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The main thing I really dislike is the lack of buttons and dials. It looks to be just a single touchscreen in the center for everything.

yreg 3y ago
There are some buttons. Perhaps not as many as you would like but it's not a single touchscreen.
dgrin91 3y ago
This seems to line up with the rest of Tesla stuff - there are a few physical interaction points on the steering wheel (which work surprisingly well) and the rest is 100% glass screen. Its enough for the driver to do their normal tasks, but anything extra (e.g. changing AC) requires touching the central screen.
- yreg 3y ago
  > the rest is 100% glass screen There ARE other buttons as well. There are physical buttons for hazard lights and gear shifting.
  - LeafItAlone 3y ago
    > gear shifting Removed in Model S Plaid and rumored to be removed in the cheaper models in future iterations.
    - yreg 3y ago
      No, it's not removed, no matter how many HN users think so. (You are not the first one “correcting” me on this.) https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/models/en_us/GUID-E9B387D7-AFEF-4AAF-8685-4FE71E09287D.html#CONCEPT_ZFM_NGY_N4B https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/models/en_us/GUID-E9B387D...
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- averageRoyalty 3y ago
  Everything you can do on screen whilst driving, you can do via voice control.
SkyPuncher 3y ago
I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I actually liked this when I test drove a Tesla. Voice activation worked amazingly well. Most functions were only 1 or 2 clicks deep in the menu. It was surprisingly easy to find what I needed.
- EForEndeavour 3y ago
  > Voice activation worked amazingly well Speaking is so slow compared to finding a button by feeling or through muscle memory. Maybe I just have to try it, but I predict that having to talk to my car to get it to do things would make me feel pretty dumb. > Most functions were only 1 or 2 clicks deep in the menu What functions were those? Media controls and such I can accept, but that's 1 or 2 clicks too deep for anything related to driving.
JohnFen 3y ago
Even if I loved everything else about Tesla vehicles, the extreme dependency on a touchscreen is a dealbreaker.

yreg 3y ago

There are some buttons. Perhaps not as many as you would like but it's not a single touchscreen.

dgrin91 3y ago

This seems to line up with the rest of Tesla stuff - there are a few physical interaction points on the steering wheel (which work surprisingly well) and the rest is 100% glass screen. Its enough for the driver to do their normal tasks, but anything extra (e.g. changing AC) requires touching the central screen.

yreg 3y ago
> the rest is 100% glass screen There ARE other buttons as well. There are physical buttons for hazard lights and gear shifting.
- LeafItAlone 3y ago
  > gear shifting Removed in Model S Plaid and rumored to be removed in the cheaper models in future iterations.
  - yreg 3y ago
    No, it's not removed, no matter how many HN users think so. (You are not the first one “correcting” me on this.) https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/models/en_us/GUID-E9B387D7-AFEF-4AAF-8685-4FE71E09287D.html#CONCEPT_ZFM_NGY_N4B https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/models/en_us/GUID-E9B387D...
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averageRoyalty 3y ago
Everything you can do on screen whilst driving, you can do via voice control.

SkyPuncher 3y ago

I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I actually liked this when I test drove a Tesla. Voice activation worked amazingly well. Most functions were only 1 or 2 clicks deep in the menu. It was surprisingly easy to find what I needed.

EForEndeavour 3y ago
> Voice activation worked amazingly well Speaking is so slow compared to finding a button by feeling or through muscle memory. Maybe I just have to try it, but I predict that having to talk to my car to get it to do things would make me feel pretty dumb. > Most functions were only 1 or 2 clicks deep in the menu What functions were those? Media controls and such I can accept, but that's 1 or 2 clicks too deep for anything related to driving.

JohnFen 3y ago

Even if I loved everything else about Tesla vehicles, the extreme dependency on a touchscreen is a dealbreaker.