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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 months agoLol of course not, but it’s assembled somewhere which is why it has a cost more than the simple cost of the button itself. It’s a bespoke piece of hardware specifically designed for the vehicle instead of a commodity LCD screen which can be mass produced for multiple vehicles.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
It is not as if buttons required in cars differ wildly between models, they could easily mass produce those too if they wanted to and if cost is such a major concern maybe getting rid of the stupid design team that makes them look different for every model would save a lot more money.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That would definitely help save on costs on a lot of fronts but I’m sure you’d get people complaining about the cars lacking their own style/differentiation and everything being the same if they did that. It’d think it would still be cheaper for a screen though.
But doing that is how you save money yes. Same dashes between cars, seats, heat pumps etc. as many same parts as you can between as many models as you can with as few custom parts as you can, while still making a car people want to buy that differentiates itself enough.