They have the best EV architecture on the planet currently; despite all the hacking issues, I'm still considering an EV6 for my next vehicle. Probably with a yanked cell radio fuse...
Exactly. It makes a DC fast charge session (on a reasonably spec'd charger) take 20 minutes, not an hour like on competing EVs that peak at 150kW.
EV companies haven't quite figured out that the only two things consumers care about are range and charge rate (well, and cost, but there's an untapped market of people willing to pay if the featureset is there). Everyone has settled on 300mi range, which in my opinion is a little low but workable (at 80mph you'd have to stop every 3.5 hours), but for some reason nobody can get their act together on charge rate. Consumers need to purchase a car for their 99th percentile use case, which for much of America includes at least one road trip per year. The DC fast charge experience is basically the whole story there.
Obviously better charge rate would be better, and would be a bigger improvement than more range, but I've found that long road trips (10+ hours total driving time) with my 2023 Hyundai Kona, peak charge rate of ~70kW, is tolerable. I'd like my next EV (whenever I get it), to have a higher charge rate, but if I'm being honest, I'd care more other features such as V2H capability and physical media/HVAC controls. Now, fundamentally there is no reason that I should have to choose between these options. They are orthoganal, but if I was choosing between different vehicles, I'd give up charge speed to get those other features.
Cars are essential to living in America except for a few cities. Car manufacturers can basically do whatever they want.
There was a recent YouTube video with a car thief that basically showcased a "special" tablet that could get any car started in a minute by plugging into the OBD port. Pretty shitty security model if it relies on no tablets getting out.
If someone's already inside the car, I expect them to be able to hotwire it eventually.
The trouble is when manufacturers extend the CAN bus out to the smart headlights or something, and it's the same bus that the body control sits on, so they can just send a door-unlock message...
Note: the technical details are very lacking so it may not be that interesting to most here. tl;dw: there is a reseller that shouldn't be selling the tablets to "unauthorized" people and some other tidbits about how the thief operates.
