What does not supported anymore mean? It uses the same charge port I think. So no updates like a regular car? And I guess no brand battery swap if it dies? Has this happened a lot?
Current EVs are software driven and wirelessly connected. (It doesn’t have to be that way, but all EVs that exist in the market today are.) This means that if the vendor stops supporting the car with updates that eventually things like Charging won’t work anymore, and possibly other features. Not because their is any mechanical reason for them not to work, but because of the software reliance between charging stations and the car you are driving. It would be like trying to use Lemmy with Internet Explorer 5. It won’t work. Again it doesn’t HAVE to be that way, but Car Manufactures don’t want to sell cars anymore they wants to sell cars as a service, and the software support sun setting is part of that strategy.
What does not supported anymore mean? It uses the same charge port I think. So no updates like a regular car? And I guess no brand battery swap if it dies? Has this happened a lot?
Current EVs are software driven and wirelessly connected. (It doesn’t have to be that way, but all EVs that exist in the market today are.) This means that if the vendor stops supporting the car with updates that eventually things like Charging won’t work anymore, and possibly other features. Not because their is any mechanical reason for them not to work, but because of the software reliance between charging stations and the car you are driving. It would be like trying to use Lemmy with Internet Explorer 5. It won’t work. Again it doesn’t HAVE to be that way, but Car Manufactures don’t want to sell cars anymore they wants to sell cars as a service, and the software support sun setting is part of that strategy.