This is a late-coming review of something I’ve been using for a couple of months. But first, let me set the stage. A few years ago, I was frustrated with the direction Apple computers seemed to be taking. The iMac line stagnated, and it was expensive, anyway. As my old iMac became more and more […]
As the prophet Britney Spears once said: Oops, I did it again. And by “I,” I mean in this case the car. And by “did it again,” I mean in this case lost all communications with the outside world. Let’s be frank here: communications with the outside world, on-board maps and routing, and Internet access […]
The car took a trip to Austin without me. The reason? The TCAM, which is Polestar-speak for “the radios”. A few days before that, I upgraded the car over-the-air to Polestar’s 2.0 software, based on Android 11. Android 11 is over a year old; Google released 12 and is working on 13 now, but in […]
Yet Another Entry in the Electric Car series. It’s easy to write complaints and nitpick stuff that’s clearly wrong. It’s also relatively easy to make that kind or writing funny, enjoyable, or both. It helps me vent as well, which makes it enjoyable to write. Nitpicks and complaints have focal points that anchor the piece. […]
Part 11 in my Electric Car series (“The Electrilliad“) I’m a scientist and I firmly believe in a rational world, where most -not all, mind you, but most- phenomena can be explained rationally. Murphy’s Law, though, is difficult to ignore. It is, of course, Murphy’s Law that’s on my mind, because after a week of […]
Part 10 of the Electric Car series. The Electrilliad, if you will. I spoke to a Polestar Support person on Wednesday who promised I’d receive a call within two days to arrange a tech’s visit to diagnose and potentially fix the car. Today, at the 1.5-day mark, and knowing that if they didn’t call me […]
Part 9 of the Electric Car series (“The Electrilliad“) The radios Sadly, as expected, my car’s radios haven’t healed. However, I’m less sure that the hardware is fried. It’s time to entertain a different possibility: somewhere, something in the bowels of the car is disconnected. Either physically, i.e. a cable got loose, or logically, as […]
Part 8 of the Electric Car saga. Polestar’s software is a work in progress. The one running on the car looks generally good, and is stable in general use, but has issues and annoyances lurking under the surface. Just to be very clear, I love driving the car, and it’s fun. So before we get […]
Part 7 in my Electric Car series. The car is great! It has quirks and new company problems and controversial design choices, and I am sure it’s not and won’t be for everyone. But I really like it so far, and I suspect I’ll continue to like it for a long, long time. Or until […]