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I’ll never buy an electric car because of this stuff, as mentioned elsewhere car companies see it as a way to gouge the customer. People who want to push for E
by andy99 11mo ago
I’ll never buy an electric car because of this stuff, as mentioned elsewhere car companies see it as a way to gouge the customer.
People who want to push for EV adoption would be well served pushing for open standards, right to repair, interoperability etc to people can buy an encumbered car that’s actually for them and not just a “vehicle” for companies to screw them (the way basically every product is now).
- mmikeff 11mo agoThe car in this example is electric but the problem is not confined to electric cars.
- tialaramex 11mo agoYeah, this is part of a larger pattern of car manufacturers being awful and it didn't start with EVs and if they were to magically vanish tomorrow it wouldn't end. I actually would go further and say that that the existing choice to require that only some people can change lock codes is part of the problem here even though the reporter can't be expected to know that. For hardware locks it was only practical to attempt physical access control. The only guy who can buy the weird blanks for this high end key with moving magnets inside it has a Locksmith business, so he's probably not going to also be a burglar, life is just too short. But for electronic locks we can just choose to design the software to allow the keyholder to change what they want and only require authorization when you do not have a key - so as to allow dealers to e.g. unlock a legitimately seized vehicle and give it to a new owner.
- maxerickson 11mo agoPlenty of vehicles will have a simple procedure for disabling automatic engagement of the brake. Unfortunately, most people don't care about this stuff, so the companies that don't do it don't really pay a penalty.
- constantcrying 11mo agoDid you read the article? The standards are there and the interoperability works. The only thing which remains is that Hyundai is locking features for professionals only. None of this is EV specific by the way.
- wkjagt 11mo agoI love my EV, but I feel it's just old enough to not have much enshitification (2020 Hyundai Ioniq EV). The same car also came as ICE and hybrid, so it feels like a normal car, just with an electric motor. I just wish it had a better range, and more grip in snow (FWD with most weight from the batteries on the rear axle). I'll keep driving it until I absolutely have to replace it.
- rs186 11mo agoIt's more about Hyundai than about EVs.
- calcifer 11mo agoThere are no commercially available EVs with mechanical parking brakes, so it's not a Hyundai problem.
- PunchyHamster 11mo agoWithout laws to force it it sadly won't happen. We need to put an "it's for ecology" veneer under rights to repair, surely government then will do something about it...