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Are there any EV cars without any "technology"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by penquin@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like the title says, are there any EVs that just have a Bluetooth radio and that's it? Like a normal car, not a smartphone on wheels? If not, do you all think that this will actually happen at some point? This is the main reason why I can't (and will never) buy an EV. I like to have actual buttons everywhere on my car. I think those massive tablets on these cars with all the touch buttons are very dangerous. I like an "entertainment system" that only connects to my phone with either a headphone jack ~~of~~ or Bluetooth. It's a car, not a PC.

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 57 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Automatic braking doesn't require the level of tech that's being packed into EVs these days

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You could make automatic breaking without a full blown computer, but it's so much cheaper to put a full-blown computer than it is to do it all in hardware. Everything uses turing complete equipment now, it's actually less expensive at this point.

There's absolutely no reason not to put multiple computers in the car I think the real win is not surfacing it to the end user.

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Tech" is a conflated term. The way I read OP is that they don't want their cars main user interface to be a smartphone app. Doesn't mean the car can't be technologically advanced.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. If my car can connect to the internet then it has too much tech in it.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The ability for a car to call emergency services in the event of a crash, and thus the mobile / data connection required to do that, has been mandatory since 2018 in all new cars sold in the EU.

So there is no cost incentive not to have the internet connection in there, as it is a basic safety feature now, like seatbelts.

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

You don't need a data plan to call emergency services. Any protocol-compatible device can dial 911/112/etc. for free.

This is why in remote areas your phone may say "Emergency Calls Only". Your carrier isn't available, but someone else's is and they are legally obligated to route emergency calls.

Of course if your car has a modem and a computer, adding a data plan isn't a huge leap. But it's a recurring expense and plenty of cars sold today do not have internet connectivity, at least on the cheaper side.