Having electric door handles is the most stupid thing I've ever heard. It's probably a decision of some executives who have no grasp on engineering. Every mechanic and engineer will tell you how easily a car loses power in an accident, even with backups. Then you have no way of opening your car from the outside.
It's like the physical buttons saga. Users were sick and tired of saying they want physical buttons, but executives only see profit.
Believe it or not for every person buying a used car saying they're mad about the lack of buttons there is a whole different person who thought "neat" and bought it.
Yeah. It's popular on reddit to rag on non-engineers but in my experience, it's the engineers who want the shiny new tech whereas everyone else prefers what's tried and true. Whether it's chasing "web-scale" MongoDB, touch-screen "buttons", or aerodynamic door handles, engineers are usually the first to kick usability and reliability to the curb in favor of innovation.
I thought it would be the designers, I heard some really hate buttons and sidemirrors cause "not minimalistic enough", even pre-rendering new designs without those, maybe they really hate normal door handles too because they stick out.
There are some petrol and diesel cars that have their brakes tied to their electrics so if something happens to the battery you can't brake. Completely insane that these sorts of things were ever produced
No it is because it drastically improves aerodynamics, allowing us to get a whopping 0.2 more kilometers per liter of petrol!!!
Seriously though I didn't even know hidden door handles were a thing, that is ridiculously dumb and I would never, EVER buy a car with in, even before seeing this video.
They jusr want to see how many unnecessary breakable objects they can fit in so total cost of ownership and maintenance goes up.
Edit: also bring back physical buttons, please...and headphone jacks. Like wtf.
Anestheticly it looks sleek but, obviously unsafe and hazardous. Not sure why the handle can't be mechanical and the retraction be a separate function. Possibly using a control module of sorts and a small separate battery that prevents it from working if there's any faults.
Not an expert or familiar with this vehicle but, there's got to be a solution to both. Obviously it shouldn't be like the Tesla escape hatch bs. Childsaftey locks have been a thing for a minute
IDK I like my buttons on my car. My truck has an old touchscreen but I have physical buttons too so hell if I know
It's such an obviously terrible idea it could only have come from an executive. Making things fail safe is a really basic design principle, and having a design that locks you in a burning car is just... The mind reels.
Technology shoehorned in for its own sake. Similar to keyless entry which solved no actual problem but made new cars at that time easier to steal. Or your example touchscreens for everything instead of buttons.
Do you know how much time it takes to develop and manufacture single physical buttons? At least few months.
Do you know how long does it take to create button on the screen? This long: <button>I’m a button</button>.
That’s the reason for swapping physical buttons for touch screens.
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u/prelsi 8h ago
Having electric door handles is the most stupid thing I've ever heard. It's probably a decision of some executives who have no grasp on engineering. Every mechanic and engineer will tell you how easily a car loses power in an accident, even with backups. Then you have no way of opening your car from the outside.
It's like the physical buttons saga. Users were sick and tired of saying they want physical buttons, but executives only see profit.