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Job losses likely at VW as the people’s car brand becomes uncompetitive (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Nurgle@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know this is more about switching from ICE to electric, but this is kinda hilarious

Feedback about the company's new capacitive multifunction steering wheel was so overwhelmingly negative that last year, Schaffer promised to ditch the design. Meanwhile, much of the range—both electric and gas-powered—is saddled with temperature and volume controls that are touch-sensitive but not backlit, making them all but impossible to use at night.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Every car I've ever bought had had glaringly terrible design choices that make it obvious nobody in development actually drove the car. This has got to be one of the worst examples of that though.

[–] TheCodeJanitor@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Has this as a rental car a few years ago... guess which knob I kept reaching for to turn down the volume...

[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's the same kind of idiocy that killed Anton Yelchin.

[–] buran@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That vehicle had a recall out to replace the badly-designed shifter. It was ignored.

The fix would have been free.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

That doesn’t excuse the fact that the design was clearly idiotic in the extreme from its inception.