u/alaorath

Just took possession today of my 2026 Optiq - and I'm baffled.

There's no way to lock the adapter to the car?!

As soon as I disconnected the J-1772 cord, the car releases the NACS adapter. This is even with car locked and key a good 100 feet away. If this was a public charger, someone can just unplug me and steal my adapter.

I must be missing something.... there's no way GM released these vehicles with no ability to lock the adapter to the car - it's a trivial software setting.

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The closest I could find in the menus was the ability to trigger the alarm if the car is unplugged. Which might help a bit in the public, but doesn't actually inhibit theft (or being unplugged by someone else.

Looking to upgrade our 2022 Ioniq 5, and the Optiq is darn near perfect.

The one quibble I'm struggling with is the lack of phone Nav casting. SO a few questions from the owners, if you'll indulge me:

• Can my wife either login as her Google account and use her existing locations, or "throw" from her phone while driving (she's navigator, I'm driver - often we change plans on the fly, so the ability to make changes while the car is moving is critical... her Lexus had to be in park to change in-car destination)
• EV charging stops and route planning (I briefly tried this in the showroom) - can you filter/limit/change brands? I see that it auto-plots charging stops with estimates SoC, but can you filter out undesirable brands (like ABRP can)? I see that you can replace each recommended stop one by one, but a global "avoid Brand" would be ideal.

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(edit just reached out to the two sales guys we talked to yesterday - asking about inventory of a Premium Sport with black interior... we're 100% onboard, and looking forward to the transition!