[zackify]

After seeing kia evs and having a Tesla. Its the only good EV brand because the software from everywhere else is a complete joke.

Kia will tell me my doors are unlocked when I'm at home.

Tesla has a set home feature. Plus the 50 other annoyances.

Regen doesn't even persist with kia. You have to press the paddle to add it every time you start the car.

All this to say, the only good ux car anymore is tesla. Too bad they leak all recordings and have privacy problems too.

[a123b456c]

Disagree. I have been driving Kia for 2.5 years. I think the UX is quite good.

I would assume that most people who live in a city would want to know when the Kia is unlocked at home. I think your dislike of that feature may reflect your residence type or garage type.

My experience of Tesla UX was poor, given how few manual controls were available, and the extensive touchscreen reliance required while driving.

[zackify]

A Tesla can choose to auto lock. Or not lock.

Or not lock in a certain area.

Plus the app is an actual usable thing. Not a crap one that sends notifications about doors being unlocked in a garage that never updates.

Last year I had to take my kia to the dealer just to have connectivity work. Verizon had a change and you couldn't even fix it without going in. Antiquated dealer software updates as well.

[jdminhbg]

I also have the same combo of makes, and it's totally wild that people think the two are comparable technologically. The Kia is like owning a locked-down carrier dumbphone from 2007 and the Tesla is like owning an iPhone. Still a walled garden, not exactly an unlocked Android, but at least one that works and is built by developers who care.

[dzhiurgis]

It is ridiculous. I'm back at parents driving Kona EV. I swear at that piece of shit every day. Other than reliability issues - I painted myself into a corner last week.

Started a DC charger using card reader, which means you can't stop the charge session on the charger itself (only via app which I wasn't bothered to set up). Turns out car doesn't have a feature to stop DC charging. Had to wait for it to top up to 80%.

[jdminhbg]

Ha, mine's not an EV so I haven't hit that, but it absolutely tracks. Every part of the app feels like something that was built by a consultancy to fulfill a set of Jira tickets by people who have never and will never actually drive one of the cars.

[roeles]

> Regen doesn't even persist with kia. You have to press the paddle to add it every time you start the car.

Not on my ev3. The only time it changes Regen is when I hook up a trailer.

[dzhiurgis]

> touchscreen reliance required while driving.

Give us an example lol

[senordevnyc]

Sigh, I’m so afraid you’re right, since I don’t want to buy a Tesla for values reasons. I wonder if Rivian will be competitive on the software front?

[stringfood]

if it makes you feel better you are supporting American automakers and American workers when you buy tesla - has helped a lot of people swallow the musk pill when buying one

[js4ever]

Wow so you prefer to purchase a worse product to appease your leftist views? (or is it just typical virtue signaling?)

[senordevnyc]

You can characterize it however you’d like, but yes, there are limits to what I am willing to support financially, regardless of the quality of what they’re selling.