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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by newsclues on Friday October 01, 2021 @12:48PM (#28720718)
I’m not referring to the big screens but the replacement of buttons and knobs with multiple small ones.

Like putting touch screens on the steering wheel!

Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by ashtonkem on Friday October 01, 2021 @01:36PM (#28721342)
How many vehicles do that though? I can only think of Tesla, and they’re already pretty notoriously unreliable straight from the factory. All of the vehicles I’ve been in, including at trade shows, had physical buttons for most of the vehicle functions, and touch screens for secondary and tertiary operations.
Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by newsclues on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:33PM (#28724577)
Ferrari is the only one I can remember but it’s a trend car reviewers have negatively remarked upon