When I saw these for the first tie my lizard brain thought: "One more thing that works just fine now, replaced by something that is expensive and can break / malfunction."
It's amazing to me how smooth the existing mechanical door handles work.
It's hard to beat them...
I recently had to replace the windshield on my old mini van. It was inexpensive and done the day I called the glass repair place.
My neighbor had to have their windshield replaced too, took weeks because the windshield detects water to activate the wipers and it's very expensive. Seems so silly / costly for such little benefit.
I feel that the automation exists to make the car weaker in the long term. More gadgets adds to the overall complexity creating a shorter MTBF. And with all this technology the average auto garage will have a hard time acquiring knowledge and tools or the manufacturer might simply say "sorry, proprietary - you need to take it to the dealer and spend a small fortune." That windshield likely had to come from the OEM at great cost because no one can make an aftermarket windshield. Vendor lock in disguised as convenience.
Long time ago Consumer Reports did their usual reliability survey and they found that the cars with a large amount of new gadgets scored poorly almost by default. The idea being the poor results they got from volume of new bits that could break simply wasn't something that a car maker could even eliminate if they even wanted to.
When I saw these for the first tie my lizard brain thought: "One more thing that works just fine now, replaced by something that is expensive and can break / malfunction."
More pointless automation. Same as Mercedes replacing super simple louvers with a stupid potentiometer and motor contraption to adjust vent angles.
It's amazing to me how smooth the existing mechanical door handles work.
It's hard to beat them...
I recently had to replace the windshield on my old mini van. It was inexpensive and done the day I called the glass repair place.
My neighbor had to have their windshield replaced too, took weeks because the windshield detects water to activate the wipers and it's very expensive. Seems so silly / costly for such little benefit.
I feel that the automation exists to make the car weaker in the long term. More gadgets adds to the overall complexity creating a shorter MTBF. And with all this technology the average auto garage will have a hard time acquiring knowledge and tools or the manufacturer might simply say "sorry, proprietary - you need to take it to the dealer and spend a small fortune." That windshield likely had to come from the OEM at great cost because no one can make an aftermarket windshield. Vendor lock in disguised as convenience.
Long time ago Consumer Reports did their usual reliability survey and they found that the cars with a large amount of new gadgets scored poorly almost by default. The idea being the poor results they got from volume of new bits that could break simply wasn't something that a car maker could even eliminate if they even wanted to.
Why not a ban on handles that don’t work in winter?