Volkswagen Reveals That It Has Brought Back Physical Buttons
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Key Points:
- Volkswagen has revealed interior photos of its upcoming budget electric vehicle, the ID. Polo, showcasing a return to physical buttons for key functions, reversing a previous trend toward touchscreen-only controls.
- The company acknowledges past design mistakes with non-clicky, confusing steering wheel buttons and pledges to include physical buttons for volume, climate control, fans, and hazard lights in all future models starting with the ID. Polo.
- VW design chief Andreas Mindt emphasized that physical buttons provide real feedback and improve usability, contrasting the prior approach that frustrated users with difficult-to-use controls on the steering wheel.
- The new interior architecture features a strip of physical buttons below the infotainment screen, aiming for an intuitive operating environment combining screens and tactile controls.
