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I came to comments to make this point. Many of the EU manufacturers finally acknowledged the safety and usability of physical controls through research (aside
by Terretta 2y ago
I came to comments to make this point. Many of the EU manufacturers finally acknowledged the safety and usability of physical controls through research (aside from the customer clamor as customers realized touch screens weren't actually what they wanted), and EU pivoted. The physical controls EVs are now available.
USA didn't get the memo, or doesn't want to, thanks to differing corporate priorities and differing user persona preferences. USA manufacturers are (eventually) able to be influenced by customer outcry driving enough media to hit the independent dealer networks, but Tesla feels unlikely to do anything with the memo except file it in the circular bin.
Not sure about your "for people who love iPads" comment. I love my iPad Pro w/ Magic Keyboard + Magic Touch case and LTE modem, but get that crap out of my "control without looking" car experience. OTOH, I learned to drive in Europe.
- okdood64 2y agoI love BMWs and I'm on my 4th one now. > EU manufacturers finally acknowledged the safety and usability of physical controls through research BMW is NOT reverting back to more physical controls. arguably their 2016 to 2024 cockpits (depending on model), iDrive 7, were the best. Everything afterwards is a ginormous screen with very few physical controls outside of iDrive. The AC controls are the big one for me.