Alexa anyone?

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Any of you genius electronic or IT guys working on connecting the Clarity to the Amazon Echo? I've searched the IFTTT platform (https://ifttt.com/) for any applets or services for Honda but no joy. And the Alexa app doesn't have any skills for Honda either. There are many cars that ae Echo ready but it seems Honda is lagging behind. Here's what you can do with the Echo and a Tesla:
get charge status
get car status
get climate status
get location
set driver temperature to 72
set passenger side to 73
start charging
stop charging
honk the horn
flash lights
turn climate on
warm up my car
cool my car
turn climate off
stop climate
stop heating
stop cooling
how warm is my car
how cold is my car
dude where's my car
where's my car
get ready to take off
go into hyperdrive
how far can I drive
how far can I go
whats your name
switch cars
set charge limit to 85 percent
start charging to 90 percent
whats the charge limit
lock the car
get air quality
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Tim
 
Tim66 said:
it seems Honda is lagging behind
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I wonder how many fewer Teslas would have sold if they lacked those features and how many additional Clarity PHEVs would be sold if the car included those features? To put it another way, how much EV range do those features add? That's the factor most people cite when considering the purchase of a BEV or PHEV.

It will be interesting to see what features Honda's brewed up for their upcoming Europe/Japan-only Honda e to set it apart from the less-expensive BEVs with greater range against which it will be competing for sales.
 
Hmmm.......using Alexa for non-driving functions from that Tesla list is reasonable (providing privacy and security concerns are acceptable), but I see no utility for driving functions. For example, when I need the horn, I need it NOW, not after I say a command and all the electronic communications hook up to honk it. For driving functions, it seems like it would be much preferable to have the car directly recognize voice commands and not have an Alexa intermediary.
 
Sandroad said:
but I see no utility for driving functions. For example, when I need the horn, I need it NOW, not after I say a command and all the electronic communications hook up to honk it.
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I suspect honk horn and flash lights are intended to be used from the app on your phone to aid in locating the car in a parking lot ... though if they’re intended to be used while driving, I’d love to see “switch cars” in action.
 
Just to be clear, I didn't use the Tesla features as some kind of benchmark for the Clarity vs Tesla. I only used them because it was the only car I found with the features mentioned. IMO voice commands regarding the non driving features would be better and faster than working your way through Hondalink.
 
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