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@rustyshackle917 I don't see the comparison at all to manual transmission. They are completely different on a conceptual level.
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@jerz8289 And eventually, the Tesla will be advanced enough to get you there in one piece. But I guess Tesla fans will settle for "in pieces."
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@ 4) everyone in the modern world has used touch screens, and they obviously have their uses. I would never object to a touch screen being added to a car, I would only object to it replacing the existing buttons and knobs for common functions. Touch screens are more adaptable than buttons and knobs, so it can be more useful for certain things, like scrolling a track list, or working a map display, nobody questions that, but that doesn't mean it's better for every function, and even on modern smartphones people often comment when buttons are added or removed for things like volume control or home screen access, when technically these functions could be entirely touch-based.
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@ That false sense of security is what leads to so many accidents.
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@ObeseChess Yup. Cope.
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@kenjikenjikenj I can't believe that buttons cost money. All sorts of gadgets come loaded with buttons and sell for $10 or less, whereas it's hard to find a touchpad like that for anywhere near that price. I can't believe that on a $50K car they cannot find it in the budget to add $20 of buttons.
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@ You do not, in fact, have to take your eyes off the road to use buttons. At least, not most of them. Obviously you need to be familiar with the vehicle first, but once you're used to it you can reach over and find the right knobs by feel alone. At most you might glance to get a quick mental picture, but it's very different from a touch screen where there is nothing to orient to by touch, and if you even graze the wrong thing by accident then something "wrong" will happen.
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@ @seanplace8192 1) that doesn't change the fact that you don't need to for operating a button based console, once you have a reasonable familiarity with it. There is no touch screen device that I would feel comfortable ever operating blind. 2) Yes, you said that, but that doesn't make it true. The reality is that most people can operate the basic functions of a well designed physical console, once they'd become accustomed to it. In my own vehicle I can operate the fan, heat/cool level, radio volume and channel settings, and potentially more, all without looking at all. There are other buttons that I'd have to glance at to find, but those are the core functions that I'd be most likely to fiddle with while already in motion.
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This would require some anti-trust approval or something, but all the big car companies should get together and form a "Charging Site Committee" of some sort that has the goal of making sure that charging just works everywhere, that charging stations are quality and functional, that there are enough everywhere, etc. Let independent charging companies provide what they want to provide, but also fill in whatever gaps they leave to make sure that they just work.
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It looks nice, but that "dashboard" is a complete joke. What savings is there in having no dashboard? I'm not looking at the center console to see what speed I've going or what the charge is doing.
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@ Currently, its self-driving function is more of a suggestion than an actual functional mode.
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@ Can you use the touchscreen entirely by feel though? You can with a physical console. I feel like you are just trying to defend the vehicle you own.
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@seanplace8192 1) that doesn't change the fact that you don't need to for operating a button based console, once you have a reasonable familiarity with it. There is no touch screen device that I would feel comfortable ever operating blind. 2) Yes, you said that, but that doesn't make it true. The reality is that most people can operate the basic functions of a well designed physical console, once they'd become accustomed to it. In my own vehicle I can operate the fan, heat/cool level, radio volume and channel settings, and potentially more, all without looking at all. There are other buttons that I'd have to glance at to find, but those are the core functions that I'd be most likely to fiddle with while already in motion. 3) So what? If they are common enough to be predominately featured on a touch screen, then they would be buttons and knobs people would be likely to hit regularly. If they are options that are as rare as you claim, then they would probably be hidden on a touch screen, and impossible to find when needed. Buttons would still be better. I would be LESS bothered by a car that had a mix of the two, with buttons and knobs for both very common and very emergency functions, while also having a touch screen to control less common and important functions, but all buttons would still be better. 4) everyone in the modern world has used touch screens, and they obviously have their uses. I would never object to a touch screen being added to a car, I would only object to it replacing the existing buttons and knobs for common functions. Touch screens are more adaptable than buttons and knobs, so it can be more useful for certain things, like scrolling a track list, or working a map display, nobody questions that, but that doesn't mean it's better for every function, and even on modern smartphones people often comment when buttons are added or removed for things like volume control or home screen access, when technically these functions could be entirely touch-based.
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@ 3) So what? If they are common enough to be predominately featured on a touch screen, then they would be buttons and knobs people would be likely to hit regularly. If they are options that are as rare as you claim, then they would probably be hidden on a touch screen, and impossible to find when needed. Buttons would still be better. I would be LESS bothered by a car that had a mix of the two, with buttons and knobs for both very common and very emergency functions, while also having a touch screen to control less common and important functions, but all buttons would still be better. 4) everyone in the modern world has used touch screens, and they obviously have their uses. I would never object to a touch screen being added to a car, I would only object to it replacing the existing buttons and knobs for common functions. Touch screens are more adaptable than buttons and knobs, so it can be more useful for certain things, like scrolling a track list, or working a map display, nobody questions that, but that doesn't mean it's better for every function, and even on modern smartphones people often comment when buttons are added or removed for things like volume control or home screen access, when technically these functions could be entirely touch-based.
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@ 3) So what? If they are common enough to be predominately featured on a touch screen, then they would be buttons and knobs people would be likely to hit regularly. If they are options that are as rare as you claim, then they would probably be hidden on a touch screen, and impossible to find when needed. Buttons would still be better. I would be LESS bothered by a car that had a mix of the two, with buttons and knobs for both very common and very emergency functions, while also having a touch screen to control less common and important functions, but all buttons would still be better.
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@JMurph2015 Well, the plug itself is a general standard, and that's a good thing, but I'm talking more the availability and quality of stations. There should be a unified trade organization that makes a point of guaranteeing the quality and availability of stations, to minimize "no stations nearby" and "broken stations" issues as best they can. The free market is currently doing its thing, and it's a bit messy. That might settle down eventually, but it might take a long time to get there.Right now, there is not enough activity in the market for competition to actually exist, people use the stations that exist in the place they want to charge. I feel like this is a situation where there needs to be an organized, "monolithic" solution for the time being, until the basic needs are all covered, and then after that there can be competition to "do it even better than that."
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