I think this is a really interesting move from Tesla and it is making a good commentary on what the automotive industry has become. There's a lot of clutter in

I think this is a really interesting move from Tesla and it is making a good commentary on what the automotive industry has become. There's a lot of clutter in the modern car's UI, and I do agree that it could be slimmed down a lot. But the thing here is that Tesla is sacrificing usability for simplicity -- having to go through menus on the touch screen to access commonly used features like windshield wiper speed, relying on the screen in the middle to know whether your turn signal is on, or having to browse through menus to enable your parking break. You can't even see the speed your car is going on the dashboard, and instead have to move your focus to the thing that's basically an iPad mounted in the center console. The thing is, these are solved issues. Tesla could use a HUD to show even a simplified dashboard view. They could integrate the screen into the entire front seat/dashboard location/center console rather than just a rectangle in the middle. The only real answer to what they are doing is given in the article: they are trying to ditch the normal driving experience because they believe in the self-driving car as their end goal. This car is almost more of a commentary on this idea than a product (though I'm sure sales will be through the roof because Tesla has built itself as a trendy company the same way Apple did). The Model 3 is not for somebody who enjoys driving their car 24/7, and until self-driving cars become the norm it pretty much just exists to be edgy.