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Is no one going to mention how stupid the concept photo looks? If you don't have a steering wheel, why wouldn't you have a console for the driver or per person?

Is no one going to mention how stupid the concept photo looks? If you don't have a steering wheel, why wouldn't you have a console for the driver or per person? If I have nothing else better to do, I'd want the controls the driver will interact with to be more accessible to the driver.

zacwest 8y ago
There's no driver position, though. It could be the left or the right side. Perhaps for drive-thru reasons people would prefer the left, but there's not a lot of required left-handedness when you're not driving.
- eximius 8y ago
  'primary passenger' then. And my initial thought was that there should be two consoles, then I reverted back to a single console for the driver without making the final leap to, 'oh wait, there is no driver'.
icebraining 8y ago
Seems OK to me. Why increase costs and unreliability by adding extra screens and controls? As for having it "for the driver", that's old-car thinking. In this car, both front seats are equivalent, there's no need to select one as "the driver".
- eximius 8y ago
  > unreliability of what? The entertainment? If having two screens reduces the safety of the vehicle, it isn't a vehicle I want to be in.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    No, I mean there's more stuff that can break.
    - marcosdumay 8y ago
      It's not much of a problem if your video player breaks. (That is, unless you plug it at the same interface as the driving computer.)
throwaway76543 8y ago
Honestly what I'd like is a safety oriented cabin designed to minimize whiplash. Restrain my head and neck, surround my body with impact absorbing material and put a screen in front of my face and a keyboard within reach of my hands and we're done. I don't want a large void space inside the passenger area of my car at all.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  All those things exist. A HANS device, a good bucket seat and a good harness do what you're asking.
  - throwaway76543 8y ago
    I'm looking for more than a strap and a seat. I'd like the entire interior space to be repurposed to absorb impact energy.
    - jaxtellerSoA 8y ago
      Yeah, that will sell real well, especially to all the claustrophobic people. "Here sit in this moveable coffin". No thanks.
mr_toad 8y ago
They probably just ‘shopped one half of the car reversed.

zacwest 8y ago

There's no driver position, though. It could be the left or the right side. Perhaps for drive-thru reasons people would prefer the left, but there's not a lot of required left-handedness when you're not driving.

eximius 8y ago
'primary passenger' then. And my initial thought was that there should be two consoles, then I reverted back to a single console for the driver without making the final leap to, 'oh wait, there is no driver'.

icebraining 8y ago

Seems OK to me. Why increase costs and unreliability by adding extra screens and controls? As for having it "for the driver", that's old-car thinking. In this car, both front seats are equivalent, there's no need to select one as "the driver".

eximius 8y ago
> unreliability of what? The entertainment? If having two screens reduces the safety of the vehicle, it isn't a vehicle I want to be in.
- icebraining 8y ago
  No, I mean there's more stuff that can break.
  - marcosdumay 8y ago
    It's not much of a problem if your video player breaks. (That is, unless you plug it at the same interface as the driving computer.)

throwaway76543 8y ago

Honestly what I'd like is a safety oriented cabin designed to minimize whiplash. Restrain my head and neck, surround my body with impact absorbing material and put a screen in front of my face and a keyboard within reach of my hands and we're done. I don't want a large void space inside the passenger area of my car at all.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
All those things exist. A HANS device, a good bucket seat and a good harness do what you're asking.
- throwaway76543 8y ago
  I'm looking for more than a strap and a seat. I'd like the entire interior space to be repurposed to absorb impact energy.
  - jaxtellerSoA 8y ago
    Yeah, that will sell real well, especially to all the claustrophobic people. "Here sit in this moveable coffin". No thanks.

mr_toad 8y ago

They probably just ‘shopped one half of the car reversed.