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In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electricity Over Gasoline in Record Numbers (blog.ucsusa.org)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a Hyundai Kona Electric 2022 and it is a perfectly dumb electric car

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 on the Kona Electric.

I have the MY2023 and it works perfectly as a dumb car but there are some creature comforts hidden behind a subscription. The BlueLink App which is around $7/month allows you to remotely see and control things from your phone such as:

Locking/unlocking the car from your phone no matter the distance
Getting notifications if you forgot to lock your car
Remote start the climate control
Diagnostics with codes so you don't need an OBDII reader

Again, it's a perfectly good dumb EV without those but they are trying the subscription model for luxury features. Hyundai, at least, gave me a 3 year free trail.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In Australia BlueLink is not even an option so it is perfectly dumb and great