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.
Car manufacturers trying to modernise the console do not understand how it feels like trying to touch a very specific area of a screen while in movement, trying to focus on the road. Its so annoying even when I am sitting at passenger seat. one small bump on the road and you press some other button which does something else :D, no tactile feeling, you can’t operate it without looking at it. It’s no different than texting and driving.