Leaft out in the cold
Posted: March 4th, 2024, 6:17 pm
From the BBC...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68426263
It seems owners of Nissan Leaf cars more than 8 years old will soon be unable to use the remote warmup facility (presumably in conjunction with pretty much any remote facility) as it uses 2G technology.
Now 2 things strike me here..
1) surely the comms module could be upgraded relatively simply, once you'd managed to access it
2) on acutting edge technology pioneering car like the Leaf, what on earth were nissan doing using a comms protocol that was superceded 15 years earlier? 3G was out 10 years beforethe first Leaf rolled quietly off the production line, in fact 4G was available by the time it was launched.
Presumably their old "You can with a Nissan" slogan won't be making a comeback any time soon.
Paul
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68426263
It seems owners of Nissan Leaf cars more than 8 years old will soon be unable to use the remote warmup facility (presumably in conjunction with pretty much any remote facility) as it uses 2G technology.
Now 2 things strike me here..
1) surely the comms module could be upgraded relatively simply, once you'd managed to access it
2) on acutting edge technology pioneering car like the Leaf, what on earth were nissan doing using a comms protocol that was superceded 15 years earlier? 3G was out 10 years beforethe first Leaf rolled quietly off the production line, in fact 4G was available by the time it was launched.
Presumably their old "You can with a Nissan" slogan won't be making a comeback any time soon.
Paul