It's hard to imagine an analog automotive future that ditches touchscreens and returns to physical buttons, switches, and knobs. If automakers had to provide access to all the features and functionality in today's cars, but without using screens, modern dashboards would look something like a 1940s telephone switchboard.
That path seems highly unlikely, although righteous indignation from consumers has persuaded a number of automakers to incorporate an actual volume knob. Consider it a victory for humanity. But there is a price to pay for more screens and fewer buttons, and it's not just automakers finding it more cost-effective touse the touchscreento change vehicle suspension settings, turn up the AC, tune to Tom Petty Radio, and much more. They require driver attention that would otherwise be focused on the road. And that could present a problem.
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