[eanzenberg]

Maybe I'm not familiar with what the steering wheel buttons do in a Tesla.

Volume, change stations, change tracks, voice command (siri), adaptive cruise control (including mph selection) and auto-steering are available on my steering wheel in my BMW. In the middle of the car, climate zone and drive modes are available as physical buttons and knobs.

[kinghajj]

The stalks and buttons on the Model 3 can access all of those same features, as well as adjust the follow distance for adaptive cruise control. Climate settings are through the screen, via a fan symbol button in the center. That pops up a temperature selection slider with buttons to increase/decrease the setpoint, and (de)sync the driver/passenger set points. Press the button again, and you get a full screen with more settings (auto-flow vs manual, air stream splitting and direction, etc.)

[Fins]

Sounds like just the thing one should be doing in a moving vehicle! /s

[intopieces]

Your hypothesis is that this model (screen instead of knobs) is more dangerous. Do you have any data to back this up?

[Fins]

Are you seriously suggesting that something that does require you to pay attention to a screen entire time you're using it (and touchscreen in a moving vehicle is not the easiest thing to operate even when you're not the one driving) is less distracting that something that is operable entirely by touch?

I'll stick with my experience trying to operate both. ANd I'll stick with cars that have real controls. Not that there were much reliable data yet, what with Tesla being pretty much the only ones who made something like that. Their crash statistics aren't all that impressive, BTW, but it is hard to discern which ones are pure accidents, and which ones are tied to controls, or AutoPilot, or general stupidity.

It will be interesting to see crash statistics of e-Tron vs. regular Q series, though, that would give some apples to apples comparison options.But then that assumes that Audi can actually sell a meaningful number of them...