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My Car Is Becoming a Brick (EVs are poised to age like smartphones)

jimbo808 1y ago
Does it drive? Does your car still drive? How is your car a brick because it doesn't have an AI chatbot in it? Absurd article. I don't want AI enshittication anywhere near my car.
- bdangubic 1y ago
  I own 2014 Tesla and every software update nowadays is an adventure… does it drive? 75% of the time :)
  - throwaway808081 1y ago
    I own a 2008 Audi. It drives fine.
    - bdangubic 1y ago
      does it work without 5G?
    - jimbo808 1y ago
      To be fair, a 2014 Tesla was a very early iteration. My 2018 Model 3 has had no issues at all in 7 years, as far as I can tell it operates the same as it did when it was new, aside from the initial battery life hit you take when it’s brand new.
  - DaveZale 1y ago
    give elon a tweet and cc: the tesla investor forums. That seems scandalous
    - cindyllm 1y ago
      [dead]
  - jimbo808 1y ago
    I have a 2018 Model 3 and in 7 years I have had no issues with reliability. The charge port is a bit wonky and stays up/down, sometimes I have to force it up. That’s the only problem in 7 years, and it’s just a small occasional annoyance that hasn’t bothered me enough to have fixed. Battery life is still great. I can still easily take cross country road trips. Other than the initial battery life hit you take when the car is new, there isn’t enough degradation for me to even be aware of.
1970-01-01 1y ago
?? There are paragraphs of text here, but the points don't intermix. The Atlantic yet again starts from point A,(cars won't update forever) and somehow reaches conclusion Z(EVs will soon be useless bricks). I fail to see how the article isn't just a long and windy complaint about progress.
- bdangubic 1y ago
  cars won’t update forever and EVs will soon be useless bricks is progress?
  - 1970-01-01 1y ago
    Yes, in exactly the same way Cinderella's carriage returned to a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight, EVs will soon become bricks.
- deleted 1y ago
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WorldPeas 1y ago
what I will say is: EV enshittification is the case because the technologies are so powerful. Never before have you been able to address so many parts of the car with sensors, cooling solutions, etc. The problem is the manufacturers and their ecosystems. GM is one particularly nasty car make that are making news for dropping their carplay/android auto support, but I remember our family eagerly buying their volt a few years after it came out, only later for it to have its battery packs remotely disabled so the dealership could take it in for a pittance. The US lets our carmakers get away with bloody murder because of their tie to the vision of an industrial America, but they've taken this liberty too far and like the electronics titans they ape, are trying to make their cars into a "gadget". This can be done right, just look at the 90s California EVs like the Ranger and Rav4. You can have a perma-car that is electric, the true limitation is if the infotainment system will let you.

Does it drive? Does your car still drive? How is your car a brick because it doesn't have an AI chatbot in it? Absurd article. I don't want AI enshittication anywhere near my car.

bdangubic 1y ago
I own 2014 Tesla and every software update nowadays is an adventure… does it drive? 75% of the time :)
- throwaway808081 1y ago
  I own a 2008 Audi. It drives fine.
  - bdangubic 1y ago
    does it work without 5G?
  - jimbo808 1y ago
    To be fair, a 2014 Tesla was a very early iteration. My 2018 Model 3 has had no issues at all in 7 years, as far as I can tell it operates the same as it did when it was new, aside from the initial battery life hit you take when it’s brand new.
- DaveZale 1y ago
  give elon a tweet and cc: the tesla investor forums. That seems scandalous
  - cindyllm 1y ago
    [dead]
- jimbo808 1y ago
  I have a 2018 Model 3 and in 7 years I have had no issues with reliability. The charge port is a bit wonky and stays up/down, sometimes I have to force it up. That’s the only problem in 7 years, and it’s just a small occasional annoyance that hasn’t bothered me enough to have fixed. Battery life is still great. I can still easily take cross country road trips. Other than the initial battery life hit you take when the car is new, there isn’t enough degradation for me to even be aware of.

1970-01-01 1y ago

?? There are paragraphs of text here, but the points don't intermix. The Atlantic yet again starts from point A,(cars won't update forever) and somehow reaches conclusion Z(EVs will soon be useless bricks). I fail to see how the article isn't just a long and windy complaint about progress.

bdangubic 1y ago
cars won’t update forever and EVs will soon be useless bricks is progress?
- 1970-01-01 1y ago
  Yes, in exactly the same way Cinderella's carriage returned to a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight, EVs will soon become bricks.
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WorldPeas 1y ago

what I will say is: EV enshittification is the case because the technologies are so powerful. Never before have you been able to address so many parts of the car with sensors, cooling solutions, etc. The problem is the manufacturers and their ecosystems. GM is one particularly nasty car make that are making news for dropping their carplay/android auto support, but I remember our family eagerly buying their volt a few years after it came out, only later for it to have its battery packs remotely disabled so the dealership could take it in for a pittance. The US lets our carmakers get away with bloody murder because of their tie to the vision of an industrial America, but they've taken this liberty too far and like the electronics titans they ape, are trying to make their cars into a "gadget". This can be done right, just look at the 90s California EVs like the Ranger and Rav4. You can have a perma-car that is electric, the true limitation is if the infotainment system will let you.