Take a car with an internal combustion engine and replace everything that is needed for an electric car. Now you have a no-nonsense car.

Instead, we have a rolling data center that feels like a smartphone.

  • radix@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Buttons and dials are coming back, at least.

    Not sure where I read it, but the story goes that loads of manufacturers used touch screen controls “because Tesla” but Tesla didn’t do it because it was cool and fancy, they did it because it’s cheaper. Spinning up entire supply lines to get plastic buttons and switches just wasn’t feasible for them in the startup days.

    It’s literally the opposite of premium.

    • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      Not everywhere. BMW stupidly are nixing more controls in favor of touch bullshit.

      And that stupid tablet in the middle design seems to only ever quicken its pace.