One in four new cars sold in the state last quarter were plug-in electric cars and trucks.

In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electricity Over Gasoline in Record Numbers::undefined

  • haych@lemmy.oneEnglish
    35·
    2 years ago

    Are there any good dumb EVs? No internet features, no tracking, just an electric car I can get in and drive?

    I constantly see features built in to the car but artificially locked behind a paywalls, like heated seats or even speed, software that tracks you or staff able to watch you through cameras.

    I just want a car.

    (Plenty of modern ICE are the same, I dislike them too)

    • gronjo45@lemm.eeEnglish
      141·
      2 years ago

      This is the exact reason I’ve been putting off buying a new car. Ever since I saw the video of the guys controlling cars remotely with a laptop, paysalled heated seats, no key slot to unlock the door, infotainment systems replacing buttons, and more, I don’t want to buy a new car!

      I would absolutely love to start using the new technologies, as I studied them in school and even did a couple of research presentations on the newer battery chemistries, photovoltaics, and designed an on-site hydrogen generation process as an energy storage medium. But, if I can’t get stuff like it was in the good ol’ days of analog buttons, I dont really want it.

      • TOUnail@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        +1 on the Kona Electric.

        I have the MY2023 and it works perfectly as a dumb car but there are some creature comforts hidden behind a subscription. The BlueLink App which is around $7/month allows you to remotely see and control things from your phone such as:

        • Locking/unlocking the car from your phone no matter the distance
        • Getting notifications if you forgot to lock your car
        • Remote start the climate control
        • Diagnostics with codes so you don’t need an OBDII reader

        Again, it’s a perfectly good dumb EV without those but they are trying the subscription model for luxury features. Hyundai, at least, gave me a 3 year free trail.

    • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Probably the Chevy Bolt? Its a pretty bare bones ev (which is has to be to maintain that cost). I drive a Rav4 Prime which doesn’t have a lot of the nonsense you see in a lot of evs (but some stuff is paywalled like the app/media stuff, though that’s nothing new)