Sometimes Car Tech Goes Too Far. Automakers Are Admitting It
Just because a feature is new doesn’t mean it’s better.
The new Mercedes-Benz GLC sports the much-beloved roller-style volume control on the right side of the steering wheel — a concession to consumer sentiment that indicated fatigue with touchscreens and controls that used simulated, haptic feedback.
Source: Mercedes-BenzWhen Tesla Inc. designer Franz von Holzhausen announced that his team would reconfigure the signature pop-out electronic door handles that had been criticized as a safety hazard, it was a rare admission that the company needed to adjust and improve a long-standing product.
“The idea of combining the electronic one and the manual one together into one button makes a lot of sense,” von Holzhausen told Bloomberg News. “That’s something that we’re working on.”