this is not true. I am avoiding Hyundai-Kia for this reason
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Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks agoEhhh I think it is. You should pretty much expect all of those things from any new car.
Consumers have spoken and they don’t care about privacy, reliability or repairability.
lefixxx@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
How do you know? What car would somebody buy if they cared about those things? There are no choices. There is not enough competition to have enough choices.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
What car would somebody buy if they cared about those things? There are no choices
Because at one time there was a choice.
Tyfud@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A lot of that isn’t known until nearly the last minute. Especially any of the hard metrics like mp/kwh, range, and especially any infotainment specifics.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
There’s nothing on that list that will be unique to this vehicle.
Patch@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Concept cars are, by definition, not actually finished. Nobody will be able to buy the car that was being shown at the car show. The car that will be on sale in 2-3 years will be a thematically similar but fundamentally different creature.
Things like the onboard computer software/hardware/data sharing model won’t be defined yet. VW’s first party servicing costs or the price of replacement brake pads are not defined yet. It’ll be a job for a future car journalist to report on all those things once it’s actually defined.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Yes I understand what a concept car is. That changes nothing about my comment because it wasn’t about this specific car.
Patch@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
If you read the article (I know, controversial) you’re see that that’s exactly what they’re suggesting they’re doing, yes.
Personally I wouldn’t hold my breath that it’ll be better, but it is going to be completely different to their current software stack.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
The article doesn’t say anything about that.
boonhet@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
They might but only if they’re building something new for their entire range.