There were other options that just weren’t well advertised/known. KIA Niro/Hyundai Kona, Chevy Bolt, and Jaguar I-Pace all existed in 2019 in addition to the 2 you mentioned.
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PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 14 hours agoThat’s when I bought mine, and it was either get a Model 3 with ~270 miles of range or a Nissan Leaf or a tiny BMW iQ, both with like 80.
For the record, if the software updates stopped where they’re at today, I’d be fine with how the car functions until the end of its life. In fact, I kinda wish they’d just leave things alone at this point because I don’t want any extra features out of the thing.
Vodulas@beehaw.org 11 hours ago
PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 4 hours ago
Oh yeah, I do remember looking at those too, but iirc they were all still at a significant range disadvantage compared to the model 3. Dunno about now, though.
Vodulas@beehaw.org 51 minutes ago
The all had 200-250 mile ranges. Less than 320, but fine for most folks. Now there are so many good EV options, the only downside is cost nowadays. We need a good, compact, inexpensive EV with decent charging speeds. The Bolt almost does that, bit the charging speeds are real slow
Sxan@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
My in-laws have one from about the same time, pre-X. As I understood, you could turn off software updates?
MalReynolds@piefed.social 12 hours ago
And therein lies the rub, you don’t get to choose, the corpo does and you have to trust them (you do trust them, don’t you?). Pretty much like you’re renting, not owning. As the article points out this is similar to phone ’ownership’, hopefully in the fullness of time there will be a GrapheneOS equivalent for cars…