• rbn@feddit.ch
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Unpopular opinion: I hate Elon Musk and basically never thought I’d consider buying a tesla. But to be fair, I did quite some research and a couple of test drives with various cars and overall the model 3 is the best deal for my requirements. Especicially, it seems to be the most energy efficient car in that size and cost range. You can drive a model 3 with around 15 kWh / 100 km even in winter on the highway where competitors range around 18-22.

    Regarding the two buttons for the turn signals: yes I’d probably prefer the old-fashioned approach with a lever but the two buttons are definitely not as bad as claimed in all the articles. I got used to it pretty quickly during the test drive and also in roundabouts it is practicable even thought not the most ideal approach.

  • zingo@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Does anyone remember K.I.T.T from Knight Rider in the 80’s?

    Same steering wheel! Haha

  • kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Tesla’s reasoning for going away with a method universally used for signaling turn for decades is that it enables them to remove a physical part, the stalk, and it believes activating a turn signal will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving.

    Spit my drink up a bit when I read that.

    • Artyom@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      Meanwhile Teslas are quickly building a reputation of being impossible to repair, so replacing an industry standard component that never breaks for a digital system is a great way to keep the title.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    For those that don’t want to read the article:

    Tesla is going with buttons on the steering wheel instead of a stick to the left of the wheel

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      Tesla is going with buttons on the steering wheel instead of a stick to the left of the wheel

      Its even worse than that. The buttons are smooth surface (like a touch screen) with haptic feedback. These are truly a horrible idea:

      If I had one of these Tesla cars I’d look into retrofitting the stalks back in.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      In Norway, you have to indicate your exit in a roundabout by activating your turn signal, and he found it difficult while turning the steering wheel, which you have to do in a roundabout. A driving student would fail their test if they don’t activate their turn signal in a roundabout in Norway.

      He said:

      I tested the Model 3, and noticed that I lost both focus and direction in roundabouts. It’s not directly life-threatening, but you run the risk of both driving on curbs and other cars if there are two lanes.

      After posting his findings in a group for driving schools, he was met with agreement by many other instructors who said that they experienced the same issue and the risk is much higher with students.

      • snooggums@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        It’s like car features that have been around for 70+ years are the way they are for a reason.

        • limelight79@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          Reminds me of the guy that built that sub that got crushed. There are standards in place for good reasons and ignoring them is a bad idea.

          • snooggums@kbin.social
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            10 months ago

            Yup, and just like the sub Tesla did multiple things that were substandard because they worked in controlled environments and even worked ok the real world for a short time before failing.

      • barsoap@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        People who actually know how to signal in a roundabout are a rare breed. Dunno how it’s in other countries but the German rules actually make sense: Don’t signal when entering. There’s exactly one way to go, so why would you. Don’t signal when driving around the roundabout as that’s straight ahead (even if it’s a circle). Do signal before the exit you want to take, this is for the benefit of people waiting to enter (or maybe those behind but only on 2-lane roundabouts). As a corollary: If you signal while you enter you’re pining straight for the first exit… but honestly avoid it too many people signal wrong so it’s better to not play fast+loose.

        • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          in the Netherlands people often do signal left while on the roundabout but that feels mostly because of cyclists who also do so.

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          That’s not the way I learned in France, where they make you signal left before entering and use the inner lane, only if you’re going further than halfway through the roundabout.

          You signal right before entering only if you’re taking the first exit.

          In any case you signal right after driving past the last exit before your own.

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      Wtf, seriously? I’ve tried using media buttons on the steering wheel during a turn. It’s not reliable in the slightest, because it’s a moving target.

      Does the non circular steering non-wheel never go past 90 degrees or something?

        • Sendbeer@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          Covered in the article. In Norway you are required to signal when exiting a roundabout. It’s a fair concern.

            • Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              0
              ·
              10 months ago

              That’s not the issue, imagining driving through a roundabout that curves left and having to find a button somewhere on the steering wheel, which is at an angle, in order to indicate right before turning tight in order to exit the roundabout.

              A stalk will always be in the same position. The same cannot be said for buttons.

