I will never “rent” or “subscribe” to my car. 
There’s another reason dealers push leases: they want you back in their dealership after the lease ends. When I bought my last car, leasing was the first thing the salesman suggested.
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I have a truck. Let me know if you ever need a lift. 
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Unless you are the person who bought it new.
I’ve had an EV for 3+ years now. There was only one time I didn’t think I’d make the next charging station. I did make it with about 8% to spare. I blame the Tesla map for this, the temperature was cold and it had me cut across the state to avoid some traffic on the highway I was on that had a good amount of chargers. The battery charge was discharging faster than it calculated, so I’ve since been more careful about blindly following the directions the map is giving me and I generally try not to let charge fall much below 40-50%. I’d rather make more frequent charge stops than get caught like that again.
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My experience with the nav computer is entirely different. This may be because you are driving an earlier model (?) and/or may want to do a calibration (so the computer know your true batt capacity). As I mentioned in my post above, I drove to WA from CA, a 3500mi trip, hopping from charger to charger. I was never of more than 1 percent.
I am not quite sure what you intended by “takes active cognitive cycles” - planning a trip is difficult for you I take it? UI issues or something else? On long drives I usually poke in the end destination and the nav tells me where to stop for how long etc. I can make mods to that stop list (say I want to eat somewhere else) and it just adjusts. Of course you can make selections that cannot be fulfilled by your battery but the same is true for ICE.
I had a lot of those typical questions and concerns too, but I had to answer them on my own rather than unsubstantiated opinions 
so I Turo’d a Y for a week, and boy did I learn a lot. I found that most of the concerns were born of ignorance (or silly politics) and once I got the hang of it, I didn’t want to return the thing! The Tesla charging infrastructure and the coordinated mapping is frankly amazing for where this corner of the industry is right now (especially compared to NEVI’s, what, 60 stations built since '21 for only $5 billion 
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While I’m never getting rid of my antique Tacoma, our family Palisade has been a heck of an all-'rounder, and there is no more enjoyable vehicle for me to drive than the old TJ, I am all in on a Cybertruck. I was just in one recently and I just fell in love. Of course, my wife thinks they’re too big so she’d probably get me to agree to a Y if it comes down to it for a commuter/DD. Naturally, I’d have to insist on the Performance version. 
That acceleration is absolutely intoxicating. But regardless of what it is, the status of its carplay inclusion would be entirely irrelevant. The method by which my car connects to my phone is quite low on the list of priorities, if it’s on there at all.
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I literally stumbled upon this article after my last reply.
Now that reads very click-baity - following the traditions of our time I guess. The article’s development is: “EVs are tricky → Hybrids fix this → And here’s the perfect one from Kia.” Sorry but this article shouldn’t be used to judge EVs or any car by. To go from “EV hassles suck” to “Get the 2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX-Prestige AWD, it’s flawless!”—seals the dishonesty. It is a Kia advertisement.
I am not sure if you realize that the IONIQ5 lacks a heat pump in the base trim and partially due to this had a lack of (reported) available range somewheres between 30-40% (yikes!). EVs with a heat pump, ones that can precondition batteries, particularly those that do this automatically have much less of a cold-weather effect as described here.
But wait you say; EVs do (all) have less range with low/freezing temps? Ah yes, they do. Even those with heat pumps and battery conditioning etc, these systems take power from the battery (and thereby available range) to extend available range as much as possible. The effect varies much by brand and model. Some (new model) cars actually use old battery tech and are much more affected by this. Now, ICE cars lose range also - yes they do - in freezing weather. But this is not so visible because these cars don’t calculate range or tank percentage continuously. So we don’t talk about it and consider ICE cars not affected. Of course, gas stations everywhere makes this much less of a problem (if it is) than for EVs. But if you drive locally, and most do, the EV is charged at home.
It should be clear that EVs aren’t optimum for each and every situation. But it should be equality clear that already with current EV tech, EVs are better than ICE in many situations. I.e., ICE are not better in every situation. OK, warmer climates == good for EV, cold climate != good for EV? Well, consumer reports showed that 80% of EV leasers in cold weather climates leased another EV again (same or other brand, don’t know). So apparently, there are enough folks who deal with it or have no pain to speak of?
There are enough articles discussing all this in detail floating on the inter webs - but I hesitate to stat pushing any up on here lest I be labelled the EV-fan boy.
I must apologize to the OP; we got a little off of the CarPlay topic 
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Stay away from that truck! As long as you never drive it you will continue to dislike it. But if you drive it … well, then you must get it 
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Tesla has a brand problem — Elon’s behavior, and the fact that they have a helluva lot more competition than they did prior. Teslas are not made all that well, because they didn’t have to be when they were released and there have been few changes.
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Your posts are informative and appreciated, especially for those of us who are new to electric vehicles (EVs). I believe an EV is a good option for local commutes and short trips around town, although one still has the significant depreciation issue. However, for those who take long road trips several times a year, especially those that involve off-the-beaten-path routes and destinations, the anxiety of finding a charging station with reliable and working connections can be anxiety inducing. It certainly would be for me.
Ford CEO Jim Farley said: “Chinese cars have “far superior” technology, lower costs and great quality.”
Apparently he agrees with you.
I am a self confessed petrol head and we have now moved (almost) completely from big engined diesel cars to EV’s in our household. We tested the waters with a VW e-Golf and loved the instant power, no gear changes halfway up a hill, silence, convience of home charging and the savings in fuel costs. We went from spending about £140 a fortnight in diesel in my wife’s SUV to spending about £15.
The range on the e-Golf was not great so we upgraded her car to a Tesla Model 3. This is fine for most of the journeys we do in the UK and if we need to charge, the Tesla network is great.
I changed my car to an EV as well, I have a stupid amount of instant power, it charges really quickly (on the rare occasion I need to use a public charger) and the maintenance costs are better than a ICE car.
Range anxiety has been an issue on only a couple of occasions where we have had make an unplanned long trip. Even then, it was just a case of taking an extra 30 minutes or so to charge.
We bought both of our cars second hand after the EV depreciation hit.
My car has Carplay and I really miss it when I drive my wife’s Tesla. I use Overcast for podcasts and it’s a real pain that I cannot use it in the Tesla.
I still have my old 2003 BMW Z4 with a 3litre straight six engine tucked up in the garage - hopefully this still qualifies me to call myself a petrol head.
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