Except that Audi display is right in front of the driver... not in the middle of the car.
What difference does it make?
Putting it directly in front of driver is something we are used to, but not necessary better.
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Except that Audi display is right in front of the driver... not in the middle of the car.
Except that Audi display is right in front of the driver... not in the middle of the car.
Except that Audi display is right in front of the driver... not in the middle of the car.
There is no legal requirement that even something as basic as the current speed be DIRECTLY in front of the driver. Placing that information on the center display as shown in the 3 reveal satisfies legal requirements and I think it will work just fine. But it is clear from Elon's tweets that the final version of the car will contain something much more exciting.I've been following this thread closely as there must be a speed/indicator display of some sort in front of the driver, be it a small IP cluster, HUD, or in-steering wheel display. (and there must be radio and other control buttons on the steering wheel)
A full windshield HUD system is what would make ME feel like I'm in a spaceship. But again, who knows what Elon meant? We'll see.
...and then you get a stone chip in the windscreen and you have to replace the whole lot? I don't think so....But I wonder if we'll learn that they've somehow integrated a computer screen into the glass in the windshield...
Having the speedo on the central display may be legally acceptable but it's very poor human factors design. Information that important should be displayed unambiguously, not against the background of a scrolling map.
I know the current display will probably change in one way or another before production starts, but I'm kind of partial to the portrait mode screen intergrated into the center of the dash like the S/X...
Does anyone have any comparison pictures of the dashboards in the Model S and X as they were initially revealed and then what they looked like at product release?
That may give us some hint on how much they can change.
I am not convinced.
No other car has redundancy in warning lights and indicator. Why should Model 3 need one?
Tesla should fix the lag/frozen screen issue rather than an expensive hardware solution.
Actually, most cars with dual screen would put warning lights/indicator on one screen only - there is no redundancy.
And in Mercedes S class and the new E class, even though the wide display consists of two screens placed side by side, they are driven by the same CPU unit, so again no redundancy if it crashes or freezes.
DLP HUD is expensive as well, at least compared with the traditional LED ones.
No production car has one as far as I know.
So no, don't expect to see one in a "mass-market affordable" Model 3.
I was responding to ikjadoon who said that a HUD is needed because the single screen may freeze.
And I agree with you, having a HUD or an extra screen won't make any difference and those info would not be replicated in the second display device. My point is that a HUD is not necessary and we won't see one in Model 3.
Elon said that he has learned his lessons with Model X.
With Model 3, ease of manufacturing and delivering the car on time is of prime importance. So you think he would create a system that no car has done it before and risk delaying the launch?
No other car... except the 2016 Audi TT.
But weren't a lot of those complaints about the IP directly in front of the driver? It doesn't matter if there is one or two screens, Tesla just needs to make sure it works.
No, they're about the main 17" touchscreen. I don't even think the IP in front of the driver is touch-enabled.
That's the issue: "make sure it works". This was a pretty crucial part: it's how you interact with the car besides the pedals and the wheel. It's been 3 years+ with only marginal improvements.
And it was a $70k+ car. That doesn't bode well at all.
The entire LCD screen is an "expensive hardware solution" to dials/clusters/binnacle. I guarantee you that dials, buttons, and a standard OEM radio headunit is miles away cheaper than an LCD screen, with custom software.
If I'm honest, I don't trust their touchscreen implementation.
People said the same thing about a massive touch-screen in a $35,000 car. Musk surprises...
The HUD is simpler. It will show critical information that isn't tied to whatever advanced system driving the main display.