… companies actually hire UX staff!?!?!? I thought they just asked some
chucklehead in Marketing or Sales “what looks good so we can sell a bunch of these things?” and ran with that without bothering to actually test it in the real world. /sarcasm
(There’s also a side rant about forcing the engineers who design vehicles to actually work on the production line or in a repair shop as part of their training, because some ideas that work in the CAD program just are not feasible to repair in even a well equipped shop without several hours of dismantling.)
I endeavor to satisfy and entertain.
Yes… IIRC, there was a teething issue with IIRC a Rivian where the display locked up while they were driving on the freeway and required multiple hours to re-set the display, including a full power down of the whole vehicle. And and issue with the EV Hummer where it locked up in the left turn lane hard enough that the towing company had problems getting the thing to reset.
Auto makers, Give me ‘fail safe’ modes with your new shiny technical crap, por favor. No one’s first to market anymore, so please for Bogs Sake, TAKE TIME TO WORK OUT THE BUGS AND TEST THE SHIT OUT OF THINGS MORE.
The problem is that not only do they hire them, but they hire too many of them, which means they all have to justify their existence and salary, hence the constant changes that add no value or new function and serve to confuse and frustrate.
The Tesla truck is actually fly-by-wire (aka steer-by-wire) and also has steerable rear wheels as part of its capabilities when trying to do an aggressive tight turn. Since the tech is associated with Tesla i dont have a lot of confidence, but I find it’s an interesting system that has a lot of potential that should be given a chance.
That’s not new by any means. GMC has had it in some form for more than a decade. Honda also made a version of the Prelude with 4 wheel steering back in 88 and Mitsubishi with the 3000GT (these did not do “crab walk” however).
I’m aware, and as far as I know the military has used these kinds of systems as well. That said the point of my post was to mention that fly by wire cars are on the road right now, would prefer it wasn’t on a Tesla but here we are.
