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It doesn't need to phone home when the ignition is off and could have been programmed to go into standby. You can hardly crash a car with the ignition off. Even
by petre 3y ago
It doesn't need to phone home when the ignition is off and could have been programmed to go into standby. You can hardly crash a car with the ignition off. Even if you do, it could be woken up using an accelerometer and try to phone home just a
a few times. This is shitty engineering. I am quite amazed, because the Japanese normally don't do this. Probably another stupid marketing decision.
- avidphantasm 3y agoMost cars I’ve ever had don’t have auto-off headlights because the extra parts cost a few dollars and that eats into margins and growth must continue infinitely thanks to rent-seeking shareholders. Capitalism will corrupt engineering whenever it is in the interests of capitalists to do so.
- petre 3y agoYou don't need extra parts, these are no headlights, but an IoT modem that already has power saving fearures on chip. It just needs an ignition signal and programming to go to sleep when it's not there. You must have had very crappy cars, because I rented a 2022 Renault Clio this spring and it had very good ergonomics. I was quite amazed. Only an older Hyunday i3 that I know of had annoying electrical quirks. But hey, there are tiktok videos on how to steal current Hyundai and Kia cars. https://www.theverge.com/23742425/kia-boys-car-theft-steal-tiktok-hyundai-usb https://www.theverge.com/23742425/kia-boys-car-theft-steal-t...
- slavboj 3y agoCommunist automotive engineering departments by contrast are notorious for their near-decadent focus on customer satisfaction.