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Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by Hamuko »

bronco21016 wrote: post #20
jermaustin1 wrote: post #15

I can't tell if it is just me, but a digital analogue clock is weird. I'm all for analogue time keeping with hands circling a face, but when it is put on a flat screen, it feels cheap. There aren't enough buttons, there is too much to read, and all of this while I'm driving. I remember my friends dad had a Corvette or something in the mid-late 90s, and it had this red projected HUD on the windshield. All of your info…

GM has kept the HUD thing going for a few decades now. They offer it on a good number of vehicles in their GMC lineup. I have it on my vehicle now and it's absolutely amazing. I find I rarely look inside the vehicle at the 14" infotainment screen. It shows speed, cruise control status and alerts, navigation, and a popup of song title if I manually change songs with the steering controls. I find I'm lost and heavily d…

I have a HUD in my BMW and it's utterly useless unless it's night time since it doesn't work with polarized sunglasses.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by Hamuko »

trpv wrote: post #55
cmckn wrote: post #47

Needing to “dock” the key in the center console to start the car is clunky. We’ve had the proximity key thing figured out for like 15 years. It also seems impossible to have the car key on a ring with anything else?

It’s not bad UX, it’s part of the experience of driving the car. Something that a Ferrari buyer probably cares more about than a Tesla buyer. I personally miss the physical keys on older cars that you had to insert and turn to start the car because you’re directly controlling the starter/engine. It feels like you’re driving a car and not using an appliance. There are people who prefer manual transmissions for similar…

My current car has keyless entry and start, and I don't really miss having to insert the key and turn the ignition. And I especially don't miss those ignition switches that were mounted on the side of the steering wheel where it was impossible to see the keyhole. At least the start button on my dash is in an easily visible spot.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by TYPE_FASTER »

jermaustin1 wrote: post #15

I can't tell if it is just me, but a digital analogue clock is weird. I'm all for analogue time keeping with hands circling a face, but when it is put on a flat screen, it feels cheap. There aren't enough buttons, there is too much to read, and all of this while I'm driving. I remember my friends dad had a Corvette or something in the mid-late 90s, and it had this red projected HUD on the windshield. All of your info…

Our Mazda came with a HUD. It works well. Pretty great to have info like speed limit, next nav instruction, BLIS info right in your line of sight without being intrusive IMO.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by drcongo »

jermaustin1 wrote: post #15

I can't tell if it is just me, but a digital analogue clock is weird. I'm all for analogue time keeping with hands circling a face, but when it is put on a flat screen, it feels cheap. There aren't enough buttons, there is too much to read, and all of this while I'm driving. I remember my friends dad had a Corvette or something in the mid-late 90s, and it had this red projected HUD on the windshield. All of your info…

America loves an analogue clock in a car.

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Post by jerlam »

wlesieutre wrote: post #50
pcurve wrote: post #13

I welcome to physical buttons. But multiple rectilineal shapes dominate without harmony. Almost feels like a semi truck interior.

If those corner radiuses got any bigger they'd turn into circles

There's a Mini Cooper with a circular touch screen:

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/mini-circular-in...

It looks terrible especially running Carplay (which is designed for rectangular screens).

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Post by dundundundun »

This is stupid.

I'm lucky enough to have driven quite a few modern Ferraris (488, 812, FF, California) and what they have in common is that their interiors are not very pretty or advanced, but everything is where you'd expect and gives the info you need (that is, apart from the horrible non-deterministic placement of the indicator switches on the steering wheel).

This is not a Ferrari interior. It's an interior for rich people who will buy a Ferrari EV and think they have a Ferrari. Like the Purosangue before it, it cosplays as a Ferrari while diluting the brand.

I recently went straight from a California to a Miata ND, and the Miata is just so much more fun in every conceivable way. Cheaper interior for sure, but it can actually be used in fun ways on normal roads and you cannot hide weight with electronics.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by [deleted] »

trpv wrote: post #55
cmckn wrote: post #47

Needing to “dock” the key in the center console to start the car is clunky. We’ve had the proximity key thing figured out for like 15 years. It also seems impossible to have the car key on a ring with anything else?

It’s not bad UX, it’s part of the experience of driving the car. Something that a Ferrari buyer probably cares more about than a Tesla buyer. I personally miss the physical keys on older cars that you had to insert and turn to start the car because you’re directly controlling the starter/engine. It feels like you’re driving a car and not using an appliance. There are people who prefer manual transmissions for similar…

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Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by jemmyw »

> What you’re looking at here is arguably the most consequential car interior, well, ever

It looks like the interior of many cars now except for having stick like manual toggles like a retro control panel. It's not consequential at all, unless they mean "following as a result of".

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