Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.

[LynehamHerc]

At least the name is right.

[DodgeRover]

Another electric car with no brakes
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... m-28767304

It's like the Father Ted episode but with a faster milk float

[Warren t claim]

[FatherJack]

The Hip, Trendy, Youth Friendly Touchscreen that seems to plague EV's and some ICE may be under threat

"Euro NCAP wants cars to switch back to switches, stalks and buttons"
https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/ ... -of-safety


NCAP ratings can affect insurance, a lower rating will push up perceived risk and cost to insure.

I like to fiddle with knobs rather than browsing the climate pane, looking for the tab containing a widget that launches the app to adjust the footwell airflow rate and drag out the temperature side bar and select the %decrease function rotary blob......

Oh, I seem to have selected [DEPLOY AIRBAGS] + [CALL 999] By mistake, this UI experience map is very poor

[Hooli]

Common sense from NCAP? Wonders will never cease. So much of the stuff that makes modern cars shit and ugly is their fault.

Maybe they'll realise windows you can see out of are more important than pillars so strong you can pile trucks on roof too. But somehow I doubt they'll ever get that sensible.

[LynehamHerc]

Common sense from NCAP? Wonders will never cease. So much of the stuff that makes modern cars shit and ugly and heavy and thirsty and complicated in real life is their fault.

Maybe they'll realise windows you can see out of are more important than pillars so strong you can pile trucks on roof too. But somehow I doubt they'll ever get that sensible.

[Hooli]

Aye that's part of why they're shit.

[LynehamHerc]

It's like NCAP is run by a group of code monkeys, we can do this therefore we will and sod any practical issues like maintainability and useability. Not everyone wants more computing power than the Apollo missions in their car, "cool" as that might be to some.

I think that there's also a degree of crossover with this:

"Germany set for 14% drop in electric-vehicle sales as carmakers scale back ambitions and demand ‘does not look good’"

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/03/g ... di-vw-bmw/

[Scruffy Bodger]

Maybe they'll realise windows you can see out of are more important than pillars so strong you can pile trucks on roof too. But somehow I doubt they'll ever get that sensible.

Even my 10 plate V50 was terrible for that, the blind spot at the A post could literally lose pedestrians and the B post meant checking over your shoulder for cars/bikes in your blind spot was physically impossible.

Having always driven old shit and even a kit car for years with a ribbon of aluminium around the windscreen the difference was blindingly obvious.

[Scruffy Bodger]

The Hip, Trendy, Youth Friendly Touchscreen that seems to plague EV's and some ICE may be under threat

"Euro NCAP wants cars to switch back to switches, stalks and buttons"
https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/ ... -of-safety


NCAP ratings can affect insurance, a lower rating will push up perceived risk and cost to insure.

I like to fiddle with knobs rather than browsing the climate pane, looking for the tab containing a widget that launches the app to adjust the footwell airflow rate and drag out the temperature side bar and select the %decrease function rotary blob......

Oh, I seem to have selected [DEPLOY AIRBAGS] + [CALL 999] By mistake, this UI experience map is very poor

Sure I've posted this before https://electrek.co/2020/08/04/tesla-wi ... y-crashed/

I was talking to someone the other night who's test driven one of the latest ones with indicators on the steering wheel and he reckoned he adapted to it very quickly, he's in his late 70's iirc? I asked what about navigating in tight city streets with traffic and pedestrians about and he went quiet.