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China is bringing buttons back to cars, ending trend led by Tesla (electrek.co)
submitted 1 day ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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The regulation calls out 19 vehicle functions which must have physical controls inside the vehicle, with additional requirements about size and usability of the buttons.

Those functions include:

Turn signals
Hazard lights
Horn
PRND gear shifter
Driver assist function, if present
Windshield wipers
Windshield defroster
Power windows
Emergency call system
Power off switch for EVs
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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty stoked that the AC on the slate is manual. I just hope it's not a POS :)

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

name a US-designed and built vehicle not a POS.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

The Model T was pretty groundbreaking.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

It's been a long incestuous line of automotive crap. This is something new that has chance (albeit small) to be simple and durable.