I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don't Want to Buy American Cars Anymore(www.wsj.com)
18 pointsby impish92089 hours ago3 comments
  • netsharc8 hours ago
    > One of my favorite small features: Navigation directions don’t kill the music. They come through speakers in the driver’s seat headrest, while the song or podcast keeps playing everywhere else.

    My previous car had a USB socket that supports MP3s on a flash drive (well also an Aux input), and I navigated using my phone and its speaker. So the MP3s play in parallelwith the navigation prompts (from different speakers - car and phone).

    My new car has Android Auto, I can play music from the phone, but whenever Google Maps wants to say something the music is paused...

    Luckily it also has the music player outside of Android Auto and the 2 things can co-exist (with audio ducking)..

  • xenospn9 hours ago
    The author should try German. Superior to both.
    • schiffern7 hours ago
      Which one? Having experience with only the ID.4, I know it can't be the one you're talking about.
      • xenospn4 hours ago
        I’m not a fan of EVs, but for my money, the Porsche EVs are the only ones that are worth the expense. They also look good, unlike almost any other EV on the market.