Are these problems specific to Tesla, or are most Chinese EV manufacturers also caught up in the "make it so futuristic it's annoying and dangerous" attitude?
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#22> Physical charge-port door mechanism.
So is the only one in the list that is actually EV specific? It also has a direct counterpart on an ICE vehicle so even it doesn’t count.
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#23> Turn signal stalk
While we're at it one thing to add: Keep your turn signal at an on-off pattern.
I don't wan't to have to parse your cute turn signal animation. It's a warning light and should be somewhat irritating/eye-catching.
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#24Ok, I'll take the bait. I have a thermostat at home, I set a temperature, it keeps my house at that temperature. I have a thermostat in my car, I set the temperature, it keeps the temperature. Fiddling with with climate controls and vents is not something I've done for 8 years now. Why is everybody always touching these things?
> Why is everybody always touching these things?
Because sometimes it is hot.
I want more cold air blown on me at a higher velocity until I cool off, and then to be a steady state. Even if I had remotely started my car with air conditioning, which although my vehicle has the capability I never do, the seats and steer while and other things I touch will be hotter than the ambient air temperature and make me feel hotter until the car has been moving a while.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Rear view cameras might be better than mirrors in terms of field of view. This doesn't make them objectively better. Disadvantages are well argumented in the article. They are an useful accessory but shouldn't replace real vision.
Real vision is fucked when you can’t actually see what’s behind your car. Cameras will prevent a lot of unnecessary property damage, and more importantly, fully mitigate risk of killing humans/animals that are behind the car and outside the field of view.
Yes, their purpose and usefulness is obvious. As a supplement. Mirrors should be left as they are.
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#26I like retractable door handles. But I think a cutout underneath (maybe spring loaded) might be a good compromise. also, I WANT A PRNDL (drive select stalk). Even though they overloaded it with autopilot, I think the older model 3/y version was great. Removing it was dumb. An super-easy-to-locate hazard light button (required by law) would be nice. Not out-of-the-way. Why can't they just ask the us faa or us military…
> they have a century of experience with critical control design and placement that don't kill people Car manufacturers do too.
∃x car-with-good-control-design(x)
but not ∀ cars or ∀ manufacturers and not ∀ cars of any manufacturer
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#27Please eliminate the glass roof. Why do EV companies keep making this customer hostile decision?
On my 2019 Model 3, a stress fracture showed up overnight and everytime I look up I see a 3000$ fix for a car that is worth 10k max.
I have no idea who wants it. It is hot in the summer, cold in the winter and you can have a sudden bill related to a rock on the street.
Somehow everyone, from Tesla to Ferrari has this insane design decision and for something that only makes sense in a very small part of the world.
Please stop.
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#28I have a ‘25 Subaru Solterra (rebadged Toyota bZ4X) and it checks all these boxes (except it lacks a glovebox, though I believe this is remedied in the ‘26).
It’s a good car in the sense it’s good at car things, even some EV things - but dear Lord is Toyota bad at making software.
The software is consistently unreliable, unstable, and feature incomplete- which they still have the gall to charge for.
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#29> Physical charge-port door mechanism. So is the only one in the list that is actually EV specific? It also has a direct counterpart on an ICE vehicle so even it doesn’t count.
I have an ICE vehicle with keyless entry. Of course, it has a physical key as backup in case the keyless doesn't work or the battery dies.
The physical key triggers an electronic switch. There's no mechanical link. There's no way at all to enter the vehicle if the battery dies. Which is problematic because you can't charge the battery without accessing the hood release inside the electronically locked cabin.
The Nissan engineers must have been smoking something great that day
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#30Please eliminate the glass roof. Why do EV companies keep making this customer hostile decision? On my 2019 Model 3, a stress fracture showed up overnight and everytime I look up I see a 3000$ fix for a car that is worth 10k max. I have no idea who wants it. It is hot in the summer, cold in the winter and you can have a sudden bill related to a rock on the street. Somehow everyone, from Tesla to Ferrari has this insa…
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