That's what I finally retained. Thanks to the
HA blog, I found and bought the
stealth smartphone cradle from Spigen,
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after trying another, from Pearl,
which turned out not stable enough. This amount was very nice, but the phone moved and vibrated too much, the material being very flexible.
With a black battery cover to hide its white cover,
my Note 2 is now very discrete seen from the outside.
It is now the dedicated HA display, and the LG G6 64 Gb I just bought serves as my mobile phone and my camera for taking simple pictures. The wide-angle lens used for the first picture is very useful. Pretty much, it shows what I see, although the camera is in fact sitting a bit lower, and does not hamper the visibility towards the road.
With this cradle, the display of the Note 2 is placed more vertically, and the reflections in the windshield are lower in intensity and placed higher up. The phone is very secure, and the risk that it becomes a dangerous object in an accident is smaller. It does not vibrate and move at all. It's perfect for me.
Having adjusted the driving position correctly as shown in this diagram, (in fact it was), the display does not disturb the view on the road. Those who prefer a low seat may not be happy with this cradle.
Those tempted to trying out will need to check if the phone can be placed correctly in their particular model. With the Mondeo, the relative flatness of the lid of the instrumentation is a plus.
HA now replaces, so to speak, the instrument panel visible only through the steering wheel, requiring the eyes to leave the road for relatively long time. If wanted, one could also use the smartphone as a browser.
Directly in line of sight, with HA in can know in the blink of an eye:
- [B] The actual digital speed. [/ B]> [I] It's nice to know it without having to correct for the optimism of the analogous speedometer. [/ I]
- [B] Cooling water temperature [/ B]> [I] Used during the warm-up phase, it is very useful. As long as the tp is <40 °C I go very slowly, and I do not put the heating. [/ I]
- [B] Side by side are the rpm and the in and out power of the traction battery. [/ B]> [I] It is useful to see the powers delivered in kW. As long as the out power does not exceed 19 kW, the thermal remains at a standstill. [/ I]
- [B] The Battery power display also helps to get better glides when one practices the Pulse & Glide. [/ B]> [I] the cyan bars up = discharge; green down = load should be as short as possible. [/ I]
- [B] The SOC in %. [/ B]> [I] One can decide from which value, one starts the fuel engine. [/ I]
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In addition, clicking on "EV" gives the detailed consumption graph. Not indispensable but good to take.
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One can, but must not, use this combined information to make the most of the hybrid system. This is my personal choice, and I do not want to convince anyone to do the same.
But I sincerely believe that in this way, one can take full advantage of HA.
Jan