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It's not that weird IMHO. Anything driving related should be a button or a stalk, like EuroNCAP is saying. All non-driving related stuff can be on screen, which I believe is fine. Personally, I think people have been driving the wrong vehicles, or drive older vehicles, when they say that they can't use HVAC controls on a touchscreen. It's not that much more different than a button, in most cars it's in a dock on a touchscreen, easily accessible. I also strongly believe that you don't use the HVAC buttons as much on newer cars, because the systems have become so much better, that's probably also what the manufacturers see in their data when deciding for their new designs.
The touchscreen hate is a little blown out of proportion IMO. People that drive Tesla's hardly complain about the touchscreen, mostly about the removal of stalks. I also don't hear people complaining in newer BMW's and other more luxury brands, even though those brands use touchscreens for a lot of stuff these days.
I meant I find the announcement weird, because there aren't any cars currently to have those controls listed as touchscreen buttons. And the emergency lights already has to be a physical button, at least in the EU.
Maybe it's about preventing those features...
Yeah perhaps. I can imagine that the indicator buttons on Tesla's was the final straw to take this action, before other manufacturers started pulling of weird shit like that.
Ferrari did it before Tesla, just slightly more logical.
Ferrari's implementation is also simply better. Button on the left for left indicator, button on the right for right indicator. But still, it's not great to use on roundabouts. The reason nobody cared when it was added to Ferrari's is because it's not a mass produced product. EuroNCAP score doesn't really matter for Ferrari and other sports car manufacturers anyways. They could have a 1 star rating and still be sold, because the car isn't about safety.
Yup, that's what I meant with more logical. Teslas up and down for left and right was a deal breaker for me, even before all the Nazi stuff that happened after.