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I think stuff like emergency breaking is going to be mandatory (or already is) on new cars in EU. But there's stuff like : https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/
by moonchrome 4y ago
I think stuff like emergency breaking is going to be mandatory (or already is) on new cars in EU.
But there's stuff like : https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html which basically has a phone holder where the dash would usually be. Maybe other budget manufacturers will bring out something like this.
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- rbanffy 4y agoI would prefer to have the phone taking over the navigation/entertainment system the way Android Auto and Apple's CarPlay do. In this car, unfortunately, the entertainment system screen is tiny and most likely unsuitable for this. If you build a car with a non-standard slot for an entertainment system, the least you can do is to make it smarter.
- causality0 4y agoYes, I don't know what kind of masochist prefers to navigate using an infotainment screen aimed at their back seat instead of a phone pointed directly at the driver.
- rbanffy 4y agoMuch bigger screen and single UI for all navigation and entertainment.
- mulmen 4y agoMy 2010 BMW has a cell phone holder in the center armrest. It was designed for the phones of the time. So when the iPhone 5 came out it became impossible to use because BMW never anticipated a phone being that large. The built-in infotainment system is still lightyears beyond anything on a cell phone. On a road trip if the car gets to 1/8 of a tank of gas it will offer to set a destination to the nearest gas station. This requires one button press to accept. If there’s a navigation destination it will insert a stop to get gas.