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I agree they were cutting corners, but comparing it to a laptop isn't that useful because as far as I understand it the main issue with screens in cars is the h

I agree they were cutting corners, but comparing it to a laptop isn't that useful because as far as I understand it the main issue with screens in cars is the high temperatures they can be regularly exposed to.

philjohn 6y ago
It's a fair comparison when you take into account what they are designed for - a laptop isn't designed to be used in a place where it can get to the temperature that can kill. A screen in a car needs to be designed to take into account the environment, and it looks like in this case it wasn't.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
  That isn't the issue, the issue is the limited life cycles of flash memory, 3000 to 5000 cycles. The article says that in paragraph four: The government agency identified the source of the problem as the touchscreen's NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor and its integrated 8GB eMMC flash memory chip. When the chip reaches "lifetime wear," it can no longer maintain file-system integrity, causing failure of touchscreen functions, according to the NHTSA