There was a time when every carmaker rushed to include futuristic, giant dashboard screens—so much so that they had become the next big leap in car technology. However, car manufacturers eventually realised that relying entirely on dashboard screens, especially for vital functions, could lead to design issues. Volkswagen is the latest car maker to admit that implementing touchscreen-only controls was a mistake, and the company has decided to reintroduce physical buttons for crucial functions. The automaker’s design head Andreas Mindt told Autocar that the strategy to switch to a touchscreen control interface on the steering wheel was a disaster. “We...