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I have a Model 3, and ever since I added Alexa Auto, I have no reason to use the touchscreen other than adding a destination to nav. Climate is set to auto. A

by jmpman 7y ago

I have a Model 3, and ever since I added Alexa Auto, I have no reason to use the touchscreen other than adding a destination to nav. Climate is set to auto. All other configurations automatically switch between my preferences and my wife’s based upon who is in the driver’s seat. I was a skeptic, but now I’m a believer.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
You like the touchscreen now that you don't have to use it? So in your case it wouldn't matter whether there is a touchscreen or not, because you admit to not using it. There's no reason a car can't have physical buttons and voice control
- dzhiurgis 7y ago
  > There's no reason a car can't have physical buttons and voice control Cost and complexity - dials are way harder to do than a touchscreen.
  - AstralStorm 7y ago
    They're actually much easier, but the design has to be careful to make them useful. The touchscreen requires a (small, embedded) PC. The dials can even be done analog or with the cheapest of microcontrollers. The touchscreen trend is due to misguided minimalism which puts all the functionality in one piece of hardware.
- jmpman 7y ago
  I was skeptical that I’d like the car. Overall, it’s well thought out. There is one physical button I still want and that’s for the windshield wipers. The car wash triggers them (maybe a GPS fence around car washes to disable?? One which is only enabled when the local weather says it isn’t currently raining) and the non-touch free car washes will damage them if they’re operating. So, I keep the wipers on manual. The joy of a Tesla is that my idea for “car wash geo fence to disable wipers when not raining” - could be in the next software version.
  - bradfitz 7y ago
    Or: if in neutral, then don't ever turn on the wipers. Better than hoping you geocoded every car wash on the planet.
    - jmpman 7y ago
      That would work too. I do suspect the built in map has the location of car washes. Could be crowdsourced by looking for common locations where people put their cars into neutral.

by jmpman 7y ago

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago

You like the touchscreen now that you don't have to use it? So in your case it wouldn't matter whether there is a touchscreen or not, because you admit to not using it. There's no reason a car can't have physical buttons and voice control

dzhiurgis 7y ago
> There's no reason a car can't have physical buttons and voice control Cost and complexity - dials are way harder to do than a touchscreen.
- AstralStorm 7y ago
  They're actually much easier, but the design has to be careful to make them useful. The touchscreen requires a (small, embedded) PC. The dials can even be done analog or with the cheapest of microcontrollers. The touchscreen trend is due to misguided minimalism which puts all the functionality in one piece of hardware.
jmpman 7y ago
I was skeptical that I’d like the car. Overall, it’s well thought out. There is one physical button I still want and that’s for the windshield wipers. The car wash triggers them (maybe a GPS fence around car washes to disable?? One which is only enabled when the local weather says it isn’t currently raining) and the non-touch free car washes will damage them if they’re operating. So, I keep the wipers on manual. The joy of a Tesla is that my idea for “car wash geo fence to disable wipers when not raining” - could be in the next software version.
- bradfitz 7y ago
  Or: if in neutral, then don't ever turn on the wipers. Better than hoping you geocoded every car wash on the planet.
  - jmpman 7y ago
    That would work too. I do suspect the built in map has the location of car washes. Could be crowdsourced by looking for common locations where people put their cars into neutral.