Director of Hyundai Automobile Design: there is a hidden danger in the touch screen and will continue to retain the physical button / knob mode.

CTOnews.com, March 22 (Xinhua) an important trend in the automotive market in promoting electrification is the use of touch screens instead of traditional physical buttons. Sang Yup Lee, head of Hyundai design, said when launching the new Kona model that the traditional physical button / knob method would continue to be retained for safety reasons.

Lee stressed the importance of using traditional physical buttons, which CTOnews.com translated as follows: "We have made extensive use of physical buttons over the past few years. We believe that security-related buttons must be traditional physical buttons."

Lee believes that if the volume and air conditioning temperature are adjusted by touching the screen, the car owner needs to look down and find the controls on the screen to complete the operation.

Then this kind of adjustment may affect driving safety. In comparison, traditional buttons and knobs can make drivers focus their attention on the road through tactile feedback.

"while you're driving, it's hard to control these elements on the touch screen," Lee said. "drivers have easy access to these physical buttons and knobs."

Lee suggests that while this is Hyundai's top priority today, things may change in the future. In particular, when autopilot becomes mainstream, the company may consider using touch control more.