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mk  ·  589 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars

That is hell.

I dislike our Tesla's screen. It is dumb. A big map is nice, but changing anything while driving feels like texting but less safe because I can hold my phone up.





katakowsj  ·  587 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep. having seen that monster interface on your dashboard, I'm surprised that we've not seen more headlines like " Tesla driver mows down Orlando family of 4 attempting to access his climate control. Says couldn't find fan speed adjust.

kleinbl00  ·  589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's telling that BMW and Porsche are all about putting more information between your eyes and the road while Tesla has always been 100% about making you look away from where you're going.

mk  ·  589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Tesla also updates the UI so you need to relearn the steps and find things that were moved.

We had the screen go totally unresponsive, which required a reset. No radio, map, fan, etc. My wife waited a couple of days before I came home from a trip because she was worried the reset might fail and then she'd have no transportation.

kleinbl00  ·  589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"We never seem to have the time or money to do it right, but we can always find the time or money to do it twice."

- unnamed Tesla engineer, as quoted by Ed Niedermeyer

b_b  ·  588 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have it on good authority that they can't even get the windshield wiper working properly on the Cyber Truck.

kleinbl00  ·  588 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm curious if your source thinks the Cybertruck will ever be built.

b_b  ·  588 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He only said there's no chance that Tesla's public timelines are accurate.

katakowsj  ·  587 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey Tesla, The devil's in the details, right?

One can at least expect as the electric car segment has some reasonable competition, B.S. like this will vanish.

My iPhone has never done similar after an update. If it didiit did, I likely would not have an iPhone in my hand.