Is this the end of Rotax

[onetrack]

Spacey, it wouldn't be too hard to wire in a master isolator switch that was hidden and which prevented charging by any thief. And besides, no thief is going to bother with recharging a stolen car, they would just abandon it when the battery ran flat, and steal another one - just the same as thieves abandon ICE cars when they run out of fuel.

 

Edited August 2, 2021 by onetrack

[octave]

10 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Spacey, it wouldn't be too hard to wire in a master isolator switch that was hidden and which prevented charging by any thief. And besides, no thief is going to bother with recharging a stolen car, they would just abandon it when the battery ran flat, and steal another one - just the same as thieves abandon ICE cars when they run out of fuel.

 

Not sure about other EVs but a Tesla requires your phone app or a card to do pretty much anything. I believe when teslas are stolen the recovery rate is extremely high The cars current  location is always available on the phone app.   

Edited August 2, 2021 by octave

[Ignition]

2 hours ago, octave said:

 

Not sure about other EVs but a Tesla requires your phone app or a card to do pretty much anything. I believe when teslas are stolen the recovery rate is extremely high The cars current  location is always available on the phone app.   

Yep, the location is basically always visible in the app and the car has a built in sim card so its pretty much always connected, but also the 'when Teslas are stolen' made me laugh, if owners have 'pin to drive' activated the car becomes near impossible for someone to steal, plus sentry mode sends alerts via the app and records a video of anyone/thing that comes close enough to the car to trigger it. Safe to say they are the most secure cars in existence.

 

Also for the charging cable, if you are charging at a Tesla Supercharger or using a Tesla home wall charger, the cable locks onto the car when the doors are locked and can only be unplugged when the car doors are unlocked, which goes a long way to preventing random people from pulling the plug while you're in the cafe/shops. Heres an example of that: 

 

[spacesailor]

The neighbors have a Hyundai. 

Is the same security built into those cheaper E V,s,

I don,t know much about them AND they maybe getting suspicious about my interest! . LoL

spacesailor

[Marty_d]

People love talking about their stuff Spacey.  Just tell them you're interested in electric cars and they'll chew your ear off for hours.

[spacesailor]

I would ,

BUT 

It,s a Covic NO NO. LoL ( and I,m not really into face to face conversations  ). 

spacesailor