Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe ages of cars on the road has been increasing. As reliability and prices continue to go up, more and more people hold on to their cars.
Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe ages of cars on the road has been increasing. As reliability and prices continue to go up, more and more people hold on to their cars.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
When they can. They may not be able to in the future.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe. I don’t know of any other car brands that totally shit the bed when the cloud services get cut off.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
How many have been cut off? Fisker will probably be first to go.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To be fair, Fiskers are likely to brick themselves and the company is still alive. They have some of the worst software in the auto industry.
That said, my point is that a lot of “smart” cars are designed work just fine offline. Being offline is common in rural areas and or when the driver decided to stop paying for mobile connectivity.
I’ve done the latter with a couple cars. You lose the ability to download new maps, see traffic, install updated streaming apps, and or remotely control climate / windows / locks with your phone. But I use my phone for music maps, and I don’t really care about unlocking the car with my phone.