S4 E42 - Electric Vehicles Part 2: Bridging the Gap Between Makers and Buyers

Send us Fan MailElectric vehicles promise convenience, clean energy, and a futuristic driving experience — but the engineers and regulators pushing the transition still don’t understand the lifestyle they’re demanding from real drivers.In Part Two of this series, The Tenth Man takes an EV on the road: across the state, through a blizzard, and into the baffling maze of buried touchscreen controls and charging confusion. Why can’t remote start work while the car is plugged into unlimited power? Why is pre-heating the battery hidden behind one specific navigation app? Why does every tech designer think eliminating buttons is “progress”?EVs are fast, quiet, and fun. But the human-factors engineering? A disaster. The infrastructure? Still lagging behind. The policies? Written by people who don’t drive the technology they’re forcing others to adopt.EVs aren’t the problem. The system around them is.Electric Vehicles: Part Two — on The Tenth Man.Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.