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I had the same problem until I changed it to a male voice. Problem solved.

Can't you just select one of the many other available voices?

I guess at some stage a passenger will complain that it is too hot or too cold. Also, personally, I find that on a hot day, when I get in a boiling car, I crank the AC up to max. Then I guess that there are issues such as demisting the window. To me, reaching out without looking for an enormous screen and shifting a little up or down is certainly easier than in my present car.

My howl of rage about several politicians lying yo get voted in and there being no consequences. Do we just accept this now. Why bother having elections then. We dont know what we are going to get anyway.

Regarding cabin temperature control, wouldn't one simply set a desired temperature before starting a journey as one would to set the temperature in a house?

Howard started the "Invest in Houses and you can't go wrong " thing. Most of us spend half of our Lives Paying it OFF. There HAS to be MORE to life than Just "owning" a House. Then you have to look after it. Pay the rates. Insure it. Keep the white ants and vermin out of it Fix the Roof, Chimney, Wiring and Plumbing if you're there long enough.. Worry about Bushfires Floods and storm damage. Pay a Monty when you move in taxes and costs. When you rent the Owner has to worry about all THAT. IN Europe Most never expect to OWN their own home unless they Inherit it. The Australian DREAM of owning your home can also be a nightmare, if you get stuck with Neighbours from HELL. Nev

I have enough trouble trying to get my new Samsung phone to work properly with a screen swipe. It often fails to respond to a finger swipe. It's the most dubious activation of any operation you can devise - as compared to the accuracy and positivity of a switch. As regards voice commands - they are also on a par with screen swipes. I never use them, because I have poor hearing, and verbal communication is always a hassle for me. I don't use sat nav because I can't hear the womans instruction. I have great difficulty in understanding women speaking, due to the pitch of womens voices, which pitch is where I have greatest hearing loss. In addition, I do not trust any global corporation taking a record of my voice, and doing all sorts of things with it, in that they refuse to tell me what they are doing with it. Then there's the problem of several people talking, while you're trying to talk to a voice-activated screen, and the screen microphone picks up activation commands that weren't directed at it. I often hear SWMBO talking to our smart TV, trying to get it to carry out some action, and then she resorts to the remote control. AFAIC, touchscreens in cars are anathema to what driving is all about. It means distraction from the road, and other vehicles around you, and safety authorities have long treated screens inside vehicles as a major road safety problem.

Essentially, the near collapse of the Liberal Party and its dubious and deficient policies has seen disaffected right wing voters vote for ON and Teals in the hope of getting rid of Labor from positions of power. But not one of the parties currently vying for leadership of the nation is addressing the elephant in the room - rocketing house prices that are unjustly enriching property investors, and which prices are making housing unaffordable for the younger generation who missed the property/housing gravy train. At least Federal Labor has recognised the problem and is trying to do something about it by tackling CGT rules and negative gearing rules. But of course, that brings howls of outrage and bitterness from those property owners who do not want to see ANY downturn in housing or property prices. That large cohort are nearly all conservative voters. Unfortunately, history tells us property bubbles have a way of exploding by themselves in a very hurtful and shocking manner, if Govts don't take measures to rein in property investment exuberance. Just like the shock kids get, when a party balloon explodes, a lot of property investors who are sitting on millions in gains, are going to get a nasty shock, when there's a sudden and severe economic downturn, and the property bubble does go bang.

If you want to literally see the actual temp in degrees, then I suppose yes, however, I think most of us would think, "it is too cold" and then give it a swipe upwards, perhaps a small swipe or perhaps a big swipe. Compare this with the Ford Focus switches. Three identical switches are relatively low down near the gear stick. Then there is the voice command "Hey BYD, increase heating" nbo need to take eyes off the road even for a second, and both hands can stay on the wheel.

Kia has already issued a worldwide recall notice for a wide range of their models, whereby a software error causes the screen in these vehicles to go blank. The old Windows problem recurring? 😄 As Kia and Hyundai use a lot of common design and components, I would expect Hyundai to start having similar problems soon. Give it a year or three, and I'll wager we'll see quite a number of reports of screen failures in Chinese cars. As parts supply is poor for most Chinese cars, I can see major issues, and customer dissatisfaction, looming in this area.

In your example, Octave, the driver still has to focus on the screen popup temp. Certainly not something that a non BYD driver could accomplish easily. Unlike conventional controls, there is no tactile feedback to confirm the desired action has occurred.

