It is not interesting just to see that the design is bad, but that it is getting worse over time. Model S was relatively normal car. Model X added crazy doors. Model 3 has tablet in the middle and no physical controls and bunch of other stupid decisions (but normal doors). The Semi has all these issues. And the Cybertruck is just entirely plain idiotic as a whole.
It is as if the Tesla designers (or Musk micromanaging them) are getting more and more detached from reality.
> Model 3 has tablet in the middle and no physical controls and bunch of other stupid decisions (but normal doors).
Which is a dealbreaker for me as well, but people seem to accept and/or like it. The number of orders speak for themselves and, while I hear a lot of complaints from owners, the tablet is usually not one of them.
The Model 3 today is alright. Would be significantly better with auto presenting door handles, a normal latch for the glovebox, an infrared sensor for rain, and the option to use old school cruise control.
The thought that they might do something silly like a yoke and "automatic" gear selection in the Model 3 is a bit horrifying. That will push away a lot of the regular folks who just want their car to be a car. Hell, I'd like to be able to turn OFF autopilot on my model 3 altogether, because I'd happily give up lane keeping just for the ability to use old-school cruise control.
The door handles don't bug me, but they do confuse people the first few times.
Couldn't care less about the glovebox. I don't keep anything I regularly use in there and I like that it has a PIN for secure storage and is otherwise invisible.
Haven't tried the yoke so who the hell knows.
I would never want to use cruise control instead of Autopilot (though it does have it, sort of). I assume by "old school" you mean not using the Autopilot speed logic?
It is as if the Tesla designers (or Musk micromanaging them) are getting more and more detached from reality.