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Nissan To Deactivate Key Features From Early EVs (www.carscoops.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Users of early Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 vehicles in the UK will no longer be able to remotely set off-peak charging routines or climate control schedules

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Older cars are far more unsafe though, I witnessed a near head on accident just the other day and went to help the occupants so I got to see it up close

Both vehicles were about the same amount of fucked up, except one was older. I'd peg it as a 2000-2005. The occupants of the older one were pretty messed up injury wise, though they did survive. It had standard airbags.

The other vehicle, I'd peg around mid to late 2010's, the occupants walked away without a scratch, and their vehicle interior looked like a freaking bounce house

Yea, I'll risk some manufacturer taking away my heated seats in exchange for the higher vehicle safety of a newer vehicle

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

That's a variable among brands and models of cars, largely.

If the older car had been a different model, it would be a different outcome.

My 2006 car has airbags all over the place, and they're of the variable-deployment variety... Becuase it's a brand/model that made their cars this way.

Using "less safe" as a metric is kind of silly at this point. The safety of vehicles since the 90's is just unbelievable. I witnessed a head-on impact in about 1994, with one car that had airbags (so it was newer at the time, hut using airbags of that era, before variable-deployments tech). That driver walked away too - the car was clearly totalled.

It really depends on the scenario. As a driver, you are the single greatest influence of safety in a car.

As someone who's been driving for 40 years, I've had exactly 2 accidents - both on my motorcycle, from other drivers not seeing me. So there's the odds of being in an accident to consider too. And both of those situations I consider avoidable by me.

None of my cars have been in accidents - I've avoided quite a few.