Some automakers have caved to buyer demand and started bringing physical buttons back, including VW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Hyundai. Rivian, on the other hand, has no interest in joining them, ...

Polestar customers “overwhelmingly” want more buttons in their cars’ interiors, and that’s what they’re getting. Polestar will introduce more physical buttons after customer demand for tactile ...

Ever since the Polestar 1 and 2 arrived, vehicles from the Swedish brand have had a scarcity of physical controls. In their place is a vertically-oriented touchscreen, the same layout used in parent ...

Touchscreen-heavy interiors are under fire, with new safety rules pushing automakers to bring back real buttons for the features drivers use most. China proposes mandatory physical buttons for key car ...

Arguably, one of the worst trends in modern cars has been the constant push to include increasingly large touchscreens and touch-sensitive controls on the dashboard at the expense of physical buttons ...

A car interior with physical controls present on the steering wheel. - Molodid Studio/Shutterstock Arguably, one of the worst trends in modern cars has been the constant push to include increasingly ...

Initially, touchscreens were a way to make navigation and media easier for the driver, but over time; manufacturers have begun to use screens to control other functions. The justification from the ...

On the plus side, a design heavy on screens and short on physical buttons lends the cabin a futuristic feel and creates a clean, minimalist interior space. But burying essential functions in layered ...

If you’ve been trawling the internet for news about Grand Theft Auto 6 in recent weeks, you may have noticed numerous social media posts and Reddit threads alleging that Rockstar Games plans to add a ...

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 ...