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Show HN: Nissan's Leaf app doesn't have a home screen widget so I made my own

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122 points kcon | 2 comments | 14 Apr 25 02:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.754s | source

Nissan's official mobile app for their LEAF electric car doesn't have a widget for quickly checking the car's battery charge status on your phone's home screen, so for a fun side project I decided to make my own using free tools like GitHub Actions, Appium, Tailscale, and Apple Shortcuts.
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djaychela ◴[14 Apr 25 06:09 UTC] No.43678517[source]▶
Just like OBD, I think api access to data like this should be open to the car user. If the manufacturer is taking the data ( as they do with my renault zoe) then it should be available to the end user at a standard API which is available across all manufacturers, so if you change car you can just point your setup at a new endpoint with new credentials and all the endpoints and responses are standard, just like OBD2 is

(yes I know manufacturer tools go deeper but that's another issue)

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1. smokel ◴[14 Apr 25 06:14 UTC] No.43678527[source]▶
In the EU, this may soon be covered by the Data Act [1]. It'd be interesting to see if other continents will benefit as well, similar to how cookie banners are now a global thing.

[1] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-act

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2. Gasp0de ◴[14 Apr 25 09:18 UTC] No.43679509[source]▶
Daring to call cookie banners a benefit.