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by WorldMaker 1177 days ago
> Yet, weirdly, Ford's electronics are quite a bit better than VW. No one is at Tesla levels, but VW's electronics is just bad. Quite a few YouTube reviewers have detailed this.

In-car infotainment and things like that? Yeah, VW has an interesting reputation from their "experiments" and failures across the ID line. That was definitely one of the reasons that early previews think that Ford's Explorer may potentially out-sell VW's own MEB efforts if for no other reason than because the in-car non-battery electronics are Ford's sleeker, more battle-tested things. (VW is certainly looking to improve things in the near term, they've been in the process of moving out of "experiments" and towards Android Automotive.)
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earthling8118 1176 days ago
Have they worked on this in recent years? I don't know how VW's are but a relative of mine had a Ford (I believe 2018) and the infotainment system was absolutely abysmal. I wrote off ever owning a Ford because of that thing. It felt like a joke.
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WorldMaker 1175 days ago
Yes, Ford has gone through a major revision since 2018.

But also, VW's ID.4 especially is notorious for having one of the worst ever designed, which is definitely saying something.

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