Don’t Teslas have physical gear shifters?
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phoneymouse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m fine with some touch controls, but volume, temperature, and gear shifter should never be touch only. All 3 are frequent operations in a vehicle and require too much visual focus when you’re trying to drive. It’s unsafe to take your eyes off the road for this. The advantage of touch is that you can adjust them without looking.
ultra@feddit.ro 9 months ago
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ultra@feddit.ro 9 months ago
Oh, TIL the Model S doesn’t. The only Tesla I’ve been in is a Model Y and that one does have a physical one.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Volume us already handled from the steering wheel in all modern cars? Can you even get cars anymore without steering wheel controls?
As for gear shifter, that’s not important, you’re not changing gears while moving anyway unless you’re driving a manual, in which case it’s still a mechanical lever anyways.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah, I dislike the volume controls on steering wheels. Admittedly, those are mostly buttons, but what you really need is a knob. No one wants to press a button 30 times to raise or lower the volume.
And, I’d encourage you to read the last bit of my comment about changing drive modes while doing a 3-point turn around strongest reasons for a physical shifter.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I have steering wheel volume buttons and they are more of a pain then reaching for the know to turn it.
Plopp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ok but hear me out… We could save a couple of bucks putting all pedals in the touch screen as well. All those mechanical parts are costly. And now that I think of it, the steering, my god, the steering! Your wallet will thank us for the extra profit we’ll make from cost cutting.