Volkswagen had to learn from its own mistakes. Infotainment sensors with a dubious menu structure failed to convince customers or testers and the Wolfsburg team had to withdraw.
Engineers will now gradually introduce improved control concepts into their models; this returns regular buttons to the cockpit.
Hyundai clearly doesn’t want it to come to that. Koreans will stick to traditional switches, knobs and knobs for now. The choice to retain these physical controls in the new generation of the Kona compact SUV, particularly in the air conditioning and audio system, was a conscious one.
For me, security-related functions must be controlled with buttons. While driving, they are difficult to operate via the touchscreen or the touch buttons. These functions are easier to operate if they can be “touched” with a button, Lee explains.
However, this will change when cars can drive themselves.
As soon as there is a fourth level of autonomous driving, we will control everything with the help of programs,” said Hyundai’s chief designer.
- “Driving” can be seen on YouTube.
Source: Auto, Motor and Sport