For more than a decade, carmakers treated giant touchscreens as the ultimate symbol of progress, stretching glass across ...

Volkswagen is quietly reversing one of the most controversial design trends of the past decade, restoring physical controls ...

Volkswagen is reinstating physical buttons and a volume dial in its new ID Polo compact car, reversing the touchscreen trend ...

Carmakers have followed in Tesla's footsteps by ditching physical buttons in favor of a touchscreen-centric user interface. However, not everyone likes touchscreens, and Hyundai is now going back to ...

Rachel Plotnick, an Associate Professor at Indiana University Bloomington and something of a “button guru,” has been studying this tactile resurgence for years. As the author of Power Button: A ...

Volkswagen has finally realized what pretty much every driver already knew: stuffing every function into a touchscreen is a nightmare. The company’s design boss, Andreas Mindt, has revealed that ...

Rivian's Chief Software Officer says that physical buttons are antiquated controlling vehicles with your voice is the future The change hinges on AI solving "broken" voice assistants Rivian owners ...

As electric vehicles continue to push the boundaries of automotive technology, first time owners especially have often faced a steep learning curve when comes to trying to figure out all of the new ...

In recent years, the automotive industry has seen a surge in the adoption of touchscreen interfaces, largely inspired by the success of Tesla’s minimalist approach. However, this trend has not ...

Why it matters: Automakers seem to be retracing their steps. After years of placing nearly every function behind glass screens, car companies are rediscovering the value of tactile controls – not for ...