Hi friends,

Inspired by another thread, I thought about the idea of accessory buttons and status lights.

Ok, hear me out. Lol

Since there are no physical keys, should the cars have a buttons for accessory mode & drive mode to alert the driver of car's current status?

How about Drive, Reverse, and Park?

I'm talking about separate stand alone buttons and maybe a status lighs too.

I think that would be cool. 😎

What do you think?

 

OP, I'm just curious. Have you driven an EV, or been in one?

 

I have sat in the seat of myfriends Chevy Ev.

He begged me to drive it for a spin but I didn't.

And, I didn't see how he turned everything on.

I was sitting in driver side and he did something and everything lit up!

Go easy on me ya'll plz, I'm still a noob.lol

 

Just to let you know @Margate330 that just like regular cars, EV's have status and warning lights. When you step on the brake, the car runs a diagnostics, just like an ICE car. They even have a Check Engine Light of sorts, because EV's have sensors monitoring the electronics, the motors, the High Voltage Battery, the inverters. What if a battery fails or overheats? What if a critical component fails? What if the steering, or braking system fails? I'll post a link to a video shortly to show you it's not that different than a regular car.

The big difference is that they don't need to be started, so they don't need a "Start Button", and EV companies like Tesla, Polestar, Rivian and Lucid have eliminated them...because they are not necessary

 

How to start an EV:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/onNZyXGJwrqfkRL67

 

Thank you Amirza, much obliged.

Yes, please post the video link and I will check it out.

I try to imagine what the perfect EV would have and should have and then I'd like to compare that to reality. Lol

 

Posted yesterday!