“Bring back the buttons’: Crash testers see a major accident risk in car touchscreens. A change in the evaluation criteria will require more “real” buttons from 2026.
At Tesla, almost all operation is done via the touchscreen. From 2026, vehicles without certain physical buttons will receive point deductions in the overall Euro NCAP rating. The horn, indicators, windshield wipers and all SOS functions such as eCall should also be operated using a button or switch.