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Little offtopic, but I disagree that Tesla's touch screen makes it look "futuristic". In fact lack of more traditional displays, knobs, etc. makes the car inter
by mamon 7y ago
Little offtopic, but I disagree that Tesla's touch screen makes it look "futuristic". In fact lack of more traditional displays, knobs, etc. makes the car interior seem very empty, giving you impression of riding something that was built by an amateur in his garage. I mean, if I was building a prototype of my own car I would probably just have bought an iPad and have glued it to a dashboard.
- Gibbon1 7y agoIf you've dealt with electro-mechanical switches and displays you know electro-mechanical switches and displays => expensive touch screen => cheap Both from a manufacturing standpoint and a design stand point. So you are right it's not futuristic it's chintzy.
- lttlrck 7y agoNo need to do expensive industrial design, tooling to build switches, simpler loom, simpler to assemble etc. It’s a cost cutting exercise (with other advantages) which has become trend. For me cars are like tools, they should be tactile.
- brokenmachine 7y ago>if I was building a prototype of my own car I would probably just have bought an iPad and have glued it to a dashboard. My prototype car would have Cherry MX Blues, for the tactile and audible feedback.