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I don’t think we’re trying to start a car company. They were trying to make a quick buck (or Bitcoin, NTTIAWWT) off the EV feeding frenzy. They were only ever trying to do just enough to fend off lawsuits from the investors they wanted to rope in.
I still don't understand why we need a big *** screen like that in a car. I'll get a rental car at night and first thing I do is spend 15 minutes trying to figure out how to turn the brightness down to almost nothing.
Who?Not that anyone has noticed. But hey...25k EV.
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I'd be tempted to get one for $25k but I can't imagine what the repair costs would be with such a small number of cars on the road. Would repair parts have to be essentially custom made?Not that anyone has noticed. But hey...25k EV.
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They're finally starting to realize that, not only do people HATE touchscreen controls in cars, they're also a safety hazard. I think the pendulum will start to swing back to knobs and buttons for most common functions in the next several years.
My understanding is that car designers aren't under the impression that people want touchscreens. They put them in there because being able to insert a touchscreen and program it is actually cheaper and easier than having to make a console with individual knobs. You wouldn't think that'd be the case, but I guess lots of people make screens and it doesn't take much to customize them for any individual car and it's easier to program that than to program systems to handle individual knobs or rocker switches or whatever?
Yeah. You would literally have to pay me to take one too.
It’s a lot cheaper for them & that’s why they do it. But consumers & regulatory agencies (in Europe so far) are starting to revolt.
If that’s good, I don’t want to know what bad is.BMW’s EV interiors are pretty sharp. They’re designed to be ‘familiar’. They left the center console in place like a tradition ICE.
That control center knob still sucks on the beemers.BMW’s EV interiors are pretty sharp. They’re designed to be ‘familiar’. They left the center console in place like a tradition ICE.
That’s like in my wife’s Palisade, the flipping AC control is a tiny touchscreen. Why? And if something goes wrong with it, it’s expensive as hell to replace if it’s not in warranty.
Bingo.
The biggest reason is that it's cheaper to make controls via software than physical buttons.
Yeah. The manufacturer doesn't get paid for most of that repair cost. It's all about lowering production costs.
I've been looking at Ford and Chevy small/midsize trucks and am being told I can't get one w/out the screen in the middle controlling everything now. If that goes out, you can no longer control hardly anything. I don't trust car salesmen though so I'm going to keep looking for one w/out
I’m not small, but I agree it’s easier as you get smaller. I just turned the wheel to get more room and was able to do it. First time still kind of sucked but next couple weren’t bad. Haven’t done it on a Grand Cherokee though
