EV general discussion

[ICDP]

I'm not sure I'd put "Voice controls" and "perfect" in the same sentence

Me: "Play <album name> by <artist name> on Spotify"
Car: "Sure, playing literally the ****** music I can find (whose name doesn't sound even remotely similar to what I said)"
Me: "Stop!"
Me: *with slightly different pronunciation*: "Play <album name> by <artist name> on Spotify"
Car: "Sure, playing <some other drivel that makes me actively want to drive into the nearest solid object>"
Me: *with yet again slightly different pronunciation*: "Play <album name> by <artist name> on Spotify"
Car: "Sorry, I can't find <album name> by <artist name> on Spotify"
Me: *mumbling* "well it was there this morning you stupid ***** piece of ****"
Car: "Playing 'it was there this morning' by 'you stupid ***** piece of ****' on Spotify"
Me: "Just **** stop, I'll do it myself"
*Pull over at the soonest opportunity, spend 3 seconds searching for the album - oh look, it does exist on Spotify, there's a **** surprise "

You'd think they'd have some kind of intelligence built into them, like, do I want to listen to an album I've listened to before multiple times by an artist in my favourites of a genre I listen to a lot, or some obscure song by an artist nobody has ever heard of in a genre I hate? Invariably it picks the latter!

or

Me: "Navigate to home"
Car: "Navigating to Home Stores Incorporated"
Me: "Navigate to <postcode>"
Car: "Did you mean <business name that shares a single letter with my postcode>"
Me: "No... Navigate to <Road Name>"
Car: "Navigating to <Business which shares road name in a completely different town 300 miles away from where I want to be>"

Maybe just my accent, but multiple devices across different vendors are very hit and miss - definitely more miss!

I find most voice control systems are fine with basic stuff like temperature controls and even fan speeds. It’s even fine with seat heat on my Cupra Born for example. But try using Northern Irish place names and all bets are off.

“Navigate to Scarva”… proceeds to set a navigation point to Scarborough and politely informs me my route will require ferry crossings

 

[Demon]

Yeah

I find most voice control systems are fine with basic stuff like temperature controls and even fan speeds. It’s even fine with seat heat on my Cupra Born for example. But try using Northern Irish place names and all bets are off.

“Navigate to Scarva”… proceeds to set a navigation point to Scarborough and politely informs me my route will require ferry crossings

I laughed at this poor example of voice control that exists in 2026:

 

[pastymuncher]

My gen 2 Leaf has voice control for some things but I never use it. Apart from the Cornish/Scottish accent I have now got (apparently) most likely causing confusion I would only end up argueing with the damn car!!

Nissan sales must be slow, I have had multiple offers from them this past week, the latest being £5250 off a new Micra EV on top of the government grant. First it was the new Leaf which I think is just awful and now the Micra which I also dislike. I suppose next will be the cashcow!!