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Kia EV3 world premiere confirmed ahead of summer launch - electrive.com (www.electrive.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/evs

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A boxy body will give it a masculine and athletic appearance

Hmm, "athletic" to me looks more like a sports car, not a battering ram

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

battering ram

Grond!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

The Kia EV3 will be a new small crossover

aaaand ya lost me.

[–] mesamunefire 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The pics look terrible on the inside. Just a touch screen no other controls. No thanks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately this will go the way of headphone jacks in the future.

Nobody wants them but people keep buying them so we keep getting them. Until there is no other option.

[–] teemrokit 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's also much cheaper to have a touch screen compared to fabricating all the little buttons and knobs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it really? How much do you think buttons and knobs cost the OEM?

[–] LowtierComputer 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For cheap ones, very little.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Even for expensive ones? $50/unit maybe? I know people will say "oh that's millions across the fleet!" without accounting at all for consumer satisfaction. Like hey, they could save thousands per unit by removing all the passenger seats!

[–] LowtierComputer 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah maybe. But likely less even for high end..

[–] Num10ck 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

car mfgs obsess about tenth of a penny costs in their cars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I already addressed this in the comment you just replied to.

You're talking about tenths of a penny in unnecessary expenses. I'm talking about a few dollars that massively improves the ownership experience.

[–] Blaster_M 1 points 4 months ago

KIA gonna catch up to BYD now?