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Tesla’s interior design has set automotive standards for putting big screens into cars, creating the sci-fi experience that we probably thought about as children. Other automakers are playing catch up, some of them compensating perhaps a bit too much, trying to cram a ridiculous number of screens and cameras onboard. Take the new Byton SUV, a Chinese startup debuting this week at CES 2018. The relatively handsome SUV is positively festooned with cameras and enormous display screens. It makes for impressive photos, but we’re concerned it would be a total visual overload while going down the road, and just speaks to the excess that automakers feel they must equip their cars with. In fact, Byton isn’t even referring to their SUV as a car at all. Their website calls it “Your next generation smart device.”

With no automotive experience to speak of, Byton definitely feels like one of those companies that might be a total flash in the pan. But with markets finally starting to embrace electric vehicles, it’ll be interesting to see if Chinese companies can create a car that will succeed outside it’s borders. Via Wired:

From the outside, the Byton looks like a pretty normal midsize SUV, except for the lack of door handles and rearview mirrors.

With a projected starting price of $45,000, the Byton SUV is claimed to have over 300 miles of electric range.

In fact, Byton isn’t even referring to their SUV as a car at all. Their website calls it “Your next generation smart device.”

Byton SUV moss and fog — The Byton SUB concept has so many screens and cameras, we wonder if you’d spend any time looking out the windows at all.

byton-moss-and-fog-8 — An ominous dashboard camera peering at it’s occupants. Why?

Byton electric SUV Moss and Fog — An overhead view of the admittedly futuristic looking Byton electric SUV

The newest Rolls Royce was just trotted out to the public, and it’s called the Wraith. Beyond being the most powerful Rolls ever built, the ‘fastback’ design and dual-tone body has a decisively muscular appearance, way less Grey Poupon, grey-haired than in years past. Inside you’ll of course find luxury details like the new Spirit of Ecstasy Rotary Controller, which “features a touchpad, so you can effortlessly access the internet and music with a swipe of your finger or call up contacts and directions simply by ‘writing’ the characters.” But more impressive to me is the headliner, which has over 1300 fiber optics sewn into it, giving you a starry sky inside your trip to the grocery store. Top it off with 624 horsepower and massive West Sussex (suicide) doors, and you have a hell of a ride. I’d definitely like to take a trip in one. If you happen to have $300,000 laying around, you’ll be able to afford the base model.