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The author complains about needing to go through on-screen UI to adjust the mirrors. Wait till he finds out that in the newest Tesla Model 3 you have to go on-screen UI to change gears!

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If it's like the Smart Shift system in the S and X, the idea here is that the car will figure out when to shift to D and R based on environmental context. This actually worked pretty well when I tried it. The on-screen shift works really well also!

Really there's isn't a stick there? I'm not expecting manual in an electric or most hybrids but how are you supposed to reverse, neutral or park the thing?

Supposedly, the car will correctly guess what gear you want to be in. Most of the time. So for example, if you press brakes to bring the car to a stop while in reverse gear, the car will guess that you want to be in forward gear next. If it doesn't guess correctly, there is on-screen UI to change the gear.

That sounds like a recipe for hitting things by accidentally driving in the wrong direction.

Yes, pretty sure that's what will happen if I am the driver.

Here's a video of this feature in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWdZYqiuecE

Wow! That sounds maddening.

It’s physical buttons on my ICE Honda Passport which is pretty efficient if it’s a fly by wire system anyone. If you want to switch forward gears manually which I rarely do it’s paddle shifters.

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