Coquettish Rebirth

"We should have an in-car entertainment system in the car..." Just as Jia Hongjian said this, Eberhard immediately interjected, "What do you mean, Hung-chien, the in-car entertainment system?" As for Eberhard Jia Hongjian was actually a little dissatisfied with this kind of indiscriminate interruption. Didn't his parents teach him not to interrupt others before they finished talking?Even if it was Mr. Guo Konghui, if he had an opinion on Jia Hongjian's words, he would at most wait until Jia Hongjian had finished speaking before raising his opinion. How could he interrupt to ask when someone said that he hadn't finished talking?Of course, this Eberhard is a foreigner, and it is very possible that he has never learned our Chinese tutoring.For such a matter, Jia Hongjian did not intend to care about it. "It's not exactly the same. Such an in-vehicle entertainment system can play videos, movies, etc., as well as music on board, and all of this can be done through the multi-function buttons on the steering wheel, just like F1 The multifunctional steering wheel used is similar. But on the other hand, such a car entertainment system uses a multi-touch screen of about 10 inches, which can integrate many other functions of the car into it, such as the GPS navigation system..."

After speaking, Jia Hongjian began to describe the appearance of such a smart center console according to the general appearance of the "smart car" of later generations.In Jia Hongjian's description, the LCD screen in the center console can directly control a series of things such as music playback, radio, video, air conditioning, etc., and even the instruments and various conditions of the car. Can display, such as tire pressure, such as remaining power and so on.When describing these functions, Jia Hongjian has been paying attention to various engineers including Eberhard, thinking to see if they can find some loopholes he left on purpose - such as using the touch to control the air conditioner .In fact, using touch controls to control the air conditioner, Jia Hongjian felt that this was one of the most rubbish inventions in the history of automobiles, and it was invented for the sake of invention!

Why?Because such a touch screen on the center console of the car needs to control the air conditioner by touch.That's without any physical buttons!In order to operate accurately, the driver or co-pilot needs to see the things displayed on such a touch screen before operating!This is not to say that like many mobile phones and tablets, you can directly perform gesture operations when watching a movie-some clients may stipulate that when watching a full-screen movie, slide your finger up and down on the right side of the screen to control the volume of the sound, while on the left Swipe up and down to control the brightness of the screen.But there is no such way to control the air conditioner in the car's central control!Suppose the driver is alone in the car, driving the car on the road.He suddenly felt hot, how would he turn on the air conditioner at this time?If it is a touch screen, whether he wants to get the air conditioner interface from the system interface with his hands, or directly touch the air conditioner interface that is directly displayed by default, he must see it with his eyes!And it's easy to have an accident!

What is this thing like?Just like the previous feature phones had physical keyboards, so people who are very familiar with typing put their mobile phones in their pockets, and can blindly type 9% to 5% of the correct Chinese characters without looking at the screen. This is still using [-] keys to type. Pinyin!If it is just dialing, then there is only a small protrusion on the [-]th key to remind the center position.Basically, no one will dial the wrong number without looking at the screen!But what about smartphones?Who dares to say that the dial interface can be called up without looking at the screen on a smart phone?Who dares to say that after dialing out, he can directly press the number without looking at the interface?This is the difference between physical buttons and virtual buttons!Virtual buttons have no tactile feedback after all!So Jia Hongjian always felt that such a design was quite a fucking design!

He hopes that these engineers can find such a loophole that he deliberately left out. This is also a test for everyone!Because many times when making new products, there are indeed various unexpected shortcomings. It is very likely that everyone thinks well, but such a design is actually very stupid to use.Such a thing, it really needs someone to discover it!It's like when the Soviet Union developed guns and guns, the Sand 43, during World War II. How was it developed?It is the development of the prototype gun.Directly provide small batches to frontline officers and soldiers for use, and then make a series of modifications after obtaining feedback from frontline officers and soldiers.This is true of any product.It is necessary to integrate theory with practice. The things designed by designers must be flawed, and they will not be 100% perfect, unless the designer himself has enough experience in product use and excellent design experience!

Of course.Although it is said that the things produced by engineers and designers must have experience, but as the saying goes, everyone makes a lot of firewood. Jia Hongjian also hopes that everyone in the team we acquired can have a brainstorm, and one or two people can find out that others have no ideas. Flaws and blind spots discovered.In this way, we can save a lot of trouble, right?At least there is no need to produce prototypes and start testing before finding problems, right?It's always better to have less cost!Many large industries in the United States produce products, and the cost change of one cent is enough for the head office to hold a meeting to analyze it, not to mention the potential defects of our cars?If someone can find one, that would be a good thing!

