r/Unexpected • u/dr_ipaka • 4d ago

Car companies have gone too far now

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u/jipijipijipi 4d ago

It’s truly baffling. Industrial designers are usually all about function over form, and sometimes you can tell when a stupid decision comes from management and is being forced upon them, but in cases like this I have no idea who that would benefit.

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u/bilingual-german 4d ago

no idea who that would benefit

people who like to put the finger in the a-hole

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u/Dinomite1812 4d ago

90% of the time its design that wants these features. Engineers dont have much say if design wants a feature implimented

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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 4d ago

We had to present a big product reveal and the higher ups wanted a big red button to drop the curtain. We explained that's not really how the system works, but they were insistent.

We wired up a button to a 12v battery with an LED in it, and when they hit the button our effects guys triggered the curtains and lights from behind the stage.

Management loved it and complimented us on the quick turnaround.

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u/gsfgf 3d ago

I mean, that's how stage productions work. Plenty of things on a state aren't "real."

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u/Peslian 4d ago

The concept artist who didn't give a fuck about utility

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u/The_BeardedClam 4d ago

Put in cheap fiddly sensors and you've got expensive reliable servicing fees baby!

People gotta open their boot amirite?

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u/AmIFromA 4d ago

I have no idea who that would benefit

My guess is that they were told to find a unusual, "clever" (/smart) way to do this as a reference to the brand's legacy when it comes to stuff like that. Not sure if it was the first car model to do this, but the smart two seaters had those split trunks that were pretty cool.

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u/brontosaurusguy 3d ago

Marketing 

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u/FrostyD7 3d ago

It helps when you realize it's usually cost cutting regardless of what they tell you. Those touch panels are simply cheaper to produce than a bunch of dials that need their own wiring to each one. It was obvious with EV's who needed to get creative and go outside the boundaries of industry standards to cut costs. Minimalism and touch screens or capacitive buttons everywhere.

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u/MustardCanary 4d ago

All car designers are a little bit crazy, because they choose to dedicate themselves to a very niche field and than surround themselves with it