I can only think that their intention is that everything can be updated over the air, this includes all the buttons and controls. It's certainly a bad thing fr

I can only think that their intention is that everything can be updated over the air, this includes all the buttons and controls. It's certainly a bad thing from a UX perspective. The number of controls in a car / aircraft is a very typical example of why modes are bad. One button for one action is the easiest to learn over the long run, there is a clear mapping in the drivers head of what each of the controls does. They all have different affordances, which is much harder on a touch screen. However saying that, there's clearly problems with BMW's car UX [0]. Tesla have put a lot of thought into the UX [1] but it seems to be more on a grand scale with specific user cases in mind (your garage magically opening as you approach), rather than the mundane of reducing the number of clicks for the average task. [0]: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-consumer-products-have-bad-ux/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-consumer-products-have-... [1]: https://uxmag.com/articles/tesla%E2%80%99s-groundbreaking-ux-an-interview-with-user-interface-manager-brennan-boblett https://uxmag.com/articles/tesla%E2%80%99s-groundbreaking-ux...