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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by pmorici on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:49PM (#28678754)
I thought I would hate that too but got over it quickly with the Tesla. All the controls you need while driving are on the wheel voice control works really well too
Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by syshum on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:28AM (#28679628)
>>voice control

No thanks.

I do not have an Echo, Google Home, or any other voice automation. I have no desire to replace all my UI's Knobs, and switches with Voice Control

I have no desire to talk to my home or my car.

Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by prirun on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:13PM (#28678894)
As many times as speech-to-text on a phone has garbled my message, it gives me the shivers to think about controlling my car with voice commands. "NO! I only said inverse, not reverse!"
Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by pmorici on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:16PM (#28678912)
I hate speech to text on my phone and never use it but works really well in the Tesla. Was shocked frankly.
Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by dylan604 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @02:13AM (#28679813)
Out of curiousity, what would you be telling the car to inverse?
Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by AmericanChopper on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:17PM (#28678918)
I’m open to the possibility that I’m just being a Luddite about it, and tbf ICE cars have also been slowly adopting some of the same design patterns. But I don’t think I’m ready to gamble on buying an expensive new car just to find out whether I’ll get used to it.

Perhaps I’ll be forced to adjust one day. Perhaps the world is just leaving my preferences behind. I do complain even more passionately about touchscreens on blenders…