I should imagine all ice cars are now stop start and have larger updated batteries. They won't lose all their charge as quick as a standard 12V battery.
Why does stop/start equipped car start the engine when you turn on ignition though? Why doesn't it wait until I actually request the car to move?
But what you say above is not much different from my ICE though, opening the doors turns on all the accessories and instead of pressing the brake pedal I press a button instead to turn on the ignition - or I hold the button instead to actually start the car. Only extra step is that I also have to depress the brake pedal when actually starting the car but my hoof is there anyway.
The extra step is button press.
Currently you are required to press brake, press START button, put into D and start driving. OR not press brake, press START button for accessary mode.
Why not this way? You press brake, put into D and start driving. OR action of unlocking the car puts it in accessary mode.
Currently you are required to put the car in park, press the button to shut off the car. Then get out to lock the car.
Why not simply put the car in park, get out and lock the car. Action of external locking shuts off the car.
The button is redundant. Other actions already able to tell the car when to start up/shut off. The button is only kept to allow people to understand vehicle status in relation to having a key. It is no longer needed in the same way door keyholes are no longer visible. It is a symbol of cautious incremental changes adopted in automotive industry.
Another stupidly slow industry is building company adoption of home automation. I was ordering a new front door to replace our badly warped flaking wooden front door. Only option is Yale smart lock, no option for other start-up brands who are offering more features.
/rant