Cars Need Buttons, Not Touchscreens

Back to the future

I drive a 2022 Tesla Model 3. If you’ve never been inside a Tesla, the interior may surprise you.

The dashboard is notable because it’s dominated by a giant screen. Or perhaps “dominate” isn’t the right word, since the dashboard is otherwise empty: there’s nothing there to dominate. The Tesla interface is less like a game controller, with analog buttons …