Technology – Page 6 – Ewing VinFast of Plano

June 5, 2025June 16, 2025

Make Your Car Ready to Work from Anywhere

Working from anywhere but the office has been a popular thing to do for a long time now. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become mandatory to find a good place to work diligently and efficiently while staying healthy. Owning a VinFast allows owners to truly take advantage of their vehicles and anywhere they can safely park to get work done.

Plenty of Ways to Charge Devices

Whether you use your phone, a tablet, or a laptop to get your work done, both the VinFast VF8 and VF9 will make sure you have plenty of ways to keep your devices fully charged. Each vehicle comes standard with multiple USB-A ports for each section of seats, but also a 90-watt USB-C port that is able to charge many different types of laptops and tablets that utilize USB-C charging ports. Your laptop probably has a USB-C port for charging, which is pretty much standard these days.

A WiFi Hotspot for More Productivity Out and About

Connect your mobile device and laptop to the VF9’s WiFi hotspot to get work done. Whether you are sending e-mail, doing video meetings, or updating your colleagues, you’ll be able to stay connected while out and about.

Find Ways to Make Working in Your Car More Comfortable

When working in your car, you’ll want to find a cozy spot to get some things done. Sitting in the back seat or popping open the hatch and hanging out in the cargo area are two great ways to chill out with your laptop. To have your laptop on a flat surface, consider a lap desk off Amazon, which will cost you anywhere from $20 up to $50 for a nicer one. If your device uses USB-C to charge (and since there is a 90-watt charge port for the rear seats), you’ll want to buy a six to ten-foot charging cable so you’ll have plenty of reach no matter where you are in the car. You may even want to look into getting a phone mount that sticks on the windshield, sits in the cupholder, or attaches to a vent. This way you can easily do video conferences without having to worry about holding your phone.

Camp Mode

Since the VinFast vehicles are electric, you can take advantage of features like “Camp Mode,” which allows you to use a little bit of the car’s battery to set the interior temperature, use the infotainment screen, and charge devices while sitting still.

Why Choose Ewing VinFast

At Ewing VinFast of Plano, we have the best prices on dozens of new VinFast EVs and used cars. Our well-educated sales staff and finance department will happily assist you with your EV questions and needs. Our fantastic service department will ensure your vehicle stays in the best condition. We look forward to serving you.

May 20, 2025May 2, 2025

Why Are You More Relaxed Driving An EV In Rush Hour Traffic vs ICE Cars

Traffic is by far the most annoying and frustrating part of driving, especially when you’re just trying to get home from work at the end of a long day. While driving a car is freeing, especially with all the places you can go to so quickly and easily, being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic makes many people very angry and annoyed. People tend to report that driving a vehicle with an internal combustion engine (ICE) makes them more irrational and angrier when stuck in traffic. However, people also report that they stay calmer and more composed when driving an EV like a VinFast. Why is that?

Different Factors in What Creates Noise When Driving a Car

Gas-powered cars are loud and noisy. Between the engine, exhaust, wind, road, and tire noise, driving a standard car in traffic can make people run hotter under the collar. On hot days, your air conditioning can run worse, and when sitting in traffic, you may not feel as cool and relaxed. On the other hand, though, multiple studies have shown that those who drive a VinFast or other EV experience less fatigue and anger when driving an EV thanks to its comfortable seats, quiet interior, and isolated feelings from the outside traffic noise and worries.

A Big Difference in Base Noise Levels

Because of the major differences in noise between an EV and an ICE car, people are at a calmer baseline. With a gas car, the base noise level is many decibels higher, meaning that you feel like you have an annoying tone stuck in your head.

The Sound System Can Be at A More Sensible Level

Another great reason EVs make you feel calmer while driving is that you don’t have to turn the sound system up as loud to drown out the other noises. Some cars have a natural bass-heavy drone, and turning up the radio can cut down on the sound but also start to give you a headache. Or, you can have that headache listening to the drone driving down the road. Take your pick. An EV is quieter; therefore, you don’t have to turn your music up as loudly to mask or knock out other annoying drones and tones.

