OT: Electric Vehicles--anyone driving them or seriously looked at them?

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Originally Posted by zap

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Alas, it is not just Tesla. MB and BMW among others have followed. I have yet to see a YouTube reviewer of automobiles who like this trend.

We test drove some current Mercedes and have to say.....as an exclusive Mercedes household.....we are looking at other manufacturers....manufacturers that continue to use buttons for oft used functions.

The Tesla has decent functionality in the scroll wheels in the steering wheel. At least it has a steering wheel! I also have physical turn signals and wiper functions, but to change the wipers? Gotta hit a touchscreen icon.

It has really gotten out of control. I'm also not in love with the centered huge screen. The Model S has a normally placed "dashboard" though my Y does not.

It's inexcusable in 2023 for these cars not to have a heads-up display. My 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix had a super usable heads-up display that showed a bunch of useful data as if projected 30 feet in front of the car. No need to divert attention from the road to see speed or what radio station or whatever has happening.

The voice commands are decent but I don't use them enough.

But the point is that too much is happening that distracts the driver from the task at hand.

Yeah, I have also seen the complaints about Mercedes-Benz products. It's like a race to see who can make the craziest concept car into reality that's pretty but actually has vastly diminished human ergonomics.