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I'm not sure about all the predictive stuff. How does the car know when it has to cool the car? I suppose it records at which hours you 'usually' use the car so it turns the air conditioning on. What if I change my schedule one day or I have to stay working until late? The car would be wasting power all the time.

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>> What if I change my schedule one day or I have to stay working until late?

That's where our value comes in. By processing large chunks of information we can determine that your habits on Mondays AM are different from habits on Saturdays at 9AM. And by adding additional layers such as your Google Calendar, we can make those interactions even more accurate.

I've been very inspired by what Nest has done and we're trying to something similar for automotive.

Pretty much what I came to say. The "smart" and "predictive" stuff is good for a handful of people with very predictable routines, who live like... machines. Most of the time, it would actually fail quite miserably. And the power waste would be the least of your problems then...

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