EVs Are Engineered To be Quieter for A Reason

For all of the advances in automotive engineering, cars are meant to allow quite a bit of noise into the cabin for various reasons. Sometimes, if the car is sporty, drivers want to hear the engine and exhaust, which means the car needs less sound deadening. However, that also means you’ll hear more natural sounds coming from the road, such as tire and wind noise. Since an EV doesn’t have an engine, engineers do not want drivers to focus on the annoyances of hearing even more of the outside world, so extra sound deadening, thicker materials, more aerodynamic mirrors, and even quieter tires are designed and developed to decrease the base levels of outside noise.

Range Anxiety Is a Thing of the Past

Drivers used to feel more anxiety driving an EV because they were less confident in the range of the vehicle and having to find a charging station. Now, though, range anxiety isn’t experienced as much now that there are thousands more charging stations, and with the advances in battery tech, electric cars, like the VinFast VF8 and VF9, can drive farther than before.

It’s Time to Test Drive a VinFast

If you haven’t experienced how quiet a VinFast is while driving, then you really should take the time to come down to Ewing VinFast of Plano and take one of our vehicles for a spin. There is truly nothing like having a quiet car and being able to enjoy the drive. Also, buying or leasing a VinFast is one of the best financial decisions you can make, thanks to the 10-year, 125,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty and 10-year, unlimited-mile battery warranty.

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May 10, 2025May 2, 2025

What is the Best Way to Enjoy Your Entertainment in Your VinFast?

One of the beauties of the modern automobile is the ability to effectively stream anything you want at any time while driving down the road. More car manufacturers have opted to forgo built-in apps for services like SiriusXM, including VinFast. While this may seem shortsighted, it’s actually better for customers for a few reasons.

Streaming Is the New Way to Live

The world revolves around streaming, whether movies, TV shows, music, or podcasts; everything is streamed from a phone, tablet, computer, or television. One of the inherent downsides of streaming everything is that the 15.6-inch infotainment screen in your VinFast would be clogged up with a dozen apps. Trying to find the right app on the screen while you’re driving is unsafe. Because everyone has a smartphone with large data plans, it’s easier to let users stream the content they want via Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, or Bluetooth.

SiriusXM Has Everything You’ll Want to Hear

Apps like SiriusXM require monthly subscriptions, featuring a whole host of popular podcasts like Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, Smartless, Call Her Daddy, and more. This, in addition to regular satellite radio channels like The Howard Stern Show, Radio Andy, Mad Dog Russo, and the like, plus all of the uninterrupted music channels and live sports shows. Because the SiriusXM app is so much easier to use, you can download various episodes or have different shows in your favorites list to quickly pull up and have ready for your upcoming drive.

Your Favorite Podcasts Can Easily Be Streamed

Of course, podcasts are the new big thing in “radio”. While SiriusXM has made a big deal of purchasing podcasts to air, you can still get all of your favorites on Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music (the new home of Google Podcasts), Spotify, and any others you may like. Again, it’s easy and ideal to download the shows you want, ready to listen to for any of your drives.

The Ability to Quickly Access Your Favorite Shows

When using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, you can use the specific SiriusXM or preferred podcast app to quickly and easily access your favorite shows or those you downloaded.

Download For Easier Listening on the Go

We keep mentioning downloading your favorite shows and podcasts because then you won’t have to worry about any data interruptions while you’re driving down the road. So, for any reason, if your phone loses cell service, you won’t have any issues listening to your show(s).

Numerous Phones Can Be Connected at The Same Time

Do remember, you can have multiple phones attached to the car’s Bluetooth so you can quickly jump between phones to allow other passengers to have the “aux cord”, so to speak. This will help everyone have a turn listening to something they like, and it may broaden your horizons.

Sony RIDEVU

Remember, the VinFast VF8 and VF9 also come standard with Sony RIDEVU, the revolutionary feature that allows you and your passengers to watch 2,000 different Sony Entertainment Pictures movies and shows on the vehicle’s infotainment screen when you are parked or with any device attached to the in-car WiFi system. No other automaker offers more ways to pass the time on a road trip.

Why Choose Ewing VinFast

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May 5, 2025May 2, 2025

How To Keep Your Car Cool In The Summer

We here at Ewing VinFast of Plano don’t have to tell you that summer’s almost here. With daily temperatures already hitting the high 70s and low 80s, it’s only a matter of time before the blistering heat is here to torture us. Luckily, you can easily keep cool in the depressing heat of the summer with the VF8 and VF9 thanks to some helpful tips and tricks, as well as some great features to keep you and your pets from any heat-related issues.