Just as Jia Hongjian was waiting for the engineers to discover the problem, when he deliberately paused to see if anyone would interrupt him, he saw someone raise his hand. "You... Ed... right? Do you have any questions?" He paused his speech, and asked a fat engineer named Ed with great interest. "Sir, you just said... that you want to integrate the fuel gauge, speedometer, tachometer, and tire pressure into the touch LCD panel of the central control? Then it ran to the steering wheel? This way... ...Is it convenient?" Ed asked in such a question.Ed and his Tesla team, the first-generation prototype of Tesla that is being developed, has a center steering wheel, that is, the steering wheel is placed in the center control position of the usual car, so that others in the front row There is definitely not much space for riding, maybe there is only one fat person in the United States in the first row!Regardless of whether Jia Hongjian wants to change this design or not, the Chinese boss said that all the instrument panel behind the steering wheel should be integrated into the central control... Then how can you drive?Does the driver need to turn his head to look at the central control to see the speed when driving?Is this not a joke?Is it not easy to have an accident?

Hey!Jia Hongjian really did not expect that he would be questioned on such a question!Shit, buddy, what weird places are you paying attention to?Why do you pay attention to such trivial matters? "Instrument panel? Why can't we get an LCD instrument panel and display this information on the central control at the same time?" Jia Hongjian said with a helpless smile, "According to my personal driving experience, there are Sometimes on the highway, especially when there are few vehicles, it is difficult to realize that the speed is close to speeding due to various reasons. The speed limit for small cars on China’s highways is 120 kilometers per hour, which is about 70 miles per hour, many When I was driving the car, I thought I was at 110 kilometers per hour, but when I looked down at the instrument panel, I was surprised to find that it was almost 160! The surrounding scenery and the sparseness of reference objects such as vehicles are really easy to lose The correct judgment of the speed. When driving in the city to 70 kilometers per hour, it is already as fast as lightning, but it is like a snail on the high speed. So I personally think that the speed and speed are also displayed on the central control Waiting for a series of things, it is also convenient for passengers to help the driver remind..."

Hearing Jia Hongjian's explanation, everyone nodded their heads one after another.What Jia Hongjian said is indeed reasonable, and in the United States, sometimes the police are very bad, hiding behind a "bunker" or a turning intersection, quietly holding The speed radar is waiting, in case the driver speeds over the speed limit, after swishing past, the police immediately follow up and sound the horn when they find the speeding, and then they will issue a ticket!It is naturally a good thing to let the front-seat passengers help to check the speed!Although our car exists as a coupe, it is also a good thing to save consumers a little ticket!This can be regarded as improving the user experience!

So everyone accepted Jia Hongjian's explanation of the design one after another, but Jia Hongjian was a little disappointed at this time. Why didn't anyone find the loophole he left on purpose?When he was so disappointed, he suddenly heard Eberhard say: "However... the touch screen is used to control the air conditioner, will it cause the need to turn on the air conditioner while driving and have to turn his attention to the central control?" !Finally someone noticed this, it's not easy!As soon as he heard what Eberhard said, Jia Hongjian immediately praised him! "Well, this suggestion is very good! It is very practical! When designing cars in the future, everyone must be the same as Eberhard. Consider the specific conditions of use and think of various possibilities! This is what Eberhard Germany did a very good job!" Jia Hongjian praised, and Eberhard's face immediately flushed!

Originally, after Eberhard pulled Jia Hongjian back to Tesla, he drove away his old enemy Musk, and he was very complacent!Now being praised so much by Jia Hongjian, it immediately seemed that he was under one person and above ten thousand people, and he was the core of the whole company!After all, Jia Hongjian is an investment boss, and Jia Hongjian's family business is so big, it is impossible to stare at the company every day like Musk before. Isn't Eberhard responsible for the usual daily management?Moreover, Jia Hongjian boasted so much, which showed that he had a vicious vision and a high level. It directly seemed that he was very competent as the boss and could find loopholes that others could not.Feeling that his future is bright, how can this Eberhard not have a red face?

But at this time, Jia Hongjian was not trying to save face for Eberhard. Although he was not stingy with a few good words to make Eberhard happy, he still had important things to say at this time— — "We also want to apply the design concept of fighter jets to our Tesla sports car!" (To be continued...)