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China to require physical controls for vehicle functions, reducing reliance on central control screen (carnewschina.com)
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The Chinese MIIT intends to require physical control mechanisms for functions such as turning turn signals on/off, raising/lowering windows, and activating advanced driving assistance system. This new requirement is expected to be mandatory for only newly manufactured vehicles starting July 1, 2026.

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Europe, please.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm kinda surprised they haven't done this yet tbh

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 minutes ago

Same. I remember years ago, reading how these touchscreen interfaces are inferior and inherently less safe, because they require you to take your eyes off the road, because they cannot be navigated on haptics alone.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 4 hours ago

They also recently banned flush door handles.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 hours ago

I wish we had this here…

[–] rezad@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

"CCP" actually cares about it people.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The CCP only consistently sides with the people against corporations because its politicians want to stay in power.

Freedom is when your government is 3 corporations in a trenchcoat.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 51 minutes ago

They make sure to not let their corpos get dangerously big. The definition of a managed economy. Look at Jack Ma