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I admire their ingenuity, but the fact that this requires a round trip from the device to my phone to the cloud and back to the car (and consequently, requires

by akerl_ 4y ago

I admire their ingenuity, but the fact that this requires a round trip from the device to my phone to the cloud and back to the car (and consequently, requires that both my phone and the car have cell service) renders it basically a non-starter for me.

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nikau 4y ago
This looks a bit nicer, but a product called "S3XY Buttons" has been around for a while that does similar things but uses the obdII port instead.
- akerl_ 4y ago
  How does that work on the Model 3? To my knowledge, it doesn't have an OBD2 port.
  - detaro 4y ago
    Apparently there is an easily available plug connection with the needed bus access behind a panel that you hook into with an adapter.
majormunky 4y ago
For being such a high tech car, its unfortunate that there isn't some sort of API that can be used to directly control things, even if its just things like the climate control, etc. As a side note, my 2019 Subaru Crosstrek can't seem to show the backup camera, and deal with me turning the physical radio volume dial down at the same time. I think the computer in a car should be up-gradable.
- akerl_ 4y ago
  This is one of the reasons that CarPlay is a base requirement for any new car I buy. I want to delegate as many smarts as possible to a device that can be replaced.