alt Hacker News> Until EVs solve the cost problem as well as the "tracking device" and the "I have 8 iPads built into the dash" problems I'm not very excited.
Are these problems exclusive to EVs?
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dabluecaboose • yesterday at 6:49 PM
The problem isn't exclusive to EVs, but thus far EVs are exclusively aforementioned rolling iPads.
With ICE cars, at least you still have the (dwindling) option of buying an older vehicle
bdcravens • yesterday at 7:00 PM
No, but I believe that EVs tend to have way more bells and whistles to create some perceived value due to the inherently higher cost.
Yes. For ICE cars I can just buy older cars. _Some_ modern ICE cars avoid this. As recently as 2024 the Nissan Frontier base model has no cellular modem, and also only has one small screen but otherwise has physical buttons and physical gauges.
The Slate would be the only EV coming out that avoids this problem, which combined with the price is one of the reasons I'm interested.