• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Because it obscures the speedometer which could be dangerous and shows why we shouldn’t have screens for everything. They’ve still got regular gauges on airplanes for backup. I don’t see the need to change away from analog gauges.

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      4 months ago

      It doesn’t help that they also just have the one screen.

      They could easily have had a secondary display behind the steering wheel that shows only the important info… but no… they followed Tesla’s model to cut costs with one screen that does most everything.

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        4 months ago

        This was the worst. I was happy to see a compact EV SUV I can actually afford, and I’m all for big screens; but to remove the instrument cluster/gauge and put THAT on the infotainment screen as well is so dumb.

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          4 months ago

          The least they could’ve done was include a heads-up projection display as an option.

          I’ll bet it’ll be there in future models.

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      4 months ago

      Really wish there was more regulation on this. Everything core instruments should not require software to function.

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      4 months ago

      Are analog gauges more expensive or they just cannot show ads while the driver is idling?