Euro NCAP, Europe's automotive safety authority, may soon be including touchscreens and on-screen commands in their safety appraisals.
If you follow the automotive industry at all, you know that touchscreens and on-screen commands are all the rage. Car designers are addicted to removing clutter, i.e. physical buttons. Which means moving more and more commands into on-screen menus.
The European New Car Assessment Program , the main body responsible for crash safety on the old continent, plans to introduce new components to its tests as of 2026. These would rate vehicles more favourably if they have physical buttons and switches, rather than on-screen commands or touch-sensitive “buttons”, for certain essential commands.
2024 Subaru Outback Onyx Photo: D.Boshouwers That’s fine but we feel it could go further. In most newer models, these controls are still activated by physical buttons. More needs to be done, especially for controls such as heated seats, climate control, heated steering wheel and a/c intensity. According to Matthew Avery, Director of Strategic Development at Euro NCAP, the problem is significant. He told The Times newspaper that:
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