VW’s design chief says it will reintroduce physical buttons starting with the ID. 2all. VW’s design chief says it will reintroduce physical buttons starting with the ID. 2all. Mindt also says the ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Identity and physical access control solutions provider HID has released the 2024 State of Physical Access Control Report, identifying “five key trends that are shaping the future of ...

Go low-tech: Over the last few years, Volkswagen has removed physical buttons in its vehicles, choosing to bake control settings into its infotainment panel. Now, the company is backtracking. It's a ...

Automakers followed Tesla's lead, designing EV interiors as screen-centric cockpits. Now, some are adding back in physical ...

If carmakers’ return to physical controls isn’t evidence enough that screens are distracting, there is also mounting outcry from car buyers, as well as push from safety regulatory bodies like Europe’s ...

You could call it the Tesla Effect. I’m talking about the shift across the industry to replace traditional physical controls for functions like temperature selection with virtual buttons on a ...

Europe’s road safety authority, Euro NCAP, is aiming to make the use of physical buttons in vehicles necessary if automakers want a five-star rating. The move is designed to discourage automakers from ...

Volkswagen is still intent on marching its entire lineup of vehicles toward electrification in many of its markets. With that modernization of vehicle powertrains also comes more contemporary ...

From all-electric propulsion systems to semi-autonomous driver assists, General Motors is quickly evolving its technology offerings, and that includes its approach to design and user controls. The ...