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Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 65 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Maybe it’s because cars suck now: filled with spyware, massively complex systems that aren’t better at doing car things than similar systems in the 90s, and with a price tag that considers this garbage as worth something to the consumer.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I sincerely wish that were the case. The proliferation of Ring doorbells, Alexa speakers, and overall lack of tech literacy really hampers any signs of general outcry. Our collective screech barely registers as a whimper in the grand scheme.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean that’s my disappointment with the new Tacoma that’s coming out soon. It’s great that they have a hybrid now, but it’s full of electronic crap now that used to be mostly isolated to certain components.

    Now the entire gauge cluster is a screen, it’s sad.

    I was legitimately going to buy a brand new one in the next year or two when I’m back in the US, and I’ve never bought a new car. now I guess I have to get a 2023 model or earlier. I bet any of the 2016-2023 generation lasts longer than the 2023-2030ish generation.

    Honestly I don’t even like trucks but the biggest pull for me was that the Tacoma was still pretty old school for a new vehicle, and that it could go anywhere kinda rough.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Now the entire gauge cluster is a screen, it’s sad.

    This is a really interesting take to me because I’m excited for all the physical displays to be replaced by screens. Because once they’re screens, the new CarPlay can take them over and give an actually good user experience compared the incredible dog shit quality in-car experience that the manufacturers provide.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I wanted to like the Tacoma but I owned a Corolla and it’s the same size inside. Not like in a “this is a truck” way either I mean the cabin is like a compact car. Seating position is just awful. I’m tall but this isn’t a tall thing even.

    Thing about the Corolla is it had 41” legroom in front at least. More backseat room too.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    There was another thread here on Lemmy where I talked about how my parents installed a wired intercom in our house so they wouldn't have to yell at me when they wanted something and someone replied that they just use Alexa to do that and I wanted to hit my forehead on my keyboard.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    The same thing happens in ICE vehicles. The issue here is that they marked them up an insane amount, refuse to learn about them, and actively discourage people from buying them.

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