Announced Policies are generally not believed anyway. The public has lost trust in what politicians and speechwriters say.

I think there is a perception that on-screen controls are like going through a seemingly endless series of menu options. The reality is that these things are often better thought through than that. On the BYD vehicles, adjusting the heater or aircon is as simple as swiping 3 thingers accross the screen for fan speed or straight up and down for temperature. This does not require looking at the screen. You can also use voice controls. On my trusty old Ford Focus the heater and aircon controls are set quite low and there are 3 identical knobs. Not using these regularly, I can never remember which one is which without looking. I think there are valid questions about new methods, but I think often people who have never driven an EV tend to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I am sure there are valid criticisms of the layout and method of operating controls in both older and newer cars.

Does that mean that ON can quickly adapt its policies to changing circumstances?

Rule No. 1 for safe driving: Keep your eyes outside the vehicle. That doesn't simply mean looking a car length ahead. It means looking as far as the eye can see In that 120 degree arc in front of you. You should not divert your eyes from that view ino the vehicle for more than a split second. That's why it is safer design to place controls where muscle memory lets us find them. A driver should not have to seek visual clues to locate and operate controls while operating the vehicle.

It's pretty much assumed you use both hands when flying a Plane. Control wheel in Left Hand. Throttles in right. Like a C-172 NOT like a Spitfire onetrack I put the question to OME, who immediately preceded me. It's hard to write with the Hand you are not used to. You play a Piano with both hands. I even type with both Hands but the right one has Nerve issues. Improved a bit Lately with the steroid injection. Nev

That's just a comforting distraction. Compare: Generally people knew DJT was a liar, a cheat, etc... but there he is, at the top. Because people voted for him because they hoped he will drain their swamp and punish the over entitled partys. Generally ON Pauline has a poor record, has trouble keeping party members, and no concrete policy.... but people still vote for her because they hope she will drain their swamp and give the over entitled partys a drumming. Still a problem for us.

One nation can't even manage their own finances - imagine what they'd do to the budget. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/11/one-nation-party-financial-reports-returns-fair-trading-ntwnfb

He seems to have the facts pretty right. But I don't think the people who qualify for a part pension are the richest 20% who make the most out of CGT discounts.

Well I do now.

Marty, you do know that I was joking, don't you?

I still think our system here takes a lot of beating. A constitutional monachy with the best of both worlds. No el presidente, all government members are elected, not mates appointed by a president, and we have an elected senate, no unelected house of lords. Having an admittedly quirky, but harmless wingnut in pommieland as our theoretical head of state is a small price to pay for it.

What is being forced on you? The SSM legislation extended a right to a group of people. It took nothing as far as I can see from you. We have a trans neighbour. Used to be a woman and now a man. We often meet for a coffee on a Saturday. I honestly can not give a toss what they have in their pants. They are in no way that I can discern infringing on my rights. Who cares? Get on with your life and try to be happy

If you think I am an apologist for Biden or his son, then you are wrong. I think wrongdoing should be punished, so we agree on that. But do you agree that Trump should be held to the same standard? By the way, Trump is the only President since Nixon not to release his tax returns. Trump was just awarded full immunity for himself and his sons from prosecution for tax crimes, mmm wonder why he asked for that? "The Immunity Deal: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an addendum to the settlement declaring that the United States is "forever barred and precluded" from prosecuting or pursuing tax claims against the Trumps and their affiliated businesses. [1, 2] The "Anti-Weaponization" Fund: As part of the wider settlement to drop the lawsuit, the DOJ established a $1.776 billion compensation fund meant for victims who claim they were targeted or wrongly prosecuted by previous government investigations. [1] The Leak Case: The initial $10 billion lawsuit was filed after an IRS contractor leaked Donald Trump's confidential tax returns to media outlets between 2018 and 2020. [1, 2] Democratic Backlash: Democratic lawmakers have condemned the agreement, characterizing the settlement as a "get-out-of-jail-free card" and an unprecedented abuse of executive power. [1, 2]

Dont forget the dates he pardoned from....those dates were done so Biden and his son were not convicted or taking money from the Ukraine in dirty deals..many millions of dollars back in about 2014 or 2016...the pardons Biden gave him AND his son were to make sure it was outside the timeframe they could charge him