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Simple EV cars (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 6 months ago by GeneralDingus@lemmy.cafe to c/evs@lemmy.world
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Does anyone think that there'll ever be a simple EV car produced for market without all the extra junk found in most electric cars? Why or why not?

I don't see the need for the infotainment dash, personal data tracking, self-driving, lack of physical buttons, and lack or reparability.

Wouldn't it be nice to have an EV that is probably cheaper without all that forced extra stuff? Can't we just have a simple EV that has an electric engine that is reliable, cheaper, and doesn't have a need for constant software updates? Maybe you can work on it in your garage for the most part for simple maintenance.

I'd really like to have an EV one day but seems like they are all super expensive, have no sense of ownership like typical cars, are constantly tracking you, and are trying to shove extra features down your throat.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You might like Aptera

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

Can you imagine driving by that car through a Midwest winter? So impractical.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

You don't know that. There's an all-wheel drive version and an off-roading package, maybe it would do fine. We'll see 🤷‍♂️

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You might want to look into ev coversions. There are plans to convert any regular car with conversion kits into an ev car.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

My plans to do this once were halted by no preexisting motor to transmission adapter for my car and not having a CNC mill to make my own, but now you can just get it machined by pcbway or such and I might actually complete the project at some point seeing as I still have the actual car in the garage.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://microlino-car.com/en/microlino

[–] GeneralDingus@lemmy.cafe 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now that's a fun car in a small package! Is this coming to the states?

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

no idea sorry

[–] kelargo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

New ICE are fully equipped with a lot of extra fancy creature comforts, too. It's not just EVs. It's used to capture the buyers interest. 50 years ago, air conditioning was an extra that cost a lot to add into the car. Are any modern ICE sold without AC or power windows?

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