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Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons (insideevs.com)
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Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons::Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle's main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

I fully expect that aftermarket buttons for dashboards will become a range of popular products, from things like this all the way up to a full dashboard replacement.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Physical buttons will now be a paid option on vehicles...

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    When they should have been mandated long ago for safety reasons.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    This was my first thought. I've never even been in a Tesla, so I didn't know they didn't have the basic functions on buttons. In terms of safety, having a specific button in a known location that does a specific thing is extremely important.

    How does it work on a Tesla, voice control? That might be good. If you have to scroll through menus on a tablet to turn the A/C up or down, that's a severe safety issue (and likely illegal in many countries to do while the equivalent of the ignition is on).

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "hey Tesla, turn on the defroster"

    ---"ok, indicating right"

    "No! I need defrost!"

    ---"I didn't get that, say again"

    "Turn on the windshield defrost"

    ---"ok, wipers on high"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Lots of cars today have this touchscreen nonsense for controlling everything.

    By 2016, even Honda/Acura started using it on higher end models. Which is funny, because my early 2000's Honda has nice, big, obvious, easy-to-use-without-looking AC controls.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, I was just looking at the modern version of my current car. Seems like it does still have 1 row of buttons. But most stuff seems to be on a teslaesque tablet.

    My current model (from 2014) l has a lot of stuff you can do in the menu system, but anything you need to do while driving has controls on either the stalk or dashboard.

    Oh and the current car has a touch screen radio and THAT is annoying on its own. So many times I want to just press a different station shown on the screen. Oh, you wanted to select that station? Well I thought you swiped and now I'm on a random page of stations you don't want to listen to. Good luck getting back while driving!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    If Tesla doesn't have voice control, they're behind my 2016 Prius, which has it. You have to push a steering wheel button to access it. Of course, no-button Teslas could do an 'Ok Google' or 'Hey Siri' or whatever.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For the Tesla enthusiasts that want their car to feel like a real car.

    I'll just get something else than a Tesla when EV's get common enough.

    I'm also interested in seeing used car prices for EVs. Like how much is a 20 year old Tesla/EV worth, and what range do you get at that time?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It's not a Tesla nor 20 years old, but:

    Before my Leafs battery melted (no active cooling, thanks Nissan) we were being offered 16k or so on the private market when it was 4.5 years old. Had gone from a max range of about 154 to 140ish in that time

    It has a brand new battery now so that changes things, I'll admit. Newer cars will have longer lasting batteries in no small part thanks to cooling the fucking Things lol

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You just made me realize I want a standardized modular interfacing system for dashboards. Like a Framework laptop for cars. That would be so dope

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    That would be so cool! Not proprietary enough to sell the idea to automakers, but if the things on a dashboard could be switched out like the accessories of a desktop computer, we would quickly see what people actually want in their cars.

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