I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? - eviltoast

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/2362831

I don’t know how extended this is, but apparently there are car makers selling cars with no keys. Instead you download a proprietary app and use it to access your car.

I like being practical and talking to a car to turn the volume up or down, to open the door or to turn the temperature higher are things I don’t need nor want. Give me mechanical levers, reachable stalks and no proprietary bloatware. I don’t need a movie theater on wheels.

Imagine an early 2000s car running on an electric motor. That’s what I want.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Huh, my EV also has neutral and park. It can be very useful to yet the wheels freewheel or to lock the wheels. However no PRNDL shifter control for usability

    • Aux@feddit.ukBannedEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      You can’t freewheel on EV, there’s no mechanism for that. You can have a software simulation though, but it’s not needed for anything.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        When mine is configured for aggressive regen, it slows the vehicle to a stop. You couldn’t push the car, for example

        • Aux@feddit.ukBannedEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          That’s just a software feature, not a real neutral.