controlling climate via physical is a very bad idea. You only need manual a lot when a climate control implementation is bad. The ultimate goal, is car knows how to keep you in comfort. In electric car heat or cooling is instant( you don't need an engine to warm up). You have a touchscreen controls for the flow settings, that allows you to have preferences, to the point when system can detect your position. I love tesla's climate control. It is ALWAYS in automatic mode by default. It knows I like 71 f, when i'm in the car, it first start with very strong fan on, trying to pick up temp as fast as possible, after that slows down, to reduce the noise, and just keep the comfort temp. I never ever touch it. at all. My girlfriend has a different preferences that changed automatically whenever she activate her profile. Whenever I go to a second car and activate my profile there, it also knows what I like, where to blow, and how strong to blow. Why on earth anyone want to downgrade to manual knobs? In the rare occasions you can tell car, I'm hot, or I'm cold.

Changing profile is a separate story. It changes mirrors , sound preferences, temperature, seat position. I'm doing it that with two touches on the screen. Now imagine you're doing all that manually with old dumb knobs and buttons? Imagine you're doing that every day?

Your kids will be laughing how stupid cars were in 2020's while having all the computers and possibilities to make your car really comfortable.