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One could hope. But I do wonder if they did it to try and encourage people to use BlueCruise more. I would turn on lane assist and occasionally BlueCruise from time to time, but I didn't leave them permanently on. Part of it was that I didn't have a use for them all of the time, and part of...

Too bad we're unlikely to get Apple "CarPlay 2.0" (phone also casts to the dash and displays data from the car on there) ported backward to our current cars. If we could get that, I'd say Ford could do what ever they wanted - CarPlay owns my main display. I liked the old dash (in Unbridled and...

I still intend to check one out. Still wish it was a Carnival-type vehicle (minivan) instead of a three-row SUV. Sliding doors are amazing. Cooled to the idea of buying another EV within the next two or so years, now that pretty much all manufacturers have committed to changing their charging...

Shucks, I got another notice that 6.8.0 was available... and sure enough, after the update I now have the dash screen that everyone else describes. I'm really hoping that it's an unintended glitch, but someone said that all of the 2023's have been like this from the start? Guess I'll use that...

I'm still wondering if there is a setting that is triggering this for people. I had 6.8.0 and my cluster looked the exact same - the car comes into play if I turn on lane sensing, and it disappears when I turn of its, same as always. The only thing that stood out to be as being different were...

I agree with pretty much all of the points listed in the original post. Touchscreen delays in a vehicle where almost all controls are touchscreen-based shouldn't be acceptable. Fan controls, temperature controls, and for me, turning one-pedal driving on and off (I use it exclusively for...

Allow me to control it remotely. I never use AUTO for climate control. My garage is very warm, and so air conditioning is immediately blasted through with Auto when I start the car - even though I might have just come from chilly air conditioning and prefer to warm up a bit. Then when I'm...

Seems to be a popular tourist choice - you can tell because usually they're convertible and have large suitcases sticking up in the back seat (presumably don't fit in the trunk). I take some joy in sliding by them in traffic, hoping that they'll see the electric option (assuming they're not...

My favorite is still driving through my workplace's parking lot, and a lady with her son (probably aged 7-9) were walking to the elevators. The boy said "look Mom, a Mustang!" I've never had a car that got people excited before, so it felt nice to brighten his day. My wife was outside when...

I'm glad you made the post, because I hadn't thought of that. Going along with that, maybe it's a good thing? We're still in the teething stages of the EV transition, and public infrastructure plays a big part in that. But there's a problem: because EV drivers can charge at home, it becomes a...

Google made the naming scheme a bit difficult with the Android Auto stuff. There's Android as a competitor to CarPlay - what you see and do, screencast and controlled by your phone - and then there's Android as a base operating system for cars. Android as a base system doesn't dictate what the...

I had a look at the configurations and I think they made some weird choices in how restrictive it is. For example, there is apparently a seven-seater option (three in the middle row) but it's only available on the second of the four trims. If you want proximity sensors surrounding the vehicle...

Hyundai has indicated that it will implement NACS for vehicles sold in late 2024. Kia is presumably included in this. EV9 preorders are reportedly opening soon (with a free charger valued at around $500-600, as well as 1,000 free charging miles thrown in as a bonus) but it may be worthwhile to...

This reminds me of an interesting study that I read about once. In an attempt to determine if luck was an intrinsic factor or something more tangible, people engaged in the study were sorted into two groups: those who thought they were lucky, and those who thought they were unlucky. They then...

I read this over with amusement. Just wanted to add - as a parent - that this feature is actually really nice. Standard vehicles have a little toggle in the door, itself, to engage the child lock (preventing the door from opening from the inside). I usually help my kids out of the car at...

It's not completely irrelevant. Where do the salaries for everyone come from? The company's revenue. If someone is paid more it means that there is less to be put into something else, whether it is R&D, pension funds, or the salaries of other workers. This is the part where there's a...

I wonder how true that is. People complain about the Mach-E's suspension for a similar reason but claim that it's too stiff. On one hand I could imagine there being a placebo effect, where people know that EVs are heavier than ICE equivalents in their vehicle class, but don't seem to realize...

For those who want the text-based website to skim (a 6-minute video is an ideal length for a video, but I can't skim videos well and skimming a website is faster): https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-kia-ev9-gt-line-electric-3-row-suv-first-test-review/ It's a bit of a weird review. Most...

I appreciate the story being shared with us. I've seen a few like this, unfortunately, but it gives me a lot of confidence as I shuttle myself and my children around. And I'm glad that the supply issues have been largely sorted so that you could get another one so quickly. It took me a year's...

Doesn't Kia have some of the fastest charging speeds of any current EV manufacturer? The current EV9 lacks the NACS connector and I think Kia/Hyundai/Genesis represents the last significant EV company that has not yet committed to transitioning to it, but it may not be as bad as it seems. I'm...