New auto technology is turning people off

New auto technology

Two bits of very interesting news hit here this week prompting this post. It seems that new auto technology, both at home and in the car, is turning people away!

First came a post on X from InsideEVs titled “Drivers To New Car Tech: Leave Me The Hell Alone, Please“. This was followed a day later by commentary from John Tesh noting a recent real estate trend that has people looking to unconnected homes!

The primary point here, which in fact I have dealt with is technology that goes obsolete in a few years and may or may not be easily upgradable.

In the car, the InsideEVs’ title tells it all. Leave the driver alone!

In both cases, the annoyance factor is growing by leaps and bounds.

Focusing on the car, as we do, InsideEVs notes “A new survey of 500 vehicle owners by AutoPacific shows that owners are sick and tired of these so-called advanced features—many of which were implemented in the name of safety but come across as a nanny yelling at you from the back seat. Instead of making drivers feel safe, it’s just something they want to switch off.”

All of us have this experience from cars going back 20 – 30 years, and too many manufacturers are adding features at an alarming rate that, not only add multi-colored indicators to the instrument panel, but also include audio tones and text messages, which are nothing more than driver distractions.

We are near finishing an update of Audi symbols, and the fact that each system is approaching the use of more than one color per symbol is a near guarantee of a symbol appearing on the instrument panel at all times.

And all the new tech costs the consumer money!!! Pay to be annoyed??

Regardless, we’ve called for years for car makers to simplify technology, but we’re hardly large enough to have an impact. Maybe InsideEVs, AutoPacific and John Tesh can tip the scales.

We only scratched the surface of this. InsideEVs’ article is full of detail and can be seen here. AutoPacific is here, and John Tesh is here.

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