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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Not sure it makes a difference as that's all a preference.
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That is absolutely not a preference. That is cheaping out, and objectively a worse setup. In the case of the Echo it was to make it very easy to manufacture LHD and RHD variants. For the Tesla, I'm not sure if it's that or not wanting to spring for another screen.
The lack of physical controls for ANYTHING also make it inherently worse to drive and less safe. Dicking around with your touch screen trying to find the heated seats in some menu on a bumpy road is not a good time compared to feeling for the button that was in the exact same spot you left it last time you drove.
The "yoke" is a horrendous idea. As is having laggy steer by wire. Their motor and battery technologies are great, but they are not a serious car company. The same decision making that led renaming Twitter to "X" and making blue checks for sale is quite apparent in many aspects of their cars.
It's a shame, as the original Roadster and Model S were amazing machines, albeit with some excusable kinks to be worked out given how fresh the platforms and tech were.