Byton’s Enormous In-Car Screen Is Confirmed For Production

The absolutely gigantic, not-at-all distracting screen in the Byton M-Byte has made it to the production stage, and we’re baffled
Byton’s Enormous In-Car Screen Is Confirmed For Production

Electric car startup Byton has released an image confirming that the bizarre 49-inch display screen seen on the concept has made it to production.

That’s right: the M-Byte SUV will present you with a large TV’s worth of absolutely definitely 100 per cent not distracting graphics, colours and moving images. Right in front of your face, while you’re driving. With a navigation map spread across the whole thing in the press shot above, it’s overbearingly bright and surely rather unhelpful to your pursuit of getting from A to B without hitting anything.

Byton’s Enormous In-Car Screen Is Confirmed For Production

Brightness will apparently automatically adjust, but we’re yet to find a smartphone that’s foolproof on that front so we don’t believe this will be either. That’s before we even mention that a screen of this size suddenly changing brightness is yet another distraction.

What’s more, there’s a (presumably non-rotating) tablet screen in the centre of the steering wheel with digital ‘buttons’ for media and vehicle settings, and a new portrait-format centre console screen that offers even more settings to access – or just a mirror image of the steering wheel tablet, if you like. It’s said to be aimed at front seat passengers, but why have two interfaces when one has been plenty for over 100 years?

Byton’s Enormous In-Car Screen Is Confirmed For Production

While we applaud the fresh thinking on display (pun intended), we can’t imagine anything more distracting than a full suite of large screens that you have to practically stare at in order to work, unlike actual buttons and dials, which you can navigate around by touch without looking away from the road. Also: fingerprints. Eternal, inescapable fingerprints.

Total automation is the company’s ultimate goal. The M-Byte will start with level three automation but the company wants level five – complete hands-free automation anywhere, at all times – as soon as possible.

Byton’s Enormous In-Car Screen Is Confirmed For Production

Amazon’s Alexa will provide voice control of a number of the car’s features as well as its usual Internet-based capabilities. Facial recognition is said to be planned for the production car in order to instantly load specific people’s saved ‘profiles’ for the screens and seats.

Battery range in the M-Byte will range from an official 248 miles in the 71kWh car to 323 miles in the 95kWh version. As with any electric car, expect those figures to take big hits if you’re using the heater or stressing the air conditioning in the peak of summer.

Power will be up to 469bhp in a four-wheel drive version, making the M-Byte vastly faster than most cars on the road despite a planned range starting price of around £34,000. A saloon and a practical MPV are due to follow the M-Byte.

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Comments

Anonymous

Its like they’re trying to out-gimmick Tesla

01/07/2019 - 17:56 |
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Anonymous

Byton be like “yep, that’s the interior sorted”.

01/07/2019 - 18:23 |
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Anonymous

Are they trying to sell a car or a couch with a TV? This is how an Apple car would look like… Look we have a huge ass screen!

01/07/2019 - 20:57 |
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Anonymous

Someone probably thought i know why the tesla gets sold because of that huge screen so if we have a bigger one everyone is going to buy our car instead!

01/08/2019 - 04:52 |
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675LT_ftw

Elon Musk at his Tesla screens be like …

oWo

01/08/2019 - 10:23 |
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Jakob

You aren’t allowed to use your phone or your tablet while driving for a good reason. Mount the tablet to the dash and then use it? Yeah, that’s fine for whatever reason. It’s ridiculous.

01/08/2019 - 10:47 |
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Danny S

Like the Model 3’s giant screen wasn’t bad enough…

01/08/2019 - 11:15 |
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CARBOY!!!

This makes Tesla’s screen look like a old Nokia

01/08/2019 - 11:25 |
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Anonymous

why would you have a screen on the steering wheel

01/09/2019 - 09:36 |
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Anonymous

isnt that were the airbag should be

01/09/2019 - 09:36 |
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