roadster was based on the Lotus Elise. Though it looks like an electric refresh of the Elise (probably renamed) is coming in a few years.
sandworm101 4y ago
Forget all that fluff. I don't need CarPlay. I have no desire for my car and phone to be in any sort of relationship. I need a car that starts when asked and gets me where I need to go. Electric or gas, I don't much care so long as the thing functions when needed. That said, at the moment I haven't found any electric car that would handle winter where I am. Temperatures regularly below -30 and occasionally below -40c still seem a non-started for reliable electrics. They cannot be left unplugged/unpowered for more than a few days at such temperatures without issues.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  CarPlay (and Android Auto) is not a relationship between your car and your phone. It is a second screen for the phone that is restricted to certain functions and has a different UI. The only integration with the car that I have seen is knowing when the lights turn on so the screen goes into dark mode and vice versa. Edit: I guess the other place it interacts with the car is for the steering wheel controls and maybe a microphone. But these all seem like pretty basic and reasonable integrations.
  - decafninja 4y ago
    I'd actually be fine with a simple slot you can mount (and charge) an iPad onto. i.e. the whole "let's glue a fake tablet onto the dashboard" aesthetic some manufacturers, most egregiously Mercedes, did for a while. Debating whether I'd want some basic steering wheel bluetooth-based controls to help operate it though. Maybe a simple 4-way arrow/directional pad and a "ok" button?
haunter 4y ago
In Europe Volkswagen e-UP is this https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html Or the Skoda CITIGOe iV version https://www.skoda.co.uk/used-cars/citigo https://www.skoda.co.uk/used-cars/citigo No touchscreen, just basic dashboard in both versions https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2019/09/11_CITIGOe_iV_interior-1-1440x1018.jpg https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2019/09/11_CITIGOe_iV_inter... The range is "up to" 170 miles (270km) in both

nus07 4y ago

Wasn’t the Nissan Leaf just that? A barebones EV . Probably needed better range which I think it does now.

CalRobert 4y ago

If memory serves, the o.g. Tesla Roadster was based on the Lotus Elise. Though it looks like an electric refresh of the Elise (probably renamed) is coming in a few years.

sandworm101 4y ago

Forget all that fluff. I don't need CarPlay. I have no desire for my car and phone to be in any sort of relationship. I need a car that starts when asked and gets me where I need to go. Electric or gas, I don't much care so long as the thing functions when needed. That said, at the moment I haven't found any electric car that would handle winter where I am. Temperatures regularly below -30 and occasionally below -40c still seem a non-started for reliable electrics. They cannot be left unplugged/unpowered for more than a few days at such temperatures without issues.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
CarPlay (and Android Auto) is not a relationship between your car and your phone. It is a second screen for the phone that is restricted to certain functions and has a different UI. The only integration with the car that I have seen is knowing when the lights turn on so the screen goes into dark mode and vice versa. Edit: I guess the other place it interacts with the car is for the steering wheel controls and maybe a microphone. But these all seem like pretty basic and reasonable integrations.
- decafninja 4y ago
  I'd actually be fine with a simple slot you can mount (and charge) an iPad onto. i.e. the whole "let's glue a fake tablet onto the dashboard" aesthetic some manufacturers, most egregiously Mercedes, did for a while. Debating whether I'd want some basic steering wheel bluetooth-based controls to help operate it though. Maybe a simple 4-way arrow/directional pad and a "ok" button?

haunter 4y ago

In Europe Volkswagen e-UP is this https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html Or the Skoda CITIGOe iV version https://www.skoda.co.uk/used-cars/citigo https://www.skoda.co.uk/used-cars/citigo No touchscreen, just basic dashboard in both versions https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2019/09/11_CITIGOe_iV_interior-1-1440x1018.jpg https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2019/09/11_CITIGOe_iV_inter... The range is "up to" 170 miles (270km) in both