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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
Electric cars are not cell phones. The product cycle of the cell phone and EV are entirely different. It is a completely stupid tech analogy. When the cell phone is plugged in to recharge, it is still usable. When an EV is plugged in to recharge, it is not usable; even children understand this concept.
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It isn’t a stupid tech analogy as cars and cell phones are quickly converging. It is no surprise that more and more cars are running
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You’re also proving my point about the old way of viewing cars and seeing a future. The always on nature of cars enabled by a shift to electric drivetrains shifts the reality quite a lot. In the “old days” a car was only useful when you were driving from point A to point B. So the older you are the only way you can envision cars is via that lens. You’re likely to see all of the tech as useless as it doesn’t do almost anything for optimize that. Just like for the longest time a cell phone was a tool for making and receiving calls and seeing a future where people rarely used them for that didn’t make a lot of sense.
The shift and revolution here is that cars are going to shift to consumer level products just like cell phones and that will bring some radical shifts. Always on will mean that the car does a lot of “syncing” while “off” and is “ready instantly” just as consumers now expect. No waiting for traffic to load for minutes as the car boots up or destinations to load or maps load and be ready… Want to use BMW navigation or replace it entirely with some third party app that gives a very native feel… Want to tie your car into your home automations so it locks your house doors, arms your alarm, and closes the garage door as your drive away… Want to use that massive screen for movies during your road trips at stops… etc etc etc.