        • Wrench@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          In addition to roundabouts, there are plenty of freeway exists that loop around where you can be at an extreme turn and need to initiate a lane change. Or making a right turn into a gas station after a left turn at an intersection… lots of use cases.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        I once accidentally dialed 911 from my steering wheel phone buttons while pulling a turn. Surprised the shit out of me and the dispatcher didn’t sound like this was the first call of the type. This is a fucking terrible idea.

  • joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    they are the most advanced company in cost-cutting. They will put everything in 10 sub menus on the screen instead of costly buttons. And the people are confused, they see big screen they think cool. But having metal physical buttons and crowns with haptic feedback is just on another level 🤤. Especially those crowns where theres a silent click that you feel with every turn. Feels so fricking good damn.

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      The center screen is basically a fully functional tablet (video streaming and all), in addition being the the only console in the car. Tesla has tried to differentiate themselves with this. I personally do see some appeal, particularly as most cars have absurdly under-powered infotainment systems that simply shouldn’t exist. If one is going to include one, the menus should at least scroll smoothly and screens load quickly.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Replacing physical controls with touch buttons continues to be an incredibly dumb idea. Luckily several other manufactures who hopped on the trend are realizing it was a bad choice.

      • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        They also don’t ship with the yoke by default anymore, the default is a regular round one and have been for a while.

      • TheFriar@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        Yeah round wheels are not a fuckin style choice. It’s so you can grab it anywhere in any situation. This steering wheel looks fuckin deadly

        • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          It’s a yoke because top tier race cars use yokes and Elon thinks his teslas are that for some reason. Completely disregarding all the setup and engineering race cars have that make a yoke the more viable option than a wheel…

        • j4k3@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          They are the worst drivers by infractions. Dead wheel is a culling tool.

  • arc@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    The new Tesla Model 3 should be banned from the whole of Europe until they put the indicator stalk back. It is virtually impossible to safely and legally traverse a roundabout without it.

    • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      When I drive roundabouts I keep my hands on the wheel in the same spots so in relation to my thumb, the turn signals are in the same spot?

      I think if the wheel wasn’t a yoke shape, it’d be different because I might just put one hand on top, but in this case it works OK.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      How do people indicate without it? Is the car supposed to automatically turn it on once it senses you leaving the lane?

      • jasondj@ttrpg.network
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        What the fuck is the point of an indicator after you’d already started the action. That light ain’t indicating any more about the driver than the fact that they bought a Tesla, and you can’t judge the driver too much for that without knowing what year it is.

      • arc@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        It has little buttons on the wheel for left or right instead of a stalk. Problem is when you’re going through a roundabout you’re twirling the wheel around so it is almost impossible to to know where the wheel is at any given point in time. A stalk stays put, the buttons are anywhere depending on where the wheel is at. I think this video demonstrates it most clearly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBFxbKTEWu8

  • GNU Dude@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Tesla’s reasoning for going away with a method universally used for signaling turn for decades is that it enables them to remove a physical part, the stalk, and it believes activating a turn signal will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving.

    Why the hell do billionaires keep laughing in our faces? I swear every time one of them or their companies opens their mouth, it’s like they’re making fun of us, the poor people.

    “We care about your privacy” — (they don’t) “a turn signal will soon be unnecessary” etc.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      And worse is that people have been complaining about the lack of buttons and knobs for some time already.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      it believes activating a turn signal will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving.

      Okay, but self driving hasn’t happened yet and still faces significant problems. Removing a turn signal for this is like smoking constantly because you think cancer will be cured in the future.

      Plus it breaks one of the unspoken rules of new designs. You never take away functionality, you only add it.

    • deafboy@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      a turn signal will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving

      That’s like not including a stick for the manual transmission, because the automatic one is just around the corner.

      I wish I possessed this kind of optimism in my daily life :D

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      Because they are rich. Also Norway has quite large government subsidies for EVs. IIRC they are exempt from the 25% VAT for example.
      EVs aren’t exactly cheap, but petrol cars are even more expensive.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    While in the EU Teslas were already “banned”, if you want a proper cat B license, and not just a cat B(78). If you take the test in a car with automatic transmission you get a code 78 license, with which you can legally only drive automatic transmission vehicles.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      Is the EU mostly manual transmissions?

