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Are there any EV cars without any "technology"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like the title says, are there any EVs that just have a Bluetooth radio and that's it? Like a normal car, not a smartphone on wheels? If not, do you all think that this will actually happen at some point? This is the main reason why I can't (and will never) buy an EV. I like to have actual buttons everywhere on my car. I think those massive tablets on these cars with all the touch buttons are very dangerous. I like an "entertainment system" that only connects to my phone with either a headphone jack ~~of~~ or Bluetooth. It's a car, not a PC.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You might want to look into taking an older car and paying to get someone to install a conversion kit. If you have an existing car you could see if there's a compatible kit that'll save you some money.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

From what I've seen, conversions are generally preferred on pre OBD cars, as even the accessories like lights, AC etc run through that.

It puts you back looking at vehicles from the 70s or earlier. VW beetles, combis,Porsches seem to be popular choices.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

OBD2 wasn't mandatory until 1995 in the US, and OBD1 was really primitive. I suspect an EV conversion of an '80s or early-'90s car would be okay too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is there an issue with running OBD for the accessories, but not the engine?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I was trying to simplify things a little.

It's really more about ECUs and that everything is controlled by CANbus