Users of early Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 vehicles in the UK will no longer be able to remotely set off-peak charging routines or climate control schedules

Users of early Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 vehicles in the UK will no longer be able to remotely set off-peak charging routines or climate control schedules

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    101·
    4 months ago

    This is why I stick with old used cars, what it says on the tin is what I get and that won’t change.

    • varoth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      4 months ago

      Right?

      Though I’m sure if they can figure out someway to force subscription bullshit in there, they will.

      • InfynisEnglish
        41·
        4 months ago

        Fortunately it sounds like this doesn’t actually affect any of the car’s functions, just it’s ability to interface with an app

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      With benefits (cheap, functional, easy to buy and get fixed anywhere) of big centralized production come, as people not warned of this by common wisdom can now see, some inconveniences.

      I think it’s normal.

      Maybe in 20 years or so when everybody gets conscious and afraid of such dynamics, most things will be dumb, inefficient, expensive, but also more predictable and relevant for longer.

      When I was a kid, it seemed cool to me that you can buy cheap things made in China from plastic. I thought the future is that everything will be cheap and easy to get, even if bad and made from plastic - the most important thing is, it’s there.

      Now the feeling is the opposite, well, I change (20 years older and no better), humanity also changes.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        When I was a kid, it seemed cool to me that you can buy cheap things made in China

        …

        Now the feeling is the opposite,

        With age comes wisdom

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      4 months ago

      Older cars are far more unsafe though, I witnessed a near head on accident just the other day and went to help the occupants so I got to see it up close

      Both vehicles were about the same amount of fucked up, except one was older. I’d peg it as a 2000-2005. The occupants of the older one were pretty messed up injury wise, though they did survive. It had standard airbags.

      The other vehicle, I’d peg around mid to late 2010’s, the occupants walked away without a scratch, and their vehicle interior looked like a freaking bounce house

      Yea, I’ll risk some manufacturer taking away my heated seats in exchange for the higher vehicle safety of a newer vehicle