Whatwhatwhat? There are cars where you have to use a touch screen to indicate turns?

I tried several search terms and I cannot find a single example. If somebody has a link, it would be much appreciated.

Not screens, but moved from a stalk to buttons on the front of the wheel.

Ferrari has done this before too, but people are really talking about Tesla.

Thanks, that helped me to find an article or two. Tesla's solution looks... okay to me? Turn left, push left hand button on the steering wheel. Turn right, push right hand button on the steering wheel. Of course, this setup has a few fail cases the conventional solutions have not, but that is true for Tesla's steering yoke as a whole. Both seem to require more dexterity for no clear advantage, but they are also not the end of the world.

Personally I think it’s a bad idea. When the wheel is turned you can’t as easily keep track of how to signal left vs right.

Sure, most of the time you’re going straight when you need to use the turn signal, but not all the time.

I mean "terribly" no, but imagine you can take that cost of materials, and eliminate those jobs by going 100% digital, not lower the price of the vehicle, and then pass on the savings to your shareholders? Might even be worth a golden parachute.

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It's a matter of scale as far as expense. If my company produces 100,000 cars, and the stalk assembly/parts cost $50, now I've saved 50*100000=5 million dollars a year. To me it's clever in the same way that all-wheel drive users existing brakes to manipulate wheel-power delivery versus a complicated (and expensive) 4WD transmission. Clever, yes, but impossible to use in a tactile manner and thus dangerous because it forces eyes-off-road ( a simple steering wheel button might save money and still afford tactile aspects)