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The trend to tabletize the driver cockpit is troubling. Perhaps just as troubling as the trend to tabletize mobile phones. Clothing designers are struggling to enlarge the back pockets on jeans.
The driver experience consists of primary and secondary information feeds. Primary = in the immediate area behind the steering wheel (plus HUD) and secondary = navigation + entertainment.
Then - the driver experience is enhanced by controls, easily accessible and ideally taking advantage of muscle memory to allow the driver to focus on the road.
I think Porsche got it almost right with 2019 Panamera interior. The only major gap: excessive reliance on touch controls.
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