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>speed, comfort and safety are intentionally integrated in everything they do. Along that line, their vehicles are equipped with a state-of-the-art digital cockpit: most of their vehicles’ functions and driver controls are operated via a central 17” touchscreen Infotainment & 12.8” Instrument cluster, developed in Crystal.

Tests[1] clearly show that using touchscreens -even well developed once like like Apple Carplay- is more dangerous than texting or using cannabis, both if using the screen and if using voice control, so having touchscreens everywhere in a car/truck is the exact opposite of "safety [..] integrated in everything they do". Touchscreens in cars should be locked until the car is at a standstill for XX seconds with the handbrake on IMO (EDIT: and that includes touchscreens that can be controlled on the steering-wheel as it is still more dangerous than old-style controls).

[1] https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-cam...

Interesting that this company IPO'd recently as 'NKLA'. Unlikely but imagine a Tesla partnership for electric trucks, naming it Nikola Telsa Trucks.