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Chevy Volt to get an iPhone app

Want to check the charge on your electric car? There's going to be an app for that -- our friends at Engadget report that the upcoming Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid electric car will have an iPhone app that goes along with it. Features aren't firmed up yet, but ideas being passed around after a demo at last week's LA Auto Show include both setting up functions inside the car like scheduling when a charge happens (to take advantage of late-night power rates) and receiving notifications from the car, including when it's charged and/or when you forgot to plug it in for the night or other worrying situations like that. I'd love to even see an app that can track mileage from the car, or give you diagnostic information when something is wrong.

Obviously, this is pretty pie-in-the-sky at this point (and implementation is obviously tougher than coming up with ideas for it), but I'm all for it. With the advent of the iPhone and all of the things it can do, it's quickly becoming a one-stop shop for communication between all your various networks and appliances. Why not have your car text you when it needs something? Oh wait, I've got to go -- my car just texted me that it's lonely out there in the parking lot. Back in a bit.

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Charles Dostale

A presentation about the Th!nk City showed similar vaporware earlier this year.

http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/thinks-u-s-plans-march-2009#11

December 21 2009 at 1:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Roberto

As long as it does not start the in-series gas powered generator while inside the garage.

I won't be surprised if Chevy wants a monthly fee for the service.

Where can you get discounted, off-peak kilowatt-hours?

December 11 2009 at 12:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Christian

That's a handsome iPhone in the picture there.

December 11 2009 at 9:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ray Duran

Rev (with the help of a wireless OBDII Scanner) can do diagnostics and metric tracking for cars already. Its well worth the price, if you are the car tuner sort that is.

http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/

December 11 2009 at 9:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mingistech

Um, but thats a Blackberry.

December 11 2009 at 8:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ryan Worrell

haha my thoughts exactly. cool, an iphone app, uh, thats a storm. rofl

December 11 2009 at 8:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kona2010

Sounds like a good idea. I would like to see a remote stater app so I can warm up my car in the morning.

December 11 2009 at 8:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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jonathan

viper has one already. tuaw did a quick review on it a lil while back.

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/25/vrooooom-start-your-car-and-more-from-your-iphone-or-ipod-tou/

December 11 2009 at 10:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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