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The future of screens: balancing tech and tactility

Car Design News takes a deep dive into what’s to come for the interior screen and how designers are integrating technology into the cockpit

Lucy Abbott

Interior Motives: why designers must bring emotion to technology

How to create tech products that customers love is the question designers must answer, writes Robert Forrest

By Robert Forrest

UX dominates the automotive stage at CES

Read on for an overview of the UX-related launches at CES 2025

Freddie Holmes

In praise of pushbuttons (and other physical controls)

Buttons are making a slight return thanks to revised guidance from Euro NCAP. Drew Smith considers what we lost in the move to screens, and what we might gain from the new rules

Drew Smith

Tata UX lead talks design gimmicks and longevity

From ChatGPT to smart surfaces, Michael Nash talks to Tata’s Agnete Linikaite about the development of UX and trending interior design ideas

Michael Nash

Opinion: The UX pain of EV rental

By adding EVs to rental fleets without perfecting the end-to-end experience, brands which claim to be customer-focused have squandered an opportunity to build customer acceptance, writes Drew Smith

Drew Smith

Research sheds light on future user experience

Car Design News talks to trained pyschologist and UX designer Guido Meier-Arendt about a recent study on shaping a positive user experience

Freddie Holmes

CDN poll reveals giant touchscreen antipathy

A Car Design News poll confirmed what many already suspected – not many of us are fans of giant touchscreens

James McLachlan

Mercedes-Benz presents enormous dash-dominating screen at CES 2021

The Mercedes-Benz Hyperscreen spans the entire length of the vehicle and will soon be used in the EQS sedan

Michael Nash

CES 2020: Toyota debuts a concept city

Mount Fuji is about to become the site of a futuristic mobility experience, thanks to Toyota’s Woven City concept

Karl Smith

Leading Ideal - A car designed from the touchscreens out

The ‘Elon Musk’ of China, Li Xiang, is building an EV automotive brand from scratch

Drew Meehan

Byton reveals new Chinese studio (and more production car secrets)

Byton’s new Shanghai studio opens as it readies its first production car

Guy Bird

Technology focus - in UX is less more?

Leaps in digital technology continue to transform the way we interact with vehicles. Here we look at the variety of approaches to touchscreens

Car Design News

Technology focus - reading our emotions

Trying to read, and even affect the emotions of people in vehicles, is being seriously applied by car manufacturers and suppliers

Car Design News

CES 2019: Visteon envisions the future cockpit

At CES 2019, Visteon showed its vision of the cockpit of the future

Karl Smith

Byton’s Benoit Jacob on building a brand

The new firm’s Design Director on leaving BMW, joining a start-up and creating a design culture from scratch

Joe Simpson

UX Analysis: Mercedes-Benz A-Class ‘MBUX’

The MBUX system in the new A-Class proves quick and responsive, but can’t eliminate a steep learning curve

Lem Bingley

Driven: Volkswagen Golf VII (facelift)

More screens and gesture control available, but is more necessarily better? We test the VW Golf VII HMI options

Joe Simpson

Geneva 2016: Ferrari GTC4 Lusso’s dual cockpit allows passengers to join in the fun

Co-driver feature spreads touchscreen across the cabin

Owen Ready

Frankfurt 2015: BMW 7 Series’ magnificence is in its details

BMW 7 Series – quite possibly the finest car interior in the world

Owen Ready

Design Essay: Instrument Panel Architecture

This Design Essay investigates how architectural principles—from the grandeur of Rolls‑Royce to the sleekness of Jaguar—have shaped the evolving form and function of automotive instrument panels

Sam Livingstone

Essay: From Twist to Touch

As touchscreen technology transforms everything from smartphones to car interiors, the move away from analog controls promises sleek design and increased functionality—but at what cost? In the race toward digital dashboards, we may be sacrificing safety, usability, and the intuitive muscle memory that once made driving second nature

Adam Richardson