Have you experienced night mode (dark screen)? There is no white on the screen. It is dark and even that's adjustable. I understand we're all different (thank God) and like different things. Helps to add variety in society.
I have not. Neighbor down the street has a Model 3 (his boy and mine are about the same age so we chat often), and he was showing me around the car. Garage was dimly lit, and it was around dusk when I saw it. I use "night mode" on a number of my cellphone apps, so I get the premise. It's better, usually, but still light enough to be distracting.
For reference I have every window on my truck tinted with 5%, except the windshield. The windshield has a complete covering of 70% (somewhat light), and a dark strip along the top at 5% OVER the 70%. The glare at night is still too much for me at times. I'm most certain that I'm the exception here and not the rule. For most, the brightness is a non-issue. I'm picky and have vision issues.
The design issue though. I suppose it's just personal preference.
This dash just looks terrible with that screen on it. Nice, sleek, elegant even.......and then there's the iPad just tacked on there like an afterthought.
This still looks like an afterthought to have that giant screen in there, but at least there was a good solid attempt to blend it in with the rest of the styling of the dash. The whole thing is a little busy for me, but it's not terrible. It fits with the rest of the design language going on here, and looks like it was supposed to be there.
I will give both interiors serious Kudo's for not putting a freaking console shifter in there. Unless there is a 3rd pedal that operates a clutch a shifter shouldn't be on the console!
Thrilled to be having this conversation.
I agree. Hope I'm not coming off as too much of an A-Hole. I tend to do that through text for some reason. Really not the intent here.
In regards to the usefulness of a truck as an EV. I think for most "commuter" style users that don't venture far from home it will serve them just fine. For those of us that use our trucks heavily, out in the field, EV's have a tough row to hoe. Infrastructure and range under load are the big hurdles to overcome. Aerodynamics is NOT your friend for efficiency, and most everything that you use a truck for is terribly NOT aero shaped (boats, open trailers, cargo in the bed, etc).
I can see a use case for a LOT of local construction work though. Get a good toolbox bed on there, and give me a few hundred miles range, and I can get a LOT of service work done. I drove both a service van and an F350 for a few years doing Voice/Data Cabling installations. It was very common to drive say 60-100 miles with a truck load of "stuff", then work on site all day, leaving only for a random supply run, or lunch usually. This type of usage would work just fine for a electric only truck. Heavy construction, farming, and towing any distance will be the hardest to change over. Time is money, and time spent charging is double cash out of their pocket.
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