Replying to my own comment because I just stumbled upon uncle Rich doing exactly this on a cheap chinese EV truck.

It’s kind of a fun take on the crappy truck too. youtube link

While most of the points are covered here, and it’s likely true that the cost to add the panel and micro inverters is high, (I built a small two panel one battery off-grid system for about $4000 to power a chest freezer)… I have a counter point that I feel should be considered.

While it’s true that it isn’t going to extend driving range by much, my thought is that it is still worth it. Take these examples:

Drove to great wolf lodge in the summer, left car in parking lot for 3 days without charge. It lost several %.

Left car in an airport lot for a week lost even more power.

Drove to NorCal, left car at Airbnb driveway, had to find charging despite the car sitting in very bright sunshine for 4 days.

Car camping

Apartment complex parking (literally one of the main negatives about EVs)

All of these would benefit from trickle charging, even if it was just to prevent the drain of sitting.

Pay wall

Never tbh, only when I run into a crazy issue on a site. My go to us first diable ublock origin second is clear stuff. I haven’t had to do that in quite some time.

I do that…

I guess I can change the user agent. I kind of want to use firefox agent to force sites to keep it around. But yeah for this purpose you’re probably right.

Why do you say it isn’t a proper substitute? What features is it missing?

I mean, the nuance you describe is notable. But I sit on the couch, using controllers and play the same games you would on ps or Xbox. Both of which run variants of Linux/windows.

It appears the nuance is no longer important.

K… This is just not true. Plenty of AAA games run well on the steam deck. Currently installed on mine, RDR2, cyberpunk 2077, horizon zero dawn, Forza horizon, uncharted legacy of thieves, the last of us, and for funsies I just started another fallout 4 playthrough. I’m sure others have lots of other AAA games they play on their deck.

If it’s the exclusives you’re missing, like Gran Turismo or something, I think that’s a different argument.

Yeah but, I mean…Florida.

Ooof don’t mistake intent… It’s difficult over text. Rattly ass 4 cylinder isn’t a term I coined. Some sound good, some sound bad, modern engines are stifled and amazing all at the same time. Mainstream appliance 4 cylinder are designed for fuel and emissions

Most main stream, dare I say appliance cars, have what is called a rattly ass 4cyl. Not to be confused with nice sounding 4cyl engines.

I’ve also noticed new cars sound bad.

Indeed, but also it’s worth a read if you plan on making it your daily driver. The article touches on things like, even though it’s arch based, it uses an old kernel among some other things.

While you’re right about the spirit of the use case, you’re missing the details.

You win

Being honest here, I have a car with android auto and I hate having to plug it in for a variety of reasons.

1. I just want to get in and drive, the music should just play and all the stuff should just get out of the way.

2. I don’t want to charge my phone every time I drive my car, it’s not necessary and can be hard on the battery

3. This is doubly important for an EV, I don’t want to waste EV power charging a phone that doesn’t need charging

My opinion, Phone OS makers need to get their shit together around android auto / apple carplay. Too much nonsense gets in the way of all the actually important pieces. When you get in a car with only a radio, the music just starts playing when you get in. Which means, your experience is better with old tech. That’s just ridiculous.

I personally think a better idea is to just start equipping cars with cell modems that you add to your plan or something. There is no need to offload this work to your cellphone when the car has more physical space for that kind of thing anyway. I mean tesla’s just have a borderline gaming computer in them these days.

You don’t need one for every condo. Though that would be awesome. It’s not like you need to charge every day.

Where I live, this is changing already. I suspect it comes down to your lawmakers and how you vote more than landlords. Landlords will never do something unless it makes them easy money. Though, ev chargers can be profitable, so maybe they are just dumb.

No question. You must be right.

Hah!

You all are awesome. What’s the best way to dispose of them?