Switches and Knobs?
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I am so enamored of the stitching on the steering wheel. This is such a beautiful palette. Orange is one of my favorite colors and it always looks so striking against gray.
It’s a burnt orange to boot. I actually talked to the designer because the spool of thread was part of the display and was more of a dark copper color (go figure)I am so enamored of the stitching on the steering wheel. This is such a beautiful palette. Orange is one of my favorite colors and it always looks so striking against gray.
I respect your opinion. I just have the opposite one.
Despite working in an industry, and being in an age group that "should" be very interested in them, I can't image a feature that I would desire less in my vehicle than AI voice controls.
Too many times while driving, do I not want to talk while I adjust something (kids are sleeping in the back during a road trip, don't want to interrupt my passengers conversation/story, what if I lost my voice, or simply don't want to talk because I don't feel like it, etc). I also don't want to allow my children in the backseat to control any facet of the vehicle with their voice (remember the reason why rear seat window locks exist... now imagine if they can shout at the car to make it do a lot more than open windows).
The recent Rivian UX designer recently announcing that they will be "waging war" against buttons, greatly saddens me, as I had been considering a Rivian R2S previously.
To be honest, I have similar issues with touchscreen controls. Any context sensitive input is a distraction (ie, if you have to click through on screen buttons to get there, you're distracting from driving, as even if you memorize where the buttons are, you have no idea if you clicked on them correctly without looking, and might accidentally be adjusting something else).
Now, I don't need 100 buttons, and I'm fine with various methods of control. I just don't want voice to the only way to do things, nor do I want touchscreen to be the only way.
And that's not even getting into the giant rabbit hole of "I don't want my vehicle actively listening to me constantly because I have reservations about security and data, much like what happens with Google Homes and Amazon Alexas" issue.
They did not say specifically. But, the buttons did appear robust.
I was referring to Jamie's pre-reveal comments about the team testing with gloves/etc. Mmmm...some time ago now. Ah, here's search that brings up a few of his comments:
Ah, I just reread your post. I read it wrong. I thought it said did they, not they did. My fault. Nevertheless, nice chunky buttons!
I'm not sure what the overhead buttons/toggles will do (particularly in the Terra with a glass roof), but I am way more excited about overhead controls / toggles than I am about all of the toggles that sit under the screen. I love that they put toggles overhead by the compass - well done.
Me too. Make's them seem really serious - time for some real piloting. They should put the "engines start" up there.
I think the overheads were described as drive train changes and drive modes but don’t hold me to that
So I’m guessing you’re joking, but that might be a fun place to put a start button.
Can you imagine loaning out your Scout to your buddy and watching him try to find the start button up there
Drive mode is selected by the dial around the start button on the steering wheel.
Missed that at reveal. Were the uppers for sway bar disconnects, etc…. I swear somewhere I heard the upper buttons/toggles were related to drive actions/modes but perhaps I’m mis-remembering
Sounds familiar to me too. They had to go there because of the bench seat option. Otherwise I guess they would’ve been on the console.
You can kinda see the labels on the buttons if you zoom in. It looked like two drive modes and one for adjusting the suspension. Not sure about the other.
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