The $10k tax credit is about to go bye bye. That's really going to hurt electric vehicle sales.
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Apple Identifies Issue With GasBuddy App Causing Some iPhones to Become Unresponsive [Updated]
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The $10k tax credit is about to go bye bye. That's really going to hurt electric vehicle sales.
Can't take a joke huh?
In any case, I've gone through plenty of road trips with my EV. Also haven't paid for electricity for the last 2000 miles I've driven. Eventually all electricity will come from renewables at some time in the future. Lastly, it only took 40 minutes to recharge most of the battery using a super charger, basically the time it took me to order and eat a burger from In-n-Out.
There are different rules for apps that use certain background services like GPS. This allows GPS apps to stay alive and continue to provide accurate locations the moment the phone is unlocked again. If they're acting improperly, they could continuously poll the GPS and do other fun that could cause battery drain and other issues.
Everyone is different. If someone lives only a few miles from work and never goes on road trips, an electric vehicle is absolutely the best option for them.
Don't put down a technology just because it's not the right fit for you. Every electric car sold benefits us all because we will be less dependent on fossil fuel and will be spewing less pollution into the atmosphere.
I've never had range anxiety in my Model 3. I drove straight from my house near LA to Las Vegas without stopping. Las Vegas Hotels have free chargers too, so my car was ready to drive back home the moment I left the hotel. For trips longer than 310+ miles, I charge while I have lunch. Takes about 30-40 minutes to charge the majority of the battery using a Supercharger.
You do realize that even using 100% coal, power plant power used in a EV is still less than half the emissions? Not to mention electricity is dirt cheap compared to gas. As for road trips, there are more than enough DC fast charge stations these days to get ~100 miles in under 20 or 30 min. It's not 2010 anymore.
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I think updating apps every time the developer changes some little thing is both a waste of time for the end user and risky. I rarely update any of my apps anymore because I've been burned enough times to know better.
$35k Model 3 coming next year.
It's actually an improvement as a daily commute vehicle. You always start the day with a full battery and never need to worry about getting gas before driving to work.
Compared to gas cars, I guess you can imagine you always start the day with half a tank. Can you get through the day with half a tank of gas? For most, yes. If not, EV isn't for you (though, probably the job isn't right for you if you're commuting that much on a daily basis).
Most decent EVs can go more than 200 miles these days, and even the cheaper models can manage at least 150. When traffic crawls to a snail's pace, EVs can easily shut down the motor, unlike ICEs, which burns gas even when the car is not moving. There is also regenerative braking which will help extend the range. I'm not seeing a range issue for most people.
I had a battery problem with Coinbase on iOS 12. Something was eating up my battery very quickly so I checked and Coinbase was at the top of the usage list (despite only every viewing the widget). Removed the widget, reboot, and my battery life has been back to normal.
I understand if the app crashes or doesnt start, but how does an App Store application cause an endless boot loop?
I am not trying to hijack, and yes this is the strength of gasoline cars. But it is almost as if you didn't read the rest of my post. They are not at all a step backwards, ASSUMING majority of your need is less than 200 miles/day. In fact it is much more of a pain to go to a gas station and "fill up" then to just plug my car in. And yes if your needs exceed daily range they are not a good match. But to simply say "gas is better" is not complete nor correct.
Also electric cars do save money, so I am not sure why saving money from paying full price for gas vs paying less to start with is a better point.
This is even before the fun and utility of kicking some serious butt off the line specially in stop and go traffic with instant torque and HP. Love the look on BMW and Porsche drivers for the first 2-3 seconds when a economy box car smokes them....
If it only affects iPhone 8, X and Xs then it points to a hardware flaw rather than an iOS issue.
Supposedly happens with Waze app too from source so what other apps are affected?
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9q8cbt/fyi_spinning_circle_of_death_fix/
It's such a simple app that it's overkill even on a $50 phone and why is GasBuddy app 210MB on iOS but only 38MB on Android?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gasbuddy/id406719683?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gbis.gbandroid
Supposedly happens with Waze app too from source so what other apps are affected?
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9q8cbt/fyi_spinning_circle_of_death_fix/
It's such a simple app that it's overkill even on a $50 phone and why is GasBuddy app 210MB on iOS but only 38MB on Android?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gasbuddy/id406719683?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gbis.gbandroid
Electric cars don't just stop with filling them up with electricity though. The power used and emissions produced to make the thousands of battery cells in that car isn't very clean. Look deeper. Studies have shown electric cars are very bad for the environment and many times are worse than their cas counterparts. Making batteries is one of the nastiest processes in the world.
Electric cars also haven't shown to have the life of gas cars. Those batteries need to be replaced too. Gas cars can run 200,000+ miles with very little maintenance.
It’s called revoking the signing certificate. The app literally won’t launch then.
[doublepost=1540248417][/doublepost]And...when Apple gets their hands on the GasBuddy app code, if they ever do, they’re going to see that advertising network that’s selling user data coded in. Uh oh.
[doublepost=1540248469][/doublepost]But seriously...how is an app able to hijack the whole OS? There’s a huge flaw in the code then.
This happened to me the other night when I was at the grocery store. I have the XS and couldn't figure out how to force reboot it. Took me about an hour to figure it out. It just kept spinning. Not fun.
That I can't answer. I'm positive Apple will be investigating and making changes to prevent such behavior in the future. Operating systems will always be imperfect systems. They're massively complex at this point, so there's always opportunity for error and issues. It's actually great when things like this happen as they bring it to attention and get the issue resolved much faster, resulting in a better product for all of us.
It's called plugshare actually!And then hope RechargerBuddy doesn’t have the same bug...
I have experienced this as well. I don't have the gasbuddy app and I have seen this exact symptom.