light icons?

[Homer]

This is pretty small thing but I am curious. For the first couple months I had my Spark, whenever I saw on my dashboard the icon for the daytime running lights I would assume my headlights were on, and vice-versa. I guess to me, the icon with the longer rays coming from a bulb seems naturally to be headlights, not DRL.

Anyway, I ended up just having to leave my lights on automatic so I didn't drive around at night without headlights, but I wondered if I was the only one who thought that way (or if Chevy were the only ones who thought of it the other way).

 

[JoeSchmoe]

The phrase "Automatic" headlights here isn't really what people expect. I expect automatic headlights to mean they turn on automatically at night, and turn off in daylight. In this car it only seems to mean that when I turn the car on, the headlights turn on, and when I turn it off the headlights turn off. I don't believe there is a dimmed "daytime running" behavior. Assuming I'm not misunderstanding, this is a complete waste on an electric vehicle. Poor choice by GM, but given all of the vehicles they have running around with daytime running lights it's not so unexpected.