Here's Why It's Taking Automakers Ages to Put Buttons Back in Cars
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Simon Loasby, head of Hyundai's design center in Korea, is asking some questions. In a recent interview with Auto Express, Loasby questioned the need for touchscreens when consumers still prefer buttons for most vehicle functions, such as volume and seat heating. "Then you start to ask, well, why do we need a screen? Not the other way around, not why do we need buttons? Why do we have a screen, and can't we do it another way?" Hyundai isn't the …
With technological developments, cars have become more digital and are being adopted more innovative and visually more attractive solutions. Now, with the usability of these changes to be tested by drivers, there are things that...
Mercedes-Benz relies less on touch surfaces. Thus, the car manufacturer follows the competitor VW and the wish of NCAP.
After years of all-touching, the Star brand is moving backwards. Physical controls are back in force on its new models, responding to a clear demand from drivers. But why Mercedes is turning back? The return of physical controls at Mercedes At the Munich Motor Show, attention is drawn to the huge 39.1-inch digital slab of the new electric Mercedes GLC. But another, more discreet detail, may well change the daily lives of customers. The arrival o…
Mercedes Is Quietly Reversing Its War On Physical Buttons
Mercedes is putting more real buttons back in its cars due to customer demand. The new GLC and CLA Shooting Brake are first to benefit from the policy shift. Each gets a new steering wheel with additional physical rollers and buttons. Mercedes has pushed touchscreen infotainment systems to new highs with the 39.1-inch pillar-to-pillar display in the electric GLC it unveiled at the Munich Motor Show last week. But at the same time another less ob…
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