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1 month ago@Sunshine This seems to be very close to what Hyundai does in the Ioniq 5N, just using a stick instead of paddles. I don’t know if that difference will be enough to warrant a patent, but time will tell.
As for the feature itself - yeah, it seems stupid and pointless, but every single review I have seen of the 5N acknowledges the stupidity but also concludes (usually with a huge grin on the reviewers face) that it makes the car an absolute blast to drive.
Will this be a thing in 20 years? Most likely not. Could it be the gateway drug for petrolheads? Yeah, looks like it.
@SrMono ehhh - no, it is unfortunately not.
“The current phase will last for two years, finishing at the end of 2025, at which point the Governing Council will decide whether to move to the next phase of preparations and, if so, define its scope and duration.”
It’s a pity that it is still so far off, because reading though the description, it seems to be intended as a very secure, very private way of paying digitally - the intention is to make payments directly from person to person, with no interactions with your bank.
“Cash-like” is the term they use. I could get behind that for sure.