Technology

Hyundai is listening to what consumers want much more readily than other manufacturers, and their body designs strike an incredible balance between modern familiarity and retrofuturism. It's almost exactly what I want from a new vehicle, other than the fact that they use all the same forced telemetry that other brands are using.

They're also offering a great spread of electric AND hybrid vehicles to satisfy consumers worried about charger availability as well as consumers worried about the impact of gasoline-powered vehicles.

I won't be surprised if they continue to increase their market share for a long time to come. If only privacy concerns were as common among the broader population as they seem to be here in the Fediverse, then maybe they might address those issues as well and be a no-brainer purchase.

Good. This should be forced via regulations. Touchscreen controls are provably more dangerous than buttons due to the distraction.

Congratulations on taking a fucking DECADE to realize what should've been FUCKING OBVIOUS from the start.

Honestly. I'd be fine with a touchscreen for things you wouldn't likely be adjusting on the go anyways - but basic stuff like the radio and AC/Fans should always be easy to distinguish, don't need to look away from the road to operate buttons. Making basic stuff require touchscreen is inconvenient at best and outright dangerous at worst.

First good news I've heard in a while.

Goddamn right!!

The only thing I need on a screen is the GPS, everything else is an annoyance.

More importantly, they are dangerous.

The bathrooms in hell all have automatic sinks where you can't tell where the sensor is and an inconsistent delay.

They aren't just annoying, they're dangerous and can't be operated without looking at them

Not having touch anything is a selling point for me. Bonus points if I can roll up the window too.

Hyundai Design North America Vice President Ha Hak-soo said that people "get stressed, annoyed and steamed when they want to control something in a pinch but are unable to do so."

How many years it took them to figure it out?

I have a pre-touchscreen era (for its model anyway) 2012 car. I'm hoping by the time I have to get a new car this touchscreen fad will have come and gone. How are you supposed to use those things in the winter when you have gloves on?

Absolutely my creed. In my industrial niche, touch screen never took hold - when your action is actually (or at least perceived) important, nobody wants to rely on touch screens.

a screen is good for navigation and music, basically it

I once rented a Mini Countryman and was pleasantly surprised by the highly tactile switches they use. They felt like aircraft switches in that they had weight and springy resistance to them. Much better than all this touchscreen nonsense.

Got a Tucson to test for a few weeks. I was delighted to give it back. It was infuriating to use, the glass slab caught every light and felt like it was at 103% of the perfect distance everywhere I needed to touch.

The worst thing about modern cars though, outside of the sim card live locations and data scraping, is the safety message on start up that needs confirmation and the fucking safety pause on android auto. I hate it.

Good. Can every other company please do this too??

Pffft they're doing it because the EU is going to force this in a year or two, I bet

To me it's about balance and design. I've been in cars with too many physical buttons and those can be a distraction too.

My current car has a fairly large screen for media, gps, and some other in depth settings that don't need to be addressed while driving.

The rest is physical buttons and I honestly really like that hybrid approach to this.

I drive a 2023 Sonata N-Line. I feel like Hyundai got this one absolutely perfect as far as balancing physical buttons versus touch screen buttons. Every single important driving control has a physical button that is easy to reach and feel while keeping your eyes on the road. The only exception might be the control to turn the highway driving assist feature on and off. The touch screen is large and extremely responsive and has a multitude settings, but nothing that you would need immediately while driving. Absolutely love this car