Poorly designed dashboard control panels. Smooth EV ride.
After studying climate science at university and reading Laudato Si (Pope Francis), I was convinced it was time to get my first full EV. I'm glad I did.
I love the EV aspect of the Ioniq 5 and bypassing every gas station, but a big frustration is the poorly designed dashboard. Overall, we've gone overboard with the degree to which we rely on touchscreens. Automakers need to bring back more knobs, buttons, and switches. On this car, it's incredibly odd that some necessary features seem to be touch controls (eg, climate, seat warmer) and others seem to be buttons (media). Make the MOST COMMONLY USED ALL BUTTONS - and maybe duplicate them as touch controls (or touch screen) as well. There isn't clear organization of the dashboard or steering wheel control by function. It seems like you just tried to squeeze it all in without much thought of layout. As mentioned earlier, there are buttons (albeit the type that only minimally depress therefore giving less muscle-memory training to the body, important in ergonomic design, yet still infinitely better than touch-only controls) and then the row right above them are touch-only controls. Make them all buttons.
Among other Ioniq 5 drivers, I've heard the poor layout of the controls as a common complaint - sometimes the only complaint.
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