Grim...'s focus doesn't brake though, which seems weird

two-zone climate control

CarPlay and Android Auto (because fuck car mounts and cable clutter)

Christ, I wasn't aware that was a thing you had to look out for now. I figured it was as common as electric windows.

You need to plug your phone in for Android Auto

I was in the car for five hours yesterday and with it plugged into the head unit for charging, the battery charged up 3% from where it started - with GMaps and Spotify running. Definitely needs to be plugged in.

I read somewhere that some of the newer Android Autos work via local wifi hotspot.

Oh yeah, turns out you're right. Either I forgot this was a thing or I never knew. It's very limited though, both in terms of phones and cars/headunits.

And it still sucks battery like it's going out of fashion, so you'd only want to use it for short trips.

More of a feature than a bug, given how fast your phone will go flat just from satnav + music streaming, let alone if you also had some sort of wireless display broadcasting on it too. CarPlay is the same, BTW.

Not so good for cable clutter though.

Not so good for cable clutter though.

Especially when your wife keeps taking the fucking cable out of the fucking car.

The wife I mean

Fucking right

The rise of electric vehicles threatens the car industry as we know it, according to PSA Group electric and connected boss Helen Lees. “EVs are far simpler [than internal combustion engined vehicles]," she explained. "They need less parts, less time in the workshop. Ultimately, it means less time in aftersales. That’s why we’ve chosen to diversify into areas such as shared mobility.”
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“Longer-term, we'll sell fewer parts and less service hours on our EVs. When you look at the service plan pricing for Peugeot e-208, for example, it’s a third cheaper than the service plan for the equivalent petrol or diesel 208."

People do live with public charging only but even if you had a range of 250 miles it could get trying.

The loss of revenue for the government is huge too.
Zero VED (at present) and no fuel duty will poke a big hole in the budget that will need to be covered somehow.

Oh yeah, turns out you're right. Either I forgot this was a thing or I never knew. It's very limited though, both in terms of phones and cars/headunits.

And it still sucks battery like it's going out of fashion, so you'd only want to use it for short trips.

Hello! The little metal liner bit of our electric socket/cigarette lighter thing has come out and broke, so it’s not working.

Does anybody have even the first clue of what I should search for to get it replaced?

Does every one on the IOM buy a car without driving it?

Nice car though..

2019 Black Edition Audi A3.

It's white

Who is he? I keep seeing that gif and I always wonder who he is.

They've got an existing brand, though. Ford. Their whole EV effort seems half-arsed and I think they'll be left catching up, but probably in the long run there will still be enough people that will just buy the new Ford whatever.