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Not all, but definitely some of it rings to a Tesla :-I Autopilot - A thing that is advertised to "fully drive itself", but keep your hands on the wheel and pr
by reacharavindh 5y ago
Not all, but definitely some of it rings to a Tesla :-I
Autopilot - A thing that is advertised to "fully drive itself", but keep your hands on the wheel and pretend you are driving and take over a fraction of a second before you crash....
Buttons? - oh we replaced it all with this one Giant screen - take a look at this glorious screen instead of focusing on the road. Tactile buttons? oh they are so old - we are the disruptors. Even better, lets just change the round steering wheel to a yoke - why? because we want to disrupt!!
Your car is predictable and you know what it is doing? Let us give you over the air updates to the critical parts of the car. You better hope that we didn't change any behaviour, or that you didn't miss that change in your terms and conditions...
I am big fan of all the engineering successes that Tesla brought to the table. But, they also made some non sensible choices along the way, that I'd rather not risk it....
- eth0up 5y agoI appreciate the criticism of the tesla, albeit a bit gentle. The Bollinger might interest you: https://bollingermotors.com/ https://bollingermotors.com/
- marssaxman 5y agoI love Bollinger's design ethos, and I wish I could fantasize about someday owning one - but that $125K price tag! I'll never want to own any vehicle that badly.
- eth0up 5y agoI couldn't possibly find fault in that, but find it extremely mysterious and frustrating that the desire for a quality, analog, no nonsense single-purpose system, ie vehicle, isn't adequate to drive the market toward more affordable versions of the Bollinger. I read a while back that Honda intends to eliminate touchscreens and return to tactile controls for future models, which indicates at least some interest in reasonable vehicles. I hope it's enough to retain at least one option in the future for something not designed for children.
- runnerup 5y agoI love the passthrough and ground clearance. But the windows are manual crank only? That's just cheap/lazy. A $125k car but I can't lower the rear windows or maybe the passenger window from the driver's seat?