Why this large car manufacturer thinks screens have reached their peak in the car

In this era of wall-to-wall screens, you would forgive you think that in-car displays take over automotive interiors, and that buttons and switches go the way of the Dodo. Hyundai thinks that is not the case.

“We will see a return of the analogue and the reduction of screens. It will take one or two generations” Carexper.

“Depending on the type of vehicle, you will see fewer screens.”

He explained that this will be different, depending on the type of vehicle.

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“Mainstream vehicles will mainly use screens for a few generations. Basic cars have the parameter of the break-your-owner and the luxury cars will certainly have screens, but they will be seconded by speech control.

“You will see less dependence on these screens.”

Genesis revealed his X Gran Equator concept last month, a luxury off-roader with four small screens that look more like meters, but not a traditional touchscreen.

In an era where even the cheapest Kia Picanto has a touchscreen, vehicles without a rare – at least in Australia are.

You can buy a Suzuki Jimny Lite here with a more 2000-style sofa with buttons and buttons, while on the Japanese market various entry-level vehicles such as the Toyota GR86 RC simply have a blank where there would be a touchscreen.

Some recently unveiled vehicles such as Amazon’s Slate Electric Ute function a smartphone confirmation in which you would expect that a touchscreen will be. Citroen C3 comes standard with a smartphone -dock, the company says that an app and the NFC wire -free possibilities are used for the car to connect the phone quickly on the car.

“Simply, people have their phone and normally they have everything they need in terms of requests and utilities in their phone,” said Mr Donckerwolke.

The designer of Genesis not only sees the future of displays in the car through the prism of a designer, and he released the safety problems about a trend that has become more productive in Chinese brands in particular.

“We must ensure that screens do not force you to go to submenus for operations where we used to need only one push of a button,” he said.

“If you only trust screens, you tend to leave the fact to have the hand on the wheel and the eyes on the road, which is the most important safety factor for me.”

Many brands such as Tesla, Xpeng and Leap engine use virtually no physical link, where almost every function is accessible via the touchscreen or by using the speech assistant.

Digital instrument clusters and infotainment touchscreens are also accompanied by individual screens of climate controllers (see: Audi, Land Rover) and passenger displays (see: Jeep, Ram, Porsche).

You can find climate displays in the vehicles of some brands (eg Tesla) and back screens for viewing media (see Genesis, GMC, Lexus).

Because screens are permeated by interiors, some brands have introduced huge screen mass blages. Mercedes-Benz’s Mbux Superscreen contains a digital instrument cluster, infotainment touchscreen and passenger screen under a piece of glass.

Cadillac and Lincoln have gone even further, with not only one continuous pillar-to-pillar screen in some of their luxury vehicles, but also a separate touchscreen underneath for managing important functions such as the climate control.

Even Hyundai’s own Genesis brand does not have an extensive-so not entirely pillar-to-27-inch display with the instruments and infotainment.

The risk here is what looks fantastic on the showroom floor, a few years later can look out of the extent. This is demonstrably more the case with luxury cars, where all the wood and leather and craftsmanship can be undermined by outdated user interfaces – something premium brands did not have to worry in recent decades.

“I think the most important problem with large screens is that you always have to update the content, and other industries do that much better than the car industry,” said Mr Donckerwolke.

“There is a danger to have large screens and not the right quality of the content.”