The AI results from Google are often way off or strange and I invariably give those results a thumbsdown.

AI is still too stupid and single-tracked.

I agree, it will be the best of both worlds, especially since the charging infrastructure still is quite insufficient in some areas as well as it sometimes incur some outrageous costs due to some companies having excessive fees in some places.

Luckily there are alternatives to Google Maps.

The only feature I have found that Google Maps is better at than the others I use is the viewing direction that uses the compass.

Open Streetmap (I use the Vespucci app) is better today than Google Maps. And our Swedish national map from our government agency is also a lot better; https://minkarta.lantmateriet....

When they hurt my driving routine and cause a distraction then they aren't working.

They are designed for a specific environment and when the environment isn't conforming to the assumption the "support" systems have then they become a bad distraction and annoyance.

Just as an example on the roads here you want to cross the center line in some cases to get a better view around the next corner, roads being worn and accumulate water puddles in the "ideal" path and so on. The situation you have to live with in the boondocks. Turning off the systems is improving the situation quite a bit.

Those that put those systems into legalization requiring cars to have that functionality are for lack of better words "Thick as a brick".

On Euro cars it defaults to on automatically every time you start the car.

Now I need to go through four pages just to disable all that nanny stuff.

Don't blame the backup camera though.

Very hard since the layout changes at every submenu and software installed.

Even physsical pushbuttons are a headache. Rotary knobs with tactile feeling and stalks are better, but they shouldn't be too complex.

It's cheaper with a touch screen.

For everyone driving a real truck with a usable flatbed or a fifth wheel.

Today the steering wheels have too many buttons so you'll have to look at it too.

That - and now add all the nanny functions that exists in newer cars. Force the car to the center of the lane where the road has most eear so that you can get hydroplaning easier when it's raining as one example.

The bullshit-o-meter will reach new levels, especially when using AI.

Anyone that have seen the AI suggestions from Google search results will know how bad it can get.

Apply Asimovs laws of robotics to the AIs.

Evil Clippy.

And sometimes the newer replacements don't work as they should for certain hardware variants.

This means that people in need of older drivers where the creating company has abandoned them will have to resort to questionable sites with increased security risks.

Really funny when you try to keep alive older systems that are controlling advanced multimillion dollar equipment that's hard to replace.