Comment on Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn a 5-star safety rating in Europe | Euro NCAP will introduce new testing rules in 2026 requiring physical controls for the highest safety score

scytale@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think I agree. I would be fine with an infotainment system that:

  1. doesn’t cripple the car when broken
  2. isn’t integrated with non-screen controls like climate
  3. still has functional buttons on the steering wheel

  My malibu meets 2 and 3, but the fact that if the infotainment system breaks it cripples the entire car, puts me on edge. This would be mitigated if actual functionality was outside of it, and that the touch screen was just a control layer.

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• OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I disagree. I don’t want to have to take my eyes off the road to change my music, or turn the volume up/down. They need to be physical buttons/knobs.

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  • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There are buttons on the steering wheel to skip songs and adjust the volume.

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If you get the fancy steering wheel option

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      • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You’ll be hard pressed to find a new car in 2025 that doesn’t have steering wheel controls unless you go out of your way to look for one (if there is any).

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  • 50MYT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have a giant screen, and physical buttons for volume and air temp.

    Super happy with it.

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• Chulk@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My vote is:

  1. Button layouts that have worked for 20-30 years
  2. Heads-up displays for readouts of current values. Mph/kmph is displayed by default and the display temporarily changes when something like volume, heat, radio station, track, etc. is adjusted

  Best of both worlds

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• thrawn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  One thing I really like about the Lucid Air is that the big screen retracts. Makes it look and feel quite different, almost like an older car without the big screen.

  Important controls like seats, temperature, and volume/pause are physical. So you can have the big screen when you want it, and it goes away when you don’t. More cars should do that, though the additional moving part probably isn’t great for longevity.

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• MusketeerX@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Exactly!

  This pretty much summarises it.

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