[timidiceball]

VW’s e-Up comes very close to that modern but minimal EV I wish someone would keep making. No touchscreen, just a smartphone mount. Analog HVAC controls. Even the battery-remaining gauge is an analog needle (though the usability of that detail is debatable!).

[riedel]

The absurd thing is that production will stop due to cyber security requirements. This highlights the absurd effect of regulations . Systems with a much bigger attack surface survive the risk assessment. All these new regulations are leading to absurd adverse effects towards their goal but particularly the environment .

[wyager]

American NHTSA backup camera regulations effectively ban new cars without a touch screen, sadly.

[ndsipa_pomu]

Do the regulations mean that physical controls have to be replaced by a touch screen or is the touch screen just required for displaying a camera feed?

[teknico]

I've been driving an e-Up for the last two years and am happy with it. It's a small car, just 240 km in the summer and 180 km in the winter though.

The battery pack is not temperature-controlled so it gets hot in long trips, and recharging becomes excruciatingly slow. Then again, it was not designed for long trips.

The new Citroen e-C3 is a modern, cheap(ish) car with a similar concept: optional touchscreen and many physical controls.