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EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Megane E-tech has functionality in its satnav that lets you plot a route with charging stations on the way, showing how much capacity you will have left when you get to them. Not essential, but very useful for somebody who is new to EVs.

Software that communicates with power companies to allow the car to charge overnight at advantageous rates, or even feed energy back into the grid. Again, not essential, but good for the customer and helps with the transition to green electricity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I have that in my ICE car and I never use it (map of gas stations correlated with remaining fuel). That's not specific to an EV.

Any of those features can be in a smartphone attached to your dashboard. Sure you have some benefits in accessing the car data, but they are small.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Your ICE has a significantly longer range, and the road network has evolved so that you can be reasonably confident that you'll find a filling station when you need one.

Today I'm driving an EV that doesn't have it, and I'm missing it. Different EVs have different ranges and not every filling station on the autobahn has chargers. On the other hand, there are lots of places just off the autobahn which do have chargers. It's a different game. Your mileage may vary of course.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

And it's especially unnecessary for a big use case for EVs: commuters and grocery getters. It's only needed for cars intended to do road trips.

And yeah, a phone app is more than sufficient. I do trips infrequently enough that it's totally unnecessary to be built-in.