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Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Completely ridiculous, used to own a mk6 Jetta and the steering wheel was perfect as it was, everything was right there and it was all regular buttons

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Mk7 GTI owner here, can confirm it's got great steering wheel controls. I like that the audio is on the left side since my right hand is busy shifting.

[–] fpslem@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

This bears repeating more: VW already knew how to make good driver controls. Their buttons and switches were carefully and thoughtfully designed for many years. The decision to throw in touch-screen buttons is either chasing a fad or outright dangerous cost-cutting. Companies like VW deserve the flak because they knew better, and did it anyway.