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> "Capacitive buttons require only the lightest of touches to register a button push." So they put them where they'd be brushed accidentally. On the steering w
by bloopernova 2y ago
> "Capacitive buttons require only the lightest of touches to register a button push."
So they put them where they'd be brushed accidentally. On the steering wheel.
This is so ridiculous. I'd like to see exactly who decided that was a good idea. Was it engineers, or was it design/marketing/management?
- genter 2y agoAccountants, when they saw how much cheaper they are.
- iforgotpassword 2y agoI'm complaining about this on every post here, it's really tiring. Why don't they learn. I hate capacitive controls on pretty much everything. As a German I'm aware we're falling behind on many fronts regarding technology and innovation. So obviously our automotive industry also was late with taking EVs seriously, and instead of trying to be innovative and deliver a solid product it's mostly "let's copy tesla and try to one-up them". So you get crap like this because touch controls are so modern wow.
- throwaway173738 2y agoA lot of vehicles put the push buttons for cruise control in the same spot so I think they just followed that convention without thinking. Also a lot of vehicles have a rocker or switch to activate cruise control or turn it off entirely and I bet they replaced that with a pcap button as well. The original design functions as an interlock where you have to turn cruise on on standby and then set speed separately, but pcap buttons make it so much easier to accidentally activate that it no longer serves its intended purpose.