How much day-to-day technology is enough?

[AZFox]

I love my digital devices, but I'm also disinclined toward Digital Device Dependency and unnecessary connectivity. How about you?

 

[sodamo]

I expect to add my own cellular internet and hope to connect either wifi or maybe wired as well. This would be for my own stuff and not something truck is dependent on.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I’m thinking just a tablet for CarPlay run off of my cell phone and a pill for a speaker…that’s all I really use currently (Lightning extravagance notwithstanding).

 

[sodamo]

I’m thinking just a tablet for CarPlay run off of my cell phone and a pill for a speaker…that’s all I really use currently (Lightning extravagance notwithstanding).

google:
No, iPads do not natively support Apple CarPlay.CarPlay is specifically designed for iPhones and is not a feature available for iPads. While you can connect an iPhone to your car's CarPlay system, you cannot use an iPad in the same way.

but I intend to use my ipad for Maps etc. Likely set up a screen for easier access?
maybe Apple will see this as an opportunity, but have a feeling there might be a restrictions from the auto manufacturers.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

google:
No, iPads do not natively support Apple CarPlay.CarPlay is specifically designed for iPhones and is not a feature available for iPads. While you can connect an iPhone to your car's CarPlay system, you cannot use an iPad in the same way.

but I intend to use my ipad for Maps etc. Likely set up a screen for easier access?
maybe Apple will see this as an opportunity, but have a feeling there might be a restrictions from the auto manufacturers.

Good point! I only need maps, Slate app, spotify/other news app, and ability to look up stuff while I'm charging, I'd guess. So, not "CarPlay".

These conversations really make you examine what you really need/use vs all of the extra clutter.

 

[AZFox]

In retrospect I neglected to include the key fob remote.

The remote should have a precondition button that gets the cabin and batteries to an appropriate temperature for departure.

 

[Luxrage]

If I can have android auto on a radio with some halfway decent speakers, that's all I care about. I won't bother with the app unless they hide some readout behind it that I need to look at (like how some OEMs lock TPMS numbers behind it for some reason). I'll be first in line for "how can I stuff a double din radio in this dashboard hole" when I get my Slate.

I put a Pioneer double din into my Element and still haven't wired up the steering wheel buttons, found I really didn't need them.

Second one is really a luxury I don't care too much about, but I've done so many Ford Gentex power dimming rearview mirror installs in cars I've got the wiring memorized, if Slate has a standard style mount for their rearview mirror I'm slapping one in there ASAP. I have a few spares from Crown Vics in my garage.

google:
No, iPads do not natively support Apple CarPlay.CarPlay is specifically designed for iPhones and is not a feature available for iPads. While you can connect an iPhone to your car's CarPlay system, you cannot use an iPad in the same way.

Google annoyingly axed this same functionality from Android Auto. Used to have an app you could just run from a tablet or phone. Made my OEM radio in my LTD perfectly usable for cross country navigation.

 

[AZFox]

The Slate App will have infotainment features?

From the Rich Rebuilds video:

And it'll help you find charging stations, like you can plan your route and it'll say, "Oh, you

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need to charge here for this long and charge here for this long." And it'll do all that sort of stuff as well as give you control for your audio system um if

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you accessorize that way and all that sort of stuff.

 

[KevinRS]

In retrospect I neglected to include the key fob remote.

The remote should have a precondition button that gets the cabin and batteries to an appropriate temperature for departure.

That is something that wasn't mentioned at first, people have asked and got back that they are looking into it is all I've heard for sure.
As far as I know preconditioning usually needs a cellular connection in the vehicle to receive the signal.

 

[E90400K]

Trying to drive EV long distances where several charging stops are required seems like a complete pain in the ass (based what I've read on the Mach E Forum over the past 2 years). Even if the big-battery Slate has a theoretical range of 240 miles, I'll be taking one of my ICEV for any trip of long distance. For my Slate use case, which is local rural driving, I'll use my phone for whatever necessary interface is needed to set up the truck's operating requirements. After that, I'll use it for phone calls and turn-by-turn via Google Maps (if necessary).

