The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences

Re:The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences by gumby on Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:08PM (#27097654)

> Nissan is reportedly leaving navigation systems out of cars that would normally have them

Wonder if this will begin a trend. The car navigation system is pretty worthless these days except if you find yourself unexpectedly out of phone range (I still carry paper maps, but these days many phone navigation apps allow you to pre-download your route so you don’t have to worry about being out of coverage).

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Re:The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences by hindsightbias on Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:47PM (#27097978)

Awesome. I won’t consider any vehicle with a touchscreen for controls. Everybody already has phone navigation, so why duplicate it with a craptastically different UX?

And then half the cars can’t sync your phone without a dozen menu selections.

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Re:The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences by gumby on Sunday May 09, 2021 @02:29PM (#27098390)

And cans update the maps, except in a rare, cumbersome and expensive manner.

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Re:The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences by easton on Sunday May 09, 2021 @05:13PM (#27099809)

In all of the recent cars I’ve been in, the navigation system wasn’t present but the screen was for CarPlay/Android Auto. I wonder if the screen is not there at all in these cars or just the GPS parts of the head unit.

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Re:The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences by Pxtl on Sunday May 09, 2021 @05:08PM (#27099774)

Yeah, in spite of Google's best efforts to the contrary you can still download maps for offline use.

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