OnStar Gives Volt Owners What They Want: Their Data, In the Cloud 92
Volt owners will be able to brag about their mileage more easily now thanks to OnStar. "GM rushed work on a new API to get a popular Volt owner site back on road. You probably don't think of your car as a developer platform, but Mike Rosack did. A few days after buying his Chevy Volt, Rosack started slowly mining his driving data. But he eventually revved up his efforts and created a community platform for drivers to track their own efficiency. Today more than 1,800 Volt owners compare stats with each other, jockeying for position on Rosack's Volt Stats leader board."
Re:But, (Score:5, Informative)
You get a discount for sharing it with your insurance company.
Nissan does something similar (Score:5, Informative)
Nissan has a stats site for Leaf owners that compiles stats, ranks efficiencies, etc., for those who opt in. It's fairly interesting, and it does provide some motivation for driving more efficiently, which isn't a bad thing. The top drivers must only drive downhill, though. They get 22+ miles per kWh, which is insanely good.
The Nissan site is provided and operated by Nissan, though, rather than a fan.
There are a lot of cool things that can be done with a highly-computerized car that has its own 3G Internet connection and GPS. They're barely scratching the surface. It really makes me want to hack my car, but I don't want to void the warranty.
Just stay out of the fast lane. (Score:2, Informative)
Words cannot express how sick I am of idiots in a Prius
( or a Volt, or any other car which is embraced by idiots who
are delusional enough to imagine their car will save the planet )
going slowly in the fast lane on the Interstate ( which
by the way is ILLEGAL thanks to the law which requires
slower traffic to keep right ).
These thoughtless twits make driving more dangerous
for everyone when they impede the flow of traffic by refusing
to pull into the slower lanes.
If you are a Prius driver and you worship your fuel economy meter,
that's fine, but YOU DO NOT have the right to impede traffic on the
Interstate. Get the fuck out of the left lane.