They should have tested opening the glovebox while driving too.
TBH, the test should have been more real world:
- Turn off the heated seat (this is more likely than turning it on... most turn it on when getting in and turn it off later)
- Turn on the wipers when rain starts
- Use the washer fluid
- Turn on the headlights when it gets dark
- Change the navigation destination
- Change the climate temperature
- Change the vent direction
The results would have likely been more ambiguous for a car like the Tesla. Heated seats can be automated, so that would depend on whether the person liked the Tesla algorithm. Wipers and headlights are likely automated in the touchscreen car too. Voice works pretty well in some for navigation selection, and probably doesn't work well in the non-touchscreen cars.
OTOH, Tesla would do really poorly at climate temperature changes and vent direction. I suspect some other cars would fare badly at those too, but probably Tesla is uniqely bad at vent direction.
TBH, the test should have been more real world: - Turn off the heated seat (this is more likely than turning it on... most turn it on when getting in and turn it off later) - Turn on the wipers when rain starts - Use the washer fluid - Turn on the headlights when it gets dark - Change the navigation destination - Change the climate temperature - Change the vent direction
The results would have likely been more ambiguous for a car like the Tesla. Heated seats can be automated, so that would depend on whether the person liked the Tesla algorithm. Wipers and headlights are likely automated in the touchscreen car too. Voice works pretty well in some for navigation selection, and probably doesn't work well in the non-touchscreen cars.
OTOH, Tesla would do really poorly at climate temperature changes and vent direction. I suspect some other cars would fare badly at those too, but probably Tesla is uniqely bad at vent direction.