I thought it was interesting the case study was on the S and not the 3, which I agree is better suited to the UI due to the landscape screen.
I completely agree about the excess buttons that are never used. Climate temperature I basically never change.
Climate On/Off I do wish was a little easier, but even better would be a Climate ‘Eco’ switch which persisted across drives, which would avoid resistance heating or A/C as much as possible. Then I could totally ignore all the climate settings altogether.
All in all I am very rarely reaching for the touchscreen during a drive. A massive array of buttons would not make my drive any safer at all. When I do have to switch on defog I do have to glance at it, but the same was true for my last car with buttons because even after 13 years I would never find it in a field of climate control buttons by groping around without looking.
Most of the complaints don’t make sense to me. I don’t think I’ve ever manually activated the rear-view camera? Placing a phone call is actually pretty great with large touch targets for recently dialed numbers, and there’s always voice controls.
And of course missing the forest for the trees. The interior design of the TM3 envisions a future where there isn’t even a steering wheel and the rest of the car design doesn’t change one bit.
It’s the perfect expression of Musk’s overpowering optimism and leaning further into the future than most people even dare to dream.
Overconfidence in the current AutoPilot capability leads to some accidents, and even fatalities. But the UI itself is actually stunning and highly usable. In particular the maps and GPS are leaps and bounds better than I imagined could be possible in a car.
I completely agree about the excess buttons that are never used. Climate temperature I basically never change.
Climate On/Off I do wish was a little easier, but even better would be a Climate ‘Eco’ switch which persisted across drives, which would avoid resistance heating or A/C as much as possible. Then I could totally ignore all the climate settings altogether.
All in all I am very rarely reaching for the touchscreen during a drive. A massive array of buttons would not make my drive any safer at all. When I do have to switch on defog I do have to glance at it, but the same was true for my last car with buttons because even after 13 years I would never find it in a field of climate control buttons by groping around without looking.
Most of the complaints don’t make sense to me. I don’t think I’ve ever manually activated the rear-view camera? Placing a phone call is actually pretty great with large touch targets for recently dialed numbers, and there’s always voice controls.
And of course missing the forest for the trees. The interior design of the TM3 envisions a future where there isn’t even a steering wheel and the rest of the car design doesn’t change one bit.
It’s the perfect expression of Musk’s overpowering optimism and leaning further into the future than most people even dare to dream.
Overconfidence in the current AutoPilot capability leads to some accidents, and even fatalities. But the UI itself is actually stunning and highly usable. In particular the maps and GPS are leaps and bounds better than I imagined could be possible in a car.