How much day-to-day technology is enough?

[Trace26]

One big thing about preconditioning the cabin is it can help your range if you live in an extreme climate.
I live in Texas, and it is regularly over 100, and much hotter inside the car sitting in the sun. If I can precondition while the car is still plugged in, that's energy the battery doesn't have to put out.
This is even more true in cold weather.
It being nice in the car when I get out there is just a nice byproduct.
Judging by the keyfob, "remote start" is already planned. https://www.slateforums.com/forum/threads/key-fob-customizations-colors-and-screwdriver.12687/

 

[AZFox]

[...] whatever you have your HVAC set to. Unless those knobs are just spinning potentiometers attached to a digital HVAC controller.

Seems like it would do that regardless.

 

[Bo’sFarmGeneva]

Get in and go. I’m planning on using my iPhone for music via a pill, navigation and such. Maybe the slate app for vehicles info. This will be my first ev.

 

[Bo’sFarmGeneva]

One big thing about preconditioning the cabin is it can help your range if you live in an extreme climate.
I live in Texas, and it is regularly over 100, and much hotter inside the car sitting in the sun. If I can precondition while the car is still plugged in, that's energy the battery doesn't have to put out.
This is even more true in cold weather.
It being nice in the car when I get out there is just a nice byproduct.
Judging by the keyfob, "remote start" is already planned. https://www.slateforums.com/forum/threads/key-fob-customizations-colors-and-screwdriver.12687/

That will be a nice feature. South bama gets spicy also.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

That will be a nice feature. South bama gets spicy also.

Indeed! L.A. (lower Alabama for the non-locals) does get hot!

 

[Bo’sFarmGeneva]

Indeed! L.A. (lower Alabama for the non-locals) does get hot!

Hit 100 Tuesday

 

[brian10x]

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.

BRAKE. Forum spelling NAZI on duty.