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by kgermino 466 days ago
Tho most of the “physical buttons” on my Hyundai are non-tactile, capacitive buttons.

I love my Ioniq I think a lot of ways it’s a better package than Tesla’s but I still miss the physical buttons from my Honda. I can’t get close to a button and find the right one by feel when it’s a capacitive panel

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I haven't driven an Ioniq yet but it sounds like they too may have taken a turn down the wrong path.

I regularly drive a fairly new Elantra where all the essential driving controls are still physical with tactile feedback.

My favorite is the environmental control. A single, big easy to find knob to adjust the temperature without your eyes leaving the road. Turn left (counter-clockwise) for colder, right for hotter. The car takes it from there and selects heat or a/c as needed with an appropriate fan speed. You can still adjust manually but I rarely do so.

The '25 ioniq 5's bring a lot of the buttons back. The climate ones are capacative, but are dedicated buttons.