The giant tablet as a dashboard is so fucking ugly and completely devoid of any style.
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I imagine having the GPS higher-up is nice, though. It also has physical buttons. I agree; it's ugly, but I like the utility aspect.
I have an Ioniq 5 and the HUD has GPS functionality. Much nicer to not have to look at a screen at all.
That's the same thing, without touch capabilities. That does look cool, though! I don't know if everyone can afford a 50k car. The ugly tablet with physical buttons are functional and economical.
I’m not sure which physical buttons you’re talking about. The ford tablet doesn’t have any physical buttons except this circular wheel in the center of the screen. https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JYTMEoeu4iT9YEmHc6cE4ryal_0=/0x0:2040x1360/1400x1400/filters:focal(1020x680:1021x681)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19385929/sokane_191117_3793_6040.jpg
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And yeah the i5 is expensive. I’m very happy I’m able to afford it, but I know most people can’t. Used EV prices are absolutely crashing right now though. Donut Media did a video on how cheap they are only one year old so you could always try to get a used one. I really do think it was worth it for me. Charging at home is super cheap, never have to go buy gas, pretty much drives itself on the highway which makes driving way less stressful. There are of course problems with it, but they’re not too bad.
Lmao, they're fake buttons. Didn't see that coming. If they were REAL buttons, I'm still sticking by that. Why do you want to argue?
Huh? You said the ford has physical buttons and that makes it better. The ford doesn’t have physical buttons, it has digital ones. I’m not sure where the disconnect here is. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying.
Edit: I just saw your other comment (even though you deleted it, apparently I can still see it from my messages). The buttons are not physical, they just make them look like that in advertisements so people go to look at the car. They’re just a touch screen. It’s terrible.
I'm laughing at myself and the fake buttons. They tricked me. That's why I deleted the comment. You're thinking about this too much.
Doubt it tbh.
Well shit, do I want to trust my safety at lethal velocities to an AI from the greedy, egomaniacal blood emerald heir, or the automaker founded by a greedy antisemite that built war machines for the Allies and the Axis?
Decisions, decisions...
Too bad we don't fund public research for moonshot technologies anymore. Not worth doing if some avarice infected sociopaths can't make a profit cutting corners and rushing their half baked, not yet safe let alone perfected tech to market.
(not against avs, against them not being developed using public funds with open standards that the public can scrutinize, not to mention preventing the unsafe but inevitable in capitalist hands issue of offering more aggressive AV software packages than competitors, and possibly up charging for better AI even within brands, causing an unsafe, Collison causing mess. Operation of motor vehicles requires untempered cooperation, a "free marketplace of ideas" has no place in how the cars interact on a freeway.)
I feel you, I totally get it. That said, I trust my safety to all kinds of medical technologies built by firms with equally seedy histories and motives.
What’s needed for self driving cars is a highly rigorous evaluation process. Which I actually think we may get in my country, the USA, since we already do a great job at crash testing