Keep Your Range Up

First and foremost, always make sure to keep your battery between 20% and 80% of charge. Not only will that help keep the battery in your VinFast in tip-top shape, but it will also ensure that you aren’t worried about any range issues on hot days. Granted, EVs are actually very good in the heat and often provide excellent driving range.

Pet Mode

When your VinFast is parked, you can enable Pet Mode on the 15.6-inch infotainment screen if you are leaving your vehicle for a minute and have an animal in the vehicle. Not only will your car keep the interior at a constant, comfortable temperature for your pet(s) and your belongings, but it will also display a message on the touchscreen that lets people know that your loved one is safe, thanks to the vehicle being in Pet Mode.

Camp Mode

If you intend to sit outside while waiting for some friends, take a private phone call, or just watch a movie or TV show on Sony RIDEVU, you can turn on Camp Mode in your VF8 or VF9. This way, you can charge your devices, use the exterior and interior lights, and keep the cabin cool (or warm if you’re into that sort of thing) while you hang out and do your thing.

A Solar-Powered Car Exhaust Fans

If you are parking your car outside and need to leave it basking in the disappointing summer sun, you can always choose to buy some solar-powered car exhaust fans. One lesson our grandparents tried to teach us was to leave our windows cracked ever so slightly on a hot day to let some of the heat escape the car while it’s sitting still. But then you run the risk of inviting different critters and bugs that may be looking to beat the heat or create a nest. Instead, an exhaust fan hangs on your car window with it closed and creates a tight seal. There are little fans inside that run to try and suck hot air out and exhaust it from the exterior of the device that is pointed outside. These will run you about $20-$40 for anywhere from 1 to 3 fans and won’t use up any of your vehicle’s battery reserves since they are solar-powered.

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April 20, 2025April 22, 2025

Building Playlists and Enjoyment for Roadtrips with your Family

VinFast VF8 Interior Infotainment HUD Heads Up Display

Are we there yet? It’s the old line used by every kid driving down the road in the back seat of their parents’ car. It was such a ubiquitous question that it was turned into a pair of movies and a TV show that ran for three seasons on TBS. There may not be anything more frustrating than the backseaters asking this question while you are trying to concentrate and just get to the destination. This is why modern cars, like the VinFast VF8 and VF9, make trips more pleasurable with music playlists and some video entertainment.

Think back before the days of streaming and try to remember how glorious it was to pack a bunch of mix tapes and mix CDs. The night before, you frantically made sure you had all of the songs you thought you might want to listen to burned to a CD or copied to a tape. And then came CD changers that allowed you to stock six or more CDs that you could quickly and easily switch between. While VinFast doesn’t offer CD changers in its vehicles, the two models do have the ability to stream music, movies, and TV shows very easily.

The beauty of modern streaming is that no matter what you use, whether it be Apple Music, Google Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and the like, you have everything at your fingertips. And with the ability for multiple phones to be paired at the same time, drivers and passengers can each have turns with the “aux cable,” as the kids say.

When driving long distances, it is important to keep things upbeat, so songs like “Life is a Highway” by either Tom Cochrane or Rascal Flatts are good ways to start your journey. From there, it’s always good to throw a little “Happy” by Pharrell in there, too. Some people will want some Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake, but don’t forget the classics like “ABC” by The Jackson 5, “Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and of course “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire. Just remember to keep it fresh, family-friendly, and fun. The key is to get everyone to join in on the fun.

When the sing-a-longs get a little told, then it’s time to let your passengers settle down and enjoy Sony RIDEVU, the exclusive feature that allows everyone in your VinFast that’s attached to the in-car WiFi (or on the 15.6-inch infotainment screen when parked) access to 2,000 movies and shows in the Sony Pictures Entertainment library. Some of these include classics like RV with Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Will Arnett, Josh Hutcherson, Kristin Chenoweth, JoJo, and more. The film is about a family who rents an RV to travel to Colorado on a family trip, only for pretty much everything possible to go wrong in hilarious fashion.

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