 

[atreis]

Trying to drive EV long distances where several charging stops are required seems like a complete pain in the ass (based what I've read on the Mach E Forum over the past 2 years). Even if the big-battery Slate has a theoretical range of 240 miles, I'll be taking one of my ICEV for any trip of long distance. For my Slate use case, which is local rural driving, I'll use my phone for whatever necessary interface is needed to set up the truck's operating requirements. After that, I'll use it for phone calls and turn-by-turn via Google Maps (if necessary).

Ehh... Not really. I drive my current EV (Nissan Ariya) on 800-1200 mile trips pretty regularly, at least 6 such trips a year. Initially it was a pain and I worried, but after doing it a few times I learned how and got used to how range works in an EV. I now check the chargers I want to use in Plugshare, and go. I combine major charge stops with meal times and the car is usually ready before I am.

Also, IME, the available charging infrastructure in my area has improved drastically over the 2.5 years I've had my EV. I now usually have choices on brands and amenities, where previously I had to use whatever was available. Reliability has also improved. (I'm in Ohio, and usually travel East and NorthEast.)

If I get a Slate, it will be the larger battery one, and I'll likely take it on road trips too.

 

[E90400K]

Ehh... Not really. I drive my current EV (Nissan Ariya) on 800-1200 mile trips pretty regularly, at least 6 such trips a year. Initially it was a pain and I worried, but after doing it a few times I learned how and got used to how range works in an EV. I now check the chargers I want to use in Plugshare, and go. I combine major charge stops with meal times and the car is usually ready before I am.

Also, IME, the available charging infrastructure in my area has improved drastically over the 2.5 years I've had my EV. I now usually have choices on brands and amenities, where previously I had to use whatever was available. Reliability has also improved. (I'm in Ohio, and usually travel East and NorthEast.)

If I get a Slate, it will be the larger battery one, and I'll likely take it on road trips too.

With ICEV my fuel planning is... wait until the gas gauge hits 1/8th of a tank and then start looking for a gas station that's on my side of the street (so I don't have to inconveniently wait to make a left turn...).

 

[atreis]

With ICEV my fuel planning is... wait until the gas gauge hits 1/8th of a tank and then start looking for a gas station that's on my side of the street (so I don't have to inconveniently wait to make a left turn...).

Sure, but the planning needed for an EV thing is really overblown. It's 2-3 minutes while I have coffee before heading out.

I end up spending a lot more time planning for (ICE) RV trips. The RV doesn't fit in all gas stations, so I have to identify the gas stations in advance and use Google satellite view to look at the way entry and exit is setup to see if it'll work.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

With ICEV my fuel planning is... wait until the gas gauge hits 1/8th of a tank and then start looking for a gas station that's on my side of the street (so I don't have to inconveniently wait to make a left turn...).

My dad was a mechanic and he used to freak out if the gauge made it that low. He was convinced that you would be apt to suck up nasty sediment etc at the bottom of the tank by letting it get that low. I know that there is some truth to that and some myth from days before. He would crap himself if he had seen the number of times I ran mine to E and coasted in. (I'm a lot more cautious if there are storms and had a heck of a time driving home through Hurricane Helene last year...160 miles of no electricity meant 160 miles of no gas stations or open restrooms...I learned.)

 

[AZFox]

As far as I know preconditioning usually needs a cellular connection in the vehicle to receive the signal.

If so, that's arbitrary and deliberate.

Preconditioning could be initialized any way Slate wants it to be.

Button on the remote.​

Flash the high beams while parked.​

Spell S-L-A-T-E in Morse code on the break pedal.​

Anything.​

It's programmable. An event happens and preconditioning starts.

Requiring the app would be deliberate crippling designed to nudge the user into running the app.