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China is bringing buttons back to cars, ending trend led by Tesla (electrek.co)

submitted 4 weeks 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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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 82 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (16 children)

I went into this thinking it was a little bit silly since nobody would design a car without most of those but:

If you have a Model Y from 2025 or later, press the brake pedal to pull up the drive mode strip on the touchscreen. Tap the drive mode strip to shift into Park. You can also press Park on the overhead console.

You have to shift gears with a touchscreen?? WHAT??!? I knew they were shit cars but what the actual fuck are they thinking?

[–] 79WistfulVista@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Musk's goal is to eliminate all human input - including the steering wheel. He has said “Almost all input is error. Car should do the right thing automatically.” Removing physical controls is the first step.

This is probably a mistake. But Musk is unlikely to ever admit this.

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