      In the US, seeing a manual transmission these days is somewhat rare. I used to work at a car dealership’s service department as a valet, and most of us younger guys who’d never driven a manual before had to get someone else to drive it whenever one showed up. (That happened maybe once a month or less.)

      • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        I was even told that my insurance would be lower because manuals were harder to steal because so few people can drive’m.

      • samokosik@lemmynsfw.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        At least in my country and in the middle of the EU, manuals are still more popular than automatic ones. Usually because no one really wants an electric cars (due to lack of infrastructure and high price), people just get the basic petrol cars with manual transmissions.

      • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        Manuel transmission used to be the norm. The last couple of times I rented a car/got a loaner at the mechanic, I was asked if an automatic would be OK. I have met people who avoid automatics altogether. Probably because they’re unsure of how to drive them. TBF the first time I test drove an automatic, the first stop I made, I was glad to be wearing my seat belt, as I was used to use left foot, push that pedal hard and then brake… My wife and I were almost climbing down from the dashboard after that.

        When I said earlier that manuels used to be the norm, that’s because of the emergence of EVs and PHEVs. Our EV was our first car with no clutch.

        Sooo after writing that boring drivel above, I decided to look it up on the most used second hand car platform. Turns out the about half the cars registered as pure ICEs are automatics. But then sampling the search results it’s evident that a lot of the cars on the first page, have been registered wrong, and are in fact hybrids. So I don’t have a solid figure. I’ve loitered the sales floor of my mechanic for 30mins, while my car is in for diagnosics. Looks like about 3 out of last 20 or so ICEs I’ve looked at are automatics.

      • corship@feddit.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        Nah, automatic are common.

        The reasoning is, if you know how to drive manual you also know how to drive automatic, but not vice versa.

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    I didn’t realize Tesla’s even came with turn signals. They must be hard to find because they never get used.

    • chingadera@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      I swear to god Tesla drivers are going for the worst drivers award.

      Just let your fucking car drive itself if you cannot.

  • Elderos@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Style over substance, and a ugly style at that. Of course lots of people are gonna love it and say it is the best thing ever.

    • EatATaco@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      lots of people are gonna love it and say it is the best thing ever.

      Kind of funny reading this in a thread filled with a bunch of tripping over each other trying to show how they hate Tesla the most.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        The Fediverse does not represent the real world. There is big anti-corporate and anti-Elon bias here. Most people just don’t give a shit.

        • EatATaco@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          edit-2
          10 months ago

          I understand that. It’s the irony of seeing someone partaking in a circle jerker shitting on other people for circle jerking.

  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    10 months ago

    Tesla fucking up traditional driving controls only make sense if their self-driving system is working so the driver has no need to touch the steering wheel except in rare case. How good is Tesla’s full self driving these days?

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      10 months ago

      It regularly kills people. It can’t be used on a lot of road types (but people still do because Tesla makes no effort to prevent it). It’s still marketed as Full Self Driving despite the fact that Tesla has stated on the record that it is, and I quote, “Not capable of driving itself.”

      They’re trying to have their cake and eat it too. Any time it benefits them, they claim that their cars are completely autonomous vehicles powered by the most advanced AI. Any time they get their wrists slapped, they claim that it’s an assistive feature like cruise control that cannot and will not ever replace the human behind the wheel.

      • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        No, I’m actually interested to know. Are most Tesla owners activate self driving during their daily commute? Tesla doesn’t sell their vehicle here so the only times I actually see a Tesla are in car shows.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          10 months ago

          We’ve had news stories - and a friend’s coworker too - of people sleeping on the highway portion of their commute. The friend’s coworker did it daily for months, setting an alarm when it was probably going to be ‘street’ driving time so he’d wake up and be ready.

          • Critical_Insight@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            10 months ago

            The friend’s coworker did it daily for months

            That’s both extremely stupid and irresponsible but also quite impressive on Tesla’s part.

      • Aasikki@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        They say it’s beta but beta would imply that it’s at least somewhat close to ready, which it clearly isn’t even after being in “beta” for a long ass time.