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by not_a_tesla_fan 2145 days ago
I don't think it's that simple.

- Ford's early (and I think current) touchscreen interfaces were pretty unintuitive and they were one of the few manufacturers in the US doing touch interfaces.

- Tesla has probably put a lot more into the UX of touch screen interaction (albeit completely ignoring the fact that touchscreens aren't great while driving).

- Now touchscreens are so normalized in new car sales that they're just accepted as a part of a new mid-top trim car, so the question of "should this really have a touchscreen?" is out of most buyers' minds.

There are exceptions to the "more touchscreen" trends with Mazda[1] recently dropping touchscreens in their new cars and Honda[2] following suit with some models. And in the Hondas that still have touchscreens, I believe most/all 2019+ models had at least knobs to operate radio volume and AC while looking at the road.

[1] https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121372_why-mazda-is-pur...

[2] https://jalopnik.com/honda-follows-mazda-by-ditching-some-to...

EDIT: getting used to formatting