Mercedes reveals the change of the traditional steering wheel control buttons

When car companies start adding volume control buttons or changing a radio station or cruise control, the aim of these buttons is not to distract the driver and remove his hand from the dashboard

Besides the new safety tech, the steering wheel has capacitive Touch Control buttons in the spokes. They allow for smartphone-like swiping gestures which enable drivers to easily adjust the volume or cruise control settings. The buttons also allow for more traditional presses..

When car companies start adding volume control buttons or changing a radio station or cruise control, the aim of these buttons is not to distract the driver and remove his hand from the dashboard.

Clearly, employees of Mercedes want to change this traditional habit a little. Instead of the conventional buttons, Mercedes wants its steering wheel to have a touchpad and touch buttons for some steering control features

Of course, Mercedes will not be the first company to put the steering wheel with touch buttons preceded by Land Rover in its car, such as Range Rover Velar and Evoque, and Mercedes has put it in its E Class.

It has two different forms in the dashboard of the Mercedes E Class, the updated version 2021, due to the choice of Mercedes for the dashboard that works with touch, and this facilitates the freedom of the designer when designing the shape of the dashboard. On the wheel and it can be easier for the company because there is no need to make publications costing the company to put new buttons

According to the Mercedes company statement, people are now accustomed to using smartphones and computers with touch screens. People will easily adapt to the touchpad technology in the steering wheel, which is the technology of touch commands that works by sensing the touch of fingers or touching through the symbols installed in the steering wheel

Of course, some companies, such as Audi, flattened the buttons on the center screens