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From the article: "five most important functions – the volume, the heating on each side of the car, the fans and the hazard light". Interesting choices. None o

From the article: "five most important functions – the volume, the heating on each side of the car, the fans and the hazard light". Interesting choices. None of those are driving controls. Presumably lights and wipers are on stalks. What about cruise control and related functions?

csa 2y ago
On Model Y: > the volume, the heating on each side of the car, the fans and the hazard light". Volume - scroll wheel Heating - voice or screen, screen can be top screen for most functions (it’s editable for most-used functions) Fans - same as heating, adjusting direction is top screen Hazards - physical button near rear view mirror > Presumably lights and wipers are on stalks. Lights - stalk Wipers - stalk and scroll wheel > What about cruise control and related functions? Autopilot (adaptive cruise control with lane assist) - right stalk and scroll wheel Note: Article isn’t opening for me (hug of death), so I can’t refer to it.
Liftyee 2y ago
They mentioned returning to physical buttons on the steering wheel as well. Past VW models (eg. Golf Mk7) have the cruise control button on the steering wheel. I read "five most important functions" as relative to those you would usually find on a centre console, not for overall driving.
Symbiote 2y ago
Hazard lights absolutely are driving controls in some countries. I'd argue all countries. If you must stop suddenly on a motorway, the hazard lights give additional warning to following vehicles. Switch them on as soon as possible. This is especially important in low visibility or at night. Fans are also essential. You obviously don't live in a climate where the windscreen can fog up unexpectedly.
- csa 2y ago
  As I mentioned, hazards are a physical button. I don’t know what the issue is. For the fans, usually they turn on automatically, but sometimes I have to turn them on by voice control. As I have said before, these are all things that are trivially easy to handle without removing one’s hands from the wheel or eyes from the road. Some folks are just hellbent on tilting at this windmill for some reason.

csa 2y ago

On Model Y: > the volume, the heating on each side of the car, the fans and the hazard light". Volume - scroll wheel Heating - voice or screen, screen can be top screen for most functions (it’s editable for most-used functions) Fans - same as heating, adjusting direction is top screen Hazards - physical button near rear view mirror > Presumably lights and wipers are on stalks. Lights - stalk Wipers - stalk and scroll wheel > What about cruise control and related functions? Autopilot (adaptive cruise control with lane assist) - right stalk and scroll wheel Note: Article isn’t opening for me (hug of death), so I can’t refer to it.

Liftyee 2y ago

They mentioned returning to physical buttons on the steering wheel as well. Past VW models (eg. Golf Mk7) have the cruise control button on the steering wheel. I read "five most important functions" as relative to those you would usually find on a centre console, not for overall driving.

Symbiote 2y ago

Hazard lights absolutely are driving controls in some countries. I'd argue all countries. If you must stop suddenly on a motorway, the hazard lights give additional warning to following vehicles. Switch them on as soon as possible. This is especially important in low visibility or at night. Fans are also essential. You obviously don't live in a climate where the windscreen can fog up unexpectedly.

csa 2y ago
As I mentioned, hazards are a physical button. I don’t know what the issue is. For the fans, usually they turn on automatically, but sometimes I have to turn them on by voice control. As I have said before, these are all things that are trivially easy to handle without removing one’s hands from the wheel or eyes from the road. Some folks are just hellbent on tilting at this windmill for some reason.