In general, I don’t mind driving EV cars, but man the lack of physical controls drives me nuts. I don’t know why every EV car designer just collectively agreed that physical buttons are a thing in the past and go all in that centre screen. It’s so counter intuitive. That is one major reason I went with the new Accord instead of getting an EV: the AC knobs. During night drive, the thee knobs have a ring of white light around them which make the interior look pretty cool. Also it’s super easy to control fan speed and temperature using the knobs. I’m interested in the upcoming VW ID7, but even the AIR VENTS are controlled with the screen, like WTF??? And I thought it’s dumb to open the glove box using the screen in Tesla.
Yup. BMW continues to use the I drive system in both their ice and Bev models. Not sure what op is smoking!? Or do they think the only evs are teslas?
BMW has also cut down on physical controls significantly. The iDrive Controller and the assignable favourite buttons for example are or will be gone.
To be fair way too many manufacturers are putting way too much screens into their cars.
Physical HVAC and volume should be mandatory.
It wouldn’t be so annoying in my Tesla if the auto climate worked as good as it did in my 2005 Audi A6, there I basically had it at one temp setting for summer and one for winter. Rarely touched it. In the winter I adjusted the seat heater the most.
What annoys me even more is that Tesla somehow seems to be getting away with going too far.
Removing parking sensors and the physical stalks… unless they miraculously manage to fix that with software and FSD my next EV won’t be a model Y, even though it’s quite a lot of EV for the money.
I drive doesn’t count as a physical botton because it just moves the cursor around the screen, you still need to look at the screen to accomplish your task.