I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? (linux.community)

submitted 4 weeks ago by vestmoria@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[-] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 30 points 4 weeks ago

If you're in the states, new cars are legally required to have a screen for the back up camera.

[-] pipes@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Woah hold on so a backup camera is also a legally requirement? That sounds a bit too much hand-holding for me jeez. (But I'm used to old cars and motorcycles)

Ok looked it up, yup since May 2018! Interesting

[-] trag468@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

I feel that backup cameras have become more necessary as crash safety rules have become more stringent. The belt line on cars is really high now. You can't see as much out of the sides or the back. My car from the early 2000s definitely had windows that were lower and I had no trouble parallel parking it without a camera. I appreciate the cameras on the newer vehicles. Easier parking is great but also.... not running over little kids is good too I suppose.

[-] pipes@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

Good point about the lack of visibility.. my usual fear is that every new requirement becomes an excuse to only make expensive and heavy, tall monstrosities, but a camera and screen are very cheap today so those are more than okay I guess, just like seatbelts and airbags.

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