They make those. Check out the Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro for starters. Since you can't plug in easily look at their hybrid versions.
I'd like all of that, but I'm not sure they're doing that in any new car now, of any kind.
i will check those cars out. Thanks for the tip.
That is so sad and bad that it is not more common to have a "basic" EV.
It really helps to keep the price down and durability goes up.
The thing with automotive stuff is that all parts in a car have to fulfill to a very high automotive quality standard and require automotive certification.
And automotive certification (AEC qualified ) standards are high just as the automotive fines are and complete product recall when something goes wrong.
Electronic parts need to adhere to these Quality standards. Like for example AEC-Qxxx qualified Where the xxx can be 100, 101, 200. Like for example there is ISO and IEC standards.
if you do not have it, then there is no need to adhere to the automotive standards.
It is just like with the FAA regulations and aeroplanes.
AEC standards provide quality management requirements that in-vehicle semiconductor devices should meet. Among various types of standards included in the AEC standards is AEC-Q200 which focuses on passive components. This article will discuss AEC-Q200 and brief on Panasonic products conforming...
industrial.panasonic.com
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AEC-Q200 included in AEC standards
What are AEC standards?
Automotive Electronics Council or AEC was set up in the 1990s by three leading automobile manufacturers in the United States and joined by major electronic component manufacturers. The organization is responsible for setting common standards for in-vehicle electronic components including quality standards. Its AEC Component Technical Committee is working on setting standards for reliable electronic components and component certification rules.
AEC standards are international standards for ensuring the reliability of in-vehicle electronic components. Automobile manufacturers will not purchase components that fail to meet the requirements defined in the standards. AEC standards provide various types of standards applied to different types of electronic components. Among them is AEC-Q200 which applies to passive components. Passive components refer to components that consume, store, or release supplied power.
- AEC-Q100: integrated circuits (IC)
- AEC-Q101: discrete semiconductor products (capacitors, transistors, diodes, etc.)
- AEC-Q102: discrete optoelectronics semiconductor products (LEDs, etc.)
- AEC-Q103: vehicular sensors
- AEC-Q104: multichip modules (containing multiple chip pairs, ICs, etc.)
- AEC-Q200: passive components (resistors, capacitors, inductors, etc.)
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