[Stockholmarn]

Nice to have this confirmed by actual testing.

Physical buttons are increasingly rare in modern cars. Most manufacturers are switching to touchscreens – which perform far worse in a test carried out by Vi Bilägare. The driver in the worst-performing car needs four times longer to perform simple tasks than in the best-performing car.

The screens in modern cars keep getting bigger. Design teams at most car manufacturers love to ditch physical buttons and switches, although they are far superior safety-wise.

That is the conclusion when Swedish car magazine Vi Bilägare performed a thurough test of the HMI system (Human-Machine Interface) in a total of twelve cars this summer.
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The results speak for themselves. The worst-performing car needs 1,400 meters to perform the same tasks for which the best-performing car only needs 300 meters.

The easiest car to understand and operate, by a large margin, is the 2005 Volvo V70. The four tasks is handled within ten seconds flat, during which the car is driven 306 meters at 110 km/h.

At the other end of the scale, Chinese electric car MG Marvel R performs far worse. The driver needs 44.6 seconds before all the tasks are completed, during which the car has travelled 1,372 meters – more than four times the distance compared to the old Volvo.

BMW iX and Seat Leon perform better, but both are still too complicated. The driver needs almost a kilometer to perform the tasks. Lots can happen in traffic during that time.

Dacia Sandero and Volvo C40 perform well although they both have touchscreens. However, they are not overloaded with features. Volvo shows that a touchscreen doesn’t need to be complicated.

https://www.vibilagare.se/nyheter/ph...ars-test-finds

Reject the touchscreen takeover - Embrace the physical knob 👌

[mikado463]

Originally Posted by Stockholmarn

Reject the touchscreen takeover - Embrace the physical knob 👌

agreed

[M-technik-3]

Cars will be look like living rooms in a house any day of the week at night, brightly lit room from a screen glowing.

Don't understand the push for more distractions that a driver does not need.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by Stockholmarn

Nice to have this confirmed by actual testing.



https://www.vibilagare.se/nyheter/ph...ars-test-finds

Reject the touchscreen takeover - Embrace the physical knob 👌

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