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Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
(arstechnica.com)
The Type 01 is the first model to arrive from Jaguar’s rebirth. The British carmaker was an early entrant to the modern EV market with the 2017 I-Pace, which was fun to drive even if it was too small inside and perhaps completely unreliable. An all-electric sedan was supposed to be next, but a year from the showroom, it was abruptly canceled, leaving the automaker with nothing to sell as old models like the F-Pace ceased production.
“The jag, it looks like a car you’d steal in Cyberpunk 2077,” said one Ars staffer approvingly. Credit: Jaguar
If touchscreens were better then every plane would have them on every instrument.
They're cheaper to implement, and in this context it certainly looks the part. That panel looks like a Garmin circa 2008:
Obviously they’re cheaper to implement. Wiring up all those buttons costs money and we’re not gonna waste money on good UX.
Plus making everything electric means more warranty repairs when the electric motors break.
But that’s enshittification for you.
It looks cooler but doesn’t mean it is. My truck has a touch screen for Apple car play but everything else is physical control and I appreciate it so much