On: The Touchscreen Infotainment Systems in New Cars Are a Distracting Mess

[micheljansen]

I spent a year researching ways for making touch screen interfaces usable without demanding visual attention (in a medical context, almost as fun). It’s really really hard to beat tactile, physical knobs and switches. Tesla can do way better than they are doing. Operating the radio etc. on their touch screen is virtually impossible without taking your eyes off the road for dangerous amounts of time. Despite knowing this, I still ordered a Model 3.

[BlackRing → micheljansen]

I'd like to mod my Tesla Model 3 to remove that huge screen and put the screen on the dashboard in a smaller screen behind the steering wheel, and the controls on the steering wheel itself. Maybe even with a reflective visual off the windshield close to the dashboard so the driver doesn't have to take their eyes off the road.

The research for this hasn't yielded much since I can't alter the UI at all.

[NotSammyHagar → BlackRing]

your desired request for screen behind the wheel is available of course. This is known as the model s.

[moduspol → micheljansen]

You can still perform most common radio functions with the physical buttons on the steering wheel in the Model 3, and there's also voice control.