Electric Sidecar

September 27, 2024

Many bugs fixed in this release thanks to over new beta testers! - Several new parameters added for the Porsche Cayenne including tire pressure. - CarPlay now correctly shows OBD enumeration types (e.g. drive mode or fuel system status). - OBD command throughput has been increased. - Fixed various Toyota account decoding errors. - You can now access the accounts page on the Apple Watch again. - Fixed several crashing bugs on Apple Watch. - VINs can now be copied in self-managed vehicle account pages. - Fixed bug in Tesla account authorization from non-US locales. - Improved error handling of recall fetching. Non-US vehicles will no longer show errors. - The UI will no longer pull log tire levels over OBD if the values are out of sensible range. - Self-managed vehicles (i.e. OBD-scanned vehicles) can now show tire pressure and range remaining. - OBD commands that require manual flow control mode now indicate this in the parameter description. - Fixed a crash in the consumption history page. - Improved error handling UX for accounts with failed API calls. - Tesla accounts can provide a link to installed Fleet Keys for running remote commands.

September 25, 2024

Various bug fixes in this release thanks to the new Tesla and Chevrolet Bolt beta testers! - Chevrolet Bolt EUV now has a vehicle symbol. - Climatization button on Apple Watch is now correctly centered. - BAT_PWR is now BAT_SOC to align with the SAEJ1979 standard. - BAT_SOC is now a Connectable, enabling state of charge polling for vehicles that support this standard parameter (e.g. the Chevy Bolt) - Fixed a decoding bug with Toyota Connected Accounts (Beta). - Fixed many decoding bugs with Tesla Connected Accounts (Beta). - Tesla vehicles now correctly report their climatization enabled state. - Tesla vehicles now show the target charge level on the State widget. - Increased debounce fuzzing interval for OBD scanning sessions to reduce header churn (i.e. OBD scanning is now more efficient) - Improved error handling in OBD readouts. Errors now look like errors.

September 21, 2024

EV battery state of health is now visible throughout the app, making it easier to understand the state of your EV battery health (requires an OBD scanner for supported vehicles). Other changes in this release: - Added dark mode icon support - Expanded VIN decoder support for more vehicle make/models

July 5, 2024

Release notes: Both the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy have been updated in this release. You can find the new terms in the app's Settings > About page, and the updated privacy policy has been published to http://electricsidecar.app/privacy-policy/. - CarPlay now shows informational widgets for state and tire pressure. - Vehicle widgets appear in CarPlay as soon as a scanner is connected, rather than once a trip begins. - You can now selected a fallback vehicle to use when OBD scanning in case the vehicle's VIN is not automatically detected. - Porsche accounts now allow you to customize the climatization settings, including target temperature and seat climatization. These settings can be synced across your devices via iCloud. - Parameter details now show the most recent OBD command + response. - Nissan Leaf now fully supported with OBD, including SoH, SoC, tire pressure, and more. - Fixed decoding errors with MG accounts. - New Connectables: tire pressure, charging, plugged in, electric range, fuel range. - More Kia VINS are now locally decoded. - Performance optimizations to the vehicle page. - Widget preferences now have their own sub-page in Settings. - Various improvements to French and Italian localizations. - Localizers are now acknowledged in the app's About page. - Fixed bug where trip logging would appear as enabled without a subscription. - Fixed crasher when exporting vehicle data. - Fixed bug with climatization commands and Porsche vehicles. - Fixed bug with Porsche trip data being inconsistent between the latest trip details and the historical timeline.

July 1, 2024

Many improvements to more vehicle makes in this release: - New vehicle icons for Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Nissan Leaf. - Improved local VIN decoding for Hyundai and UK-based Nissan Leafs. - Added SAIC/MG Connected Accounts (Beta). - The trip logger will now detect trips more accurately after a cold start of the app. - The currently connected vehicle's symbol is now shown in CarPlay. - Trips now determine the correct vehicle more rapidly. - The OBD scanner now supports diagnostic levels and service 21 commands. New vehicle PIDs for: - Nissan Leaf

June 25, 2024

Bring your offline car online with iCloud sync. iCloud sync keeps your preferences and vehicle data in sync across your Apple devices. Enable iCloud sync in Sidecar's settings page on each device that should sync and Sidecar will handle the rest. iCloud sync support requires an active subscription. Other changes in this release include: - You can now paste and send multiple commands to the OBD terminal. - Added a Volkswagen e-Golf vehicle symbol. - Implemented local VIN decoding for Volkswagen Golf and e-Golf. - Porsche: Fixed a bug where the consumption chart would not show the correct efficiency statistics. - Improve NHTSA API error handling. - Added a new "Is Charging" Connectable for OBD parameters. - The vehicle scanner page now allows you to copy the VIN number. - Fixed a crash that could occur when setting the "Initial vehicle" to None. - Tesla vehicles: Fixed activeRouteTrafficMinutesDelay decoder error. - Vehicles are now sorted by name in the garage. - Preferences can now be synced across devices using iCloud sync. - Vehicles and vehicle parameter values can now be synced across devices using iCloud sync. - It's now possible to set a default vehicle for widgets. New PIDs for: - Volkswagen e-Golf

June 25, 2024

Bring your offline car online with iCloud sync. iCloud sync keeps your preferences and vehicle data in sync across your Apple devices. Enable iCloud sync in Sidecar's settings page on each device that should sync and Sidecar will handle the rest. iCloud sync support requires an active subscription. Other changes in this release include: - You can now paste and send multiple commands to the OBD terminal. - Added a Volkswagen e-Golf vehicle symbol. - Implemented local VIN decoding for Volkswagen Golf and e-Golf. - Porsche: Fixed a bug where the consumption chart would not show the correct efficiency statistics. - Improve NHTSA API error handling. - Added a new "Is Charging" Connectable for OBD parameters. - The vehicle scanner page now allows you to copy the VIN number. - Fixed a crash that could occur when setting the "Initial vehicle" to None. - Tesla vehicles: Fixed activeRouteTrafficMinutesDelay decoder error. - Vehicles are now sorted by name in the garage. - Preferences can now be synced across devices using iCloud sync. - Vehicles and vehicle parameter values can now be synced across devices using iCloud sync. - It's now possible to set a default vehicle for widgets. New PIDs for: - Volkswagen e-Golf

June 22, 2024

This is a patch release with quality improvements: - Added a new Cayman GT4 icon. - Fixed various decoding errors with Porsche vehicles. - Refresh button now correctly finishes refreshing when tapped on a simulated vehicle that is non-electric. - Changing preferences is now more efficient throughout the app.

June 20, 2024

This patch release further tunes Porsche Connected Accounts (Beta) and squishes some bugs: - Fixed a bug causing the consumption chart widget not to show data. - The vehicle icon in CarPlay would sometimes show up off-center when first starting CarPlay. This is now fixed. - The "Reload captcha" button now only appears when there's a captcha to reload in the Porsche login flow. - Attempting to refresh a vehicle without an active subscription will now show an error instead of silently failing. - Kia EV9 VINs are now decoded when connected to an OBD scanner.

June 18, 2024

This is a patch release for Porsche Connect Accounts (Beta) with the following updates: - Porsche vehicles that are actively charging now correctly show their charging state. - Porsche vehicles without custom names will now show the model name and year instead of nothing. - Porsche vehicles now correctly handle optional exteriorColorName properties when decoding. - Porsche vehicle data is now loaded from cache in a more stable manner. - Fixed a crasher in the consumption history page. - More Kia makes and models are now decoded locally in the app including: Kia Forte, K5, Optima, Rio, Seltos, Sportage, Sorento, Soul, Stinger, Telluride

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