I found it amusing they had to design in these little access panels. I think the lower one is just to be able to see the label on the headlight. My friends and I couldn’t quite figure out the reason for the upper hole. Maybe for access to a fastener? Having now designed plastic pieces with snap features like these two little covers, it’s annoying.
Charge ports on EVs have some challenges. They have to be designed to accept different level chargers and also seal against water. Jaguar uses a rubber cover thing to cover and seal one of the ports. Thanks to my buddy Mitch for being the hand model.
The #JaguarElectrifies experience was held at a hanger in Santa Monica to show off the I-PACE. Please excuse the cell phone pics from here on out as I wasn’t planning on writing about this. But I saw interesting stuff so I took crappy phone pics.
Walking inside, the event had a club lounge feel to it.
They handed out these little custom chocolates. So fancy! I snagged a box for myself and one for my wife.
Before getting to the I-PACE and drive portion, we walked through a couple sections with cars and SUVs on display.
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There are a couple of problems with these new cars and their array of LCD panels. First, they are really hard to see in bright sunlight. I’m pretty sure it was the Audi E-Tron, that has rearview cameras instead of mirrors, with LCD panels for view screens and the glare from inside the window made it nearly impossible to see the panel clearly. I can imagine, it’s even worse if you have a sunroof.
Secondly, I hope you can disable some of these panels at night, because from some of the reviews I have seen, they are a total distraction for night driving. Personally, I can’t stand to have anything remotely bright in my peripheral vision. Not to mention, that they produce glare off the winshield if not properly shielded.
I was always a big fan of the SAAB ‘night driving mode’.
Yup, I always turn down the brightness on my dash in my cars to avoid messing up my eyes at night. I gave that feedback to my coworkers while doing a user evaluation at my last company. There needs to be a night mode on any big displays.
I’m not quite sure what Byton is thinking with their full dash display. And steering wheel display. Looking at the steering wheel while driving seems like a bad idea.