[plqbfbv]

I own a Tesla, and I agree.

1. What Tesla did right was put a big screen in the center of the car, and then actually think about the UX, and how to improve the software to avoid having to fiddle every other minute with controls on the screen (e.g. climate control is usually amazing, I rarely touch the temperature). What other companies did was just put the screen and slap on sub-par software without much regard for UX, so of course it sucks, even if you have the big screen.

2. Yes, I'd have loved a couple extra buttons, perhaps programmable. My main gripe for instance is/was the air re-circulation (used to live in a country with lots of tunnels), but I'm sure others would have liked some other button. I'd have been very happy to have 3-4 software-programmable buttons for the most used functions.

[ErroneousBosh]

> What Tesla did right was put a big screen in the center of the car

I would disagree with that. You do not need a big flashing distract-o-tron in the middle of the dashboard.

Cars should have exactly zero screens.

[plqbfbv]

> I would disagree with that. You do not need a big flashing distract-o-tron in the middle of the dashboard.

Except my car's screen is not distracting: I set it up for my destination, I give it a glance when needed for navigation, and I basically don't touch it until I'm done driving, because (second part of the previous comment) the UX is so well done that I don't have to. Worst case, voice control works well enough for e.g. changing playlists and songs or changing destination mid-trip.

> Cars should have exactly zero screens.

People have been attaching tomtoms and mobiles to the windscreen for the past 30 years anyway to solve exactly the same problem (navigation), and they were always inferior solutions to a well done integrated screen: detaching on a bump, leaving forever-smudges, having to update all maps offline, removable meaning easier to steal, limited functionality, ..... So I disagree. I'd rather have governing bodies evolve to take screen UX into account at regulation: most cars with screens couldn't have been sold.

[yibg]

> Cars should have exactly zero screens.

Backup / 360 view cameras and navigation? I'd argue those are a lot safer than no camera looking backwards and fiddling with maps / phones.

[tonymet]

The display dims adequately , and is far less distracting than competitors , who usually have multiple displays and flashing lights. Especially luxury brands who do the above and have "bejeweled" decorative LEDs all over the cockpit.

Tesla has the most subdued interior of every brand on the market.

[tyre]

CarPlay is wonderful and Google Maps on a display is a hell of a lot safer than paper maps.