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The Tesla interface reminds me of the iOS settings page. A huge list of options and you have to drill down multiple levels to find the setting you want to change. Definitely not easy to use while driving, IMO.

There have been lots of complaints because there are no physical controls for things such as windshield wiper speed on some Tesla models. They just put out a software update in response to complaints about that, but people don't seem to like the "fix".

https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModelY/comments/1305970/finall...

I test drove a Model S but ended up buying a RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid instead. The controls are much better on the RAV4. There are physical buttons for almost everything.

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> A huge list of options and you have to drill down multiple levels to find the setting you want to change.

I'm confused by your concept that there are multiple levels -There isn't. There is the car page with 10 tabs, all with only top-level information and the default tab has steering wheel and mirror controls, both are set-it-and-forget-it with driver profiles.

The wipers suck, for sure. I honestly think they could fix that in a software update or at least make more intuitive controls. Currently the wipe speed menu pops up if you hit the wipe button. That said, zero of the settings in the car menu should ever be used while driving. The auto-headlights work well enough and it has a traditional stalk for that anyways.

> I'm confused by your concept that there are multiple levels -There isn't. There is the car page with 10 tabs

Ten tabs? This sounds complicated.

I assure you, attempt to find a way to turn off the interior ambient lighting on a VW. The Tesla design is organized - Controls, Steering, Autopilot, Safety, etc all clearly labeled on one menu. VW has two different menus for the car and hides some settings on weird pages with at least four levels deep. For all the settings that exist, Tesla is close to the most simple. Android Automotive on the Polestar 2 is about the same difficulty.,

What settings would you ever want to change there? The settings in the settings menu are something you setup when you buy the car and generally never touch again.

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