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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Not sure how related this is but in my field, designing industrial control systems, each seperate physical button is about $100 added to the cost over a touchscreen. We call touchscreens HMIs just to be special and sound smart. I imagine the numbers are very similar for cars but I don't have data to back that up.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Airbags are several hundred dollars added to the cost.

Physical buttons are a safety feature.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (13 children)

The first time I tried using android auto in a rental car I hated it. The damn thing would disconnect constantly and there was no safe way to restart or reconnect it while driving, I had to pull over somewhere. The car's screen controlled things like the radio and AC so I had to constantly take my eyes off of the road to adjust anything.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

Well duh. Even when they were introduced, touchscreens in cars got a lot of pushback. I’d much rather flip a switch or turn a knob for things I do daily, rather than futz three levels deep in a car maker’s software. They put things in there that really should be simple pushbuttons.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

Good! I hate how modern cars have so few buttons.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

Fucking finally. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

I mean, no fucking shit.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think the title is a bit misleading. AFAIK, Euro NCAP have no authority to tell car makers anything, but they do indirectly affect how cars are developed because getting high Euro NCAP safety scores are important.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This seems like common sense to me.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (15 children)

"Back"?

There are people who'd entrust their life to a touchscreen?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, would like to see single-function, physical switches for everything that isn't specifically infotainment. I want turn signals to be a single switch, and I don't want any other features integrated into that switch, and I want each individual module to be easily replaced.

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