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Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by clouddrover on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:45AM (#20735191)
> who complains about how loud a Tesla is?

People who have driven in a Mercedes EQC.

Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by virgilp on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:03AM (#20735263)
I.e. the Mercedes CEO? Also for the other two.... really? Who t.f. wants voice control in their car? Better lights are nice, sure... but it's a minor improvement (most people drive most of the time by day, and even by night, all car lights are "good enough". I paid 2K EUR to get better lights in my car, and they're great when I have to use them, but even I wouldn't have picked my car based on this criteria.... I even hesitated to give the extra money!)
Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by petre on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:34AM (#20735407)
Mercedes has a voice controlled GPS navigator in older C models. It never understood where you want to go and the text input is atrouciously useless, just like the TV on screen keyboards. If you had it, you'd probably ended up using a paper map since it has way better ergonomics.
Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by clouddrover on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:20AM (#20735347)
The EQC also has better fit and finish and is cheaper than the Model X.

Compare UK prices for the EQC: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/mercedes-benz/eqc/specs

And the Model X: https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/modelx/design?redirect=no#batter...

Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by FDSGSG on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:17AM (#20737440)
> Better lights are nice, sure... but it's a minor improvement

I love my fancy $10k headlights, they're a huge improvement when speeding through euro highways in the middle of the night. There's just nowhere for the cops (or anything else) to hide.

Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by taurath on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:28AM (#20735380)
Voice input is very nice, esp for addresses in navigation. Controlling anything other than entertainment? Not helpful.