Today on Critical Materials: Toyota could pivot all of its cars to hybrids, Ford wants customizable physical controls, and used EV batteries find a second leg.
Not everyone is ready to transition to electric vehicles, and that's okay. But with strict emission regulations around the corner, many automakers are augmenting their fleetwide emissions with both battery-electric and hybrid powertrains. Toyota has found that those hybrids are turning into its bread and butter. Welcome back to Critical Materials, your daily roundup for all things EV and automotive tech.
Tesla, for example, added simple shortcuts such as long presses to the scroll knobs on its steering wheels, which allow users to long-press them for a quick shortcut to a particular feature . Ford's patent takes it a bit further by using dedicated controls as a more central theme of its interiors. It builds on the Mach-E, which already has a single knob mounted on its center display that can control different things depending on the context on screen. I think this is a great idea.
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