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It is an interesting idea, but there is obviously a lot which can go wrong here. Can you actually build an EV like that, conforming to all regulations, with si
by constantcrying 1y ago
It is an interesting idea, but there is obviously a lot which can go wrong here.
Can you actually build an EV like that, conforming to all regulations, with significant cost reduction?
Do people actually want less screens or do they just say that? Is customization a road to profitability?(VWs ID.1 concept has a similar idea to lower entry price, by making several upgrades user installable, so they can be bought over time.
This is obviously a US only car and the US is very lacking in EV adoption. Will this sell in significant numbers?
Can you actually make it cheaply? Rivian is notoriously unprofitable and making cheap cars is, far, far harder than making expensive cars.
- red-iron-pine 1y agopeople definitely want less screens and have been loud about it for years now. the industry finally listened. https://spectrum.ieee.org/touchscreens https://spectrum.ieee.org/touchscreens https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/features/automakers-rethinking-move-to-touch-screens https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/features/automakers-reth...
- constantcrying 1y agoBoth articles are about touchscreens, doesn't really seem relevant. In either case stated preference and revealed preference are different things.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoWe won’t know until real choices are given. So demanding to know beforehand feels needlessly antagonistic.
- constantcrying 1y ago>So demanding to know beforehand feels needlessly antagonistic. I said it was an open question and the company was betting on peoples stated preferences being identical to their revealed ones. I never "demanded" anything. I just said that the articles you posted were irrelevant to the question, as physical buttons and large displays can exist at the same time.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoYou're very skeptical in your phrasing though. Surely allowing a choice shouldn't engender this much skepticism. Not my articles.
- constantcrying 1y agoWas I? I just said that those were open questions.
- sightbroke 1y agoImportant to note these are touch screens. I am not sure it's safe to associate wanting tactile controls equates to not wanting a clear screen for useful information. Like a backup camera.
- daemonologist 1y agoIt sounds like the gauge cluster will in fact be a screen, and it will probably display the federally mandated backup camera feed. I think this is a good middle ground.
- BobaFloutist 1y agoMuch more importantly, do people want hand-crank windows?!
- jinushaun 1y agoSeriously, people arguing over infotainment. What about the manual crank windows?!
- sightbroke 1y agohttps://www.slate.auto/en https://www.slate.auto/en That is just for the base model. There is an option for an electric window opener. It is also not a finished product yet so wait and see what actually becomes of this. The modularity is nice along with the promise of easy to install upgrades and so forth. Delivering on all those customizable options though may be easier said than done.
- Dylan16807 1y agoWhat are the odds the power window option is priced anywhere near the actual cost of power windows? I'm not optimistic.
- sightbroke 1y agoIf they are interested in making money then no, there is going to be cost+profit. That is just how business works. Though maybe people can open-source hardware a DIY solution that involves some servos, a control circuit, & 3D printing.
- Dylan16807 1y agoI want suggesting a lack of profit when I said "anywhere near". I was suggesting the profit markup might be 1500%
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