Needsdecaf
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Seriously you two, we get it already. Yikes.
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Any concerns/thoughts regarding the change from the industry standard green battery icon to a much more subtle grey? It still goes to orange when less than 20% so clearly Tesla believes that color is helpful when trying to convey information however I’d like the icon to revert back to green in a future update as battery state-of-charge is a critical piece of information at all times.
Concerns?
Thoughts? Yes, I think it sucks. Looks worse, is harder to read. I don't think I've seen one person on multiple forums think this was a good idea.
Any concerns/thoughts regarding the change from the industry standard green battery icon to a much more subtle grey? It still goes to orange when less than 20% so clearly Tesla believes that color is helpful when trying to convey information however I’d like the icon to revert back to green in a future update as battery state-of-charge is a critical piece of information at all times.
... but the one change that I really can't abide by is the low-visibility accel/regen bar, which is now a razor thin line.
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Unless you are young with eagle vision, it is hard to see the display with such small font lettering doing highway speeds. The number one issue with new EV converts or potential converts is range anxiety. Why not allay it with a large green bar with both % energy and approx miles left in big font. And cut out useless info that I don't need to see while driving.
Any concerns/thoughts regarding the change from the industry standard green battery icon to a much more subtle grey? It still goes to orange when less than 20% so clearly Tesla believes that color is helpful when trying to convey information however I’d like the icon to revert back to green in a future update as battery state-of-charge is a critical piece of information at all times.
I truly despise the new UI. They either need to fix it or allow for customization. I know that customization is coming, but I would encourage Tesla to go back to the old UI in the interim. My biggest concerns:
- Speedometer font is too small
- Gear icons are WAY too small. Knowing whether your car is in park or drive is sort of important
- Why in the world did they make the backup camera view smaller? And by making it smaller, the Homelink drop down menu now blocks a critical portion of the backup image (see pic below). This was a really unfortunate decision by the UI team.
- The FSD animations take up way too much of the screen. The nav map is more important to me than the FSD visualizations. I get that they are preparing for the public rollout of the FSD rewrite, but how many Tesla owners actually have FSD? I’m betting it’s 1/3 or less. And of those that do have FSD, how often do they use it? I use mine almost exclusively on interstate highways. Why optimize your UI for a minority of your user base and an even smaller minority of your actual utilization? That’s a very poor UI decision.
- While the grey color of the battery level icon looks nice, the green/yellow/red color scheme of the previous icon made it much easier for users to quickly read and understand the current state of charge.
- Way too much blank space. 1/3 of the space in the left hand portion of the screen is completely wasted.
To be fair to Tesla, some elements of the new update are quite good. The new list of software update modifications is great. The new car visualization is really cool (but it’s too damn big). The new texting features are nice. Spotify integration appears to have improved. I could go on. But all of the good things are “nice to haves” while all of the problems impacting the practical functionality of the car are “must haves.”
I love our Model 3 and Model Y and I trust Tesla to fix this, but I hope it happens sooner rather than later.
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Yeah, this new screen has some questionable component. The left side mostly negative space also contains the PRND which is fairly Grey even when a gear is engaged. I almost reversed instead of moving forward the other day. Then there are the series of icons*(speed, cruise, AP erc.) on the top which all lumped together just seem random.
Agree. I've mis-tapped a couple times at this point. Also rarely use the frunk for the same reason. Most recently popped it by accident (new screen) so I guess that counts as a use.Not a fan of how the car is now displayed on the left side. It’s more eye candy and less useful.
The rear hatch button is now askew and up to the right instead of being an easy dead center press. Sure the frunk is easier to open, but I rarely use it, partly because closing the frunk is a PITA.
I would hope in future update that they flip the car around so that opening the rear is easier and not harder.
Though now my interior is the correct color.