patrick0101
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I took my Leaf to the dealership for some standard maintenance today. While I was waiting, I looked at the new Leaf sitting on the lot and saw this:
It was news to me that CARWINGS had a date certain for death in my 2011 Leaf. It seems even worse that they are still selling new cars that use a network that is destined to be shutdown.
Anyone know what Nissan is planning?
I use my smartphone for navigation and EVSE locating (and music streaming and Leaf Spy battery monitoring...), so I don't need much from CarWings. And since I don't use it much, I am not willing to pay much (if anything) for "equipment upgrade" or service plan fees.
The only thing I use CarWings for is to occasionally preheat the car in the winter. The map in my nav system is several years out of date, I thought a connected car with CarWings service would keep this up to date, but it has not.
I recently heard Carlos Ghosn in an interview say that Gen-Y has an expectation of connectivity and Nissan has to provide this in future cars. So it sounds like they have something in mind (eventually).
It was news to me that CARWINGS had a date certain for death in my 2011 Leaf. It seems even worse that they are still selling new cars that use a network that is destined to be shutdown.
Anyone know what Nissan is planning?
I use my smartphone for navigation and EVSE locating (and music streaming and Leaf Spy battery monitoring...), so I don't need much from CarWings. And since I don't use it much, I am not willing to pay much (if anything) for "equipment upgrade" or service plan fees.
The only thing I use CarWings for is to occasionally preheat the car in the winter. The map in my nav system is several years out of date, I thought a connected car with CarWings service would keep this up to date, but it has not.
I recently heard Carlos Ghosn in an interview say that Gen-Y has an expectation of connectivity and Nissan has to provide this in future cars. So it sounds like they have something in mind (eventually).