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Door handle hadn't confused me once I figured it out on my Tesla. Also, I wouldn't judged a car's or a truck's safety without a crash test report. I like the b
by kiba 3y ago
Door handle hadn't confused me once I figured it out on my Tesla.
Also, I wouldn't judged a car's or a truck's safety without a crash test report. I like the big touchscreen, but I must admit that I also like buttons. That said, I prefer using buttons on the steering wheel if possible. The yoke design is probably not a problem if you don't ever need to rotate it like 180 degree or something.
I think the simplicity and minimalism stems from Elon Musk's drive to reduce the amount of parts and weight in a car. I agree that some functionality is lost, and maybe a little bit of safety as well, since it's hard to do certain tasks without physical buttons.
- zemvpferreira 3y agoNever did I think I'd hear someone describe a 7000lb luxury vehicle as simple, minimalist and an exercise in weight reduction. Are you an oil tanker captain perhaps?
- kiba 3y agoThere's no need to be rude calling someone an oil tanker captain. I am talking from a manufacturing standpoint as well, not just making sure that the truck doesn't weigh too much. To be fair, EV just weigh a lot, but you can do a lot worse. The cybertruck is a luxury vehicle, but it also weigh less than the Ford Lightning F-150.
- zemvpferreira 3y agoSorry friend, didn't mean it as an insult, just a jest.
- mattacular 3y agoThe problem with the yoke is you DO need to rotate it by 180 degree, frequently. It's any situation you would need to turn a normal steering wheel by that much. When this design is used in eg. Formula 1 cars, they have an extremely tight lock to lock so you would never need to turn it upside down. They tune it to the exact specifications of the turns of whatever course they're running. Tesla by contrast said "yoke look cool !!!" and shoved it onto the same stalk as a normal wheel without bothering to do any of that other tuning and engineering to make the design work, much less work safely. It's a theme that echoes throughout many if not all of their "innovations"