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Nissan To Deactivate Key Features From Early EVs (www.carscoops.com)

submitted 8 months ago by EdibleFriend@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Modularity costs money and they'd rather you pay for a whole new car, especially modern smart cars that have subscriptions to use hardware in the car you paid for (e.g. heated seats).

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What you say about the subscription model is true, but I don't think this is the case. They simply went with the network that at the time had the biggest area covered, which would probably was 2G. (and it seems that they also used more recent modems in later models)

They simply, correctly, decide that having the widest area possible covered now is better than to have to maybe shutdown some services at a not yet known future time.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I don't know what you mean.