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by geoelectric 1178 days ago
Sure, my Ioniq 5’s software isn’t as good as Tesla’s and I’ll never have all those experimental features.

What I do have that a 2023 Tesla will never have, no matter how many updates it gets:

- A dash in my center view that is as or more informative than Tesla’s while driving

- Blind spot camera feeds that pop up prominently on said dash as needed instead of some corner of a tablet in the middle of the car

- A HUD that maps most of the important driving information directly onto the windshield, including navigation arrows “on” the road

- Physical controls I don’t have to look at to find while driving

I also have ADHD. If I look away from the windshield it’s a little random when I get back. Without these types of things that keep my eyes front and center by putting the prettiest lights there, I’ll be in trouble someday, and maybe get someone else in trouble too.

Tesla’s entire car UI aesthetic of drawing attention away from the centerline and then making you search a screen is simply fundamentally flawed and is detrimental to safety. Nobody will ever convince me otherwise because I know it’s detrimental to mine, and I know I’m just a canary. What affects me affects others, I’m just the one where it’s easier to have a consequence.

Plus, to the subject at hand, my Ioniq has parking sensors with collision avoidance and the best 360 view I’ve ever seen, with a 3D reconstruction of your car and surroundings you can swipe around with a virtual camera.

And just to seal the argument, the MY would’ve been cheaper when I bought my Ioniq 5 less than a month ago. I still bought the Hyundai. It’s safer.

PS of all of the features it has, my Tesla MY owning friends seem to want this last one most:

- Sunshade that closes over the roof glass panel