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When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?
(arstechnica.com)
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Slate Auto: "Cloud? Oh, you mean that completely optional telematics thingy that's intended more for business fleets! Yeah, that's excluded by default on our vehicle."
I preordered one. I think I might see how to use meshtastic to add remote start. Should be able to have bidirectional status and huge range.
You have my attention... but with Meshcore and a repeater magnet mounted to the roof.
What's a repeater magnet?
Meshcore uses a Repeater & Companion Node setup where as Meshtastic is more peer to peer.
Here's a quick video showing the concept I had in my head.
https://youtube.com/shorts/VqjJ67SuRUw?is=070uPwoYDEbeM6fG
The magnet is the antenna mount type, but I personally would use one of the roof rack screw points, to act as structure and a ground plane connection.
It's an electric truck. You don't need remote start.
I presume you mean remote climate control.
Yes but Kleenex and Google. Its a generic term for turning your car on away from the "start" "ignition" button.
Sort of like the gas pedal in my leaf.
Wait. You don't have to press a button to turn it on? That would take a bit of getting used to
No, i was giving an example of something that is called by an outdated term. A Leaf is an EV, but I still call the accelerator the "gas pedal". (Its not even the gas pedal on a modern combustion engine car, its the air pedal)
The car has a button you push to turn it on like a normal car with a pushbutton start.
...but they're building a fleet truck...?
Too bad Bezos has his hand in it.