Google maps running on the tesla model S interactive dashboard
Apr 11, 2009
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That's kind of a scary looking dashboard UI. Just looking at it, I imagine it goes "bip" every time you touch it, takes half a second to respond, uses a confusing hierarchical menu navigation system with cryptic labels, and makes you step through analog settings by small increments (bip bip bip bip bip). Tell me it's not actually that bad?
- ⓞnor
I didn't get a chance to try it. The line to sit in the car was like 20 people long and I don't like waiting in lines. I took this picture through the sun roof. I agree it looks too complicated, but the button-less UI (ala the iphone) is a good idea in my opinion as it allows much more flexibility.
- Evan Parker
I wonder if it's streaming the map tiles over a cell 3G connection or has them stored on a DVD somewhere. If they are loaded from an offline DVD, it would be a Maps first (I think).
- no name
I think I read somewhere that it has a 3G connection.
- Evan Parker
Touch screen is cool, but it does mean that you have to look at the screen, no way to feel your way around the controls.
- Mandi
Me wants.
- Robert Scoble
if they made the UI skinnable, they could create a nice aftermarket in dashboard skins.
- Karim
Mandi - true. This is already the case to some extant for me in my prius and I find it's OK. But not everything in the prius is controlled via the screen - there is still a physical volume button for example, which I appreciate having when I need to turn the volume down in a hurry (yes, I still answer my phone while driving sometimes). It appears that even volume is controlled via the screen in the new Tesla.
- Evan Parker