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Why Do New Cars Have Speed Limit Warnings, and Do They Work? The speed limit warnings are part of a system called Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA). Any system...
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The speed limit warnings are part of a system called Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA). Any system inside a vehicle that ensures that a…
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The 8 Guidelines for Good Automotive UX Design The primary goal of a designer is to ensure the safety of the driver. Non-driving-related...
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The primary goal of a designer is to ensure the safety of the driver. Non-driving-related activities, like interacting with an…
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Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping My dream scenario is one where I can send my prototypes remotely to my car's infotainment system and...
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My dream scenario is one where I can send my prototypes remotely to my car's infotainment system and try them while driving. Unfortunately,…
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How We Designed a White-Label In-Car Infotainment System Infotainment systems are often overcomplicated and poorly built. Until recently, it was difficult to...
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Infotainment systems are often overcomplicated and poorly built. Until recently, it was difficult to change this because each carmaker had…
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The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One Since the invention of the car, instrument clusters have largely consisted of a speedometer,...
a year ago
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Apple's Risky Bet on CarPlay Drivers love CarPlay. Apple's WWDC 22 keynote revealed that And it's easy to see why. Even compared...
10 months ago
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Drivers love CarPlay. Apple's WWDC 22 keynote revealed that And it's easy to see why. Even compared to the best native infotainment…
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A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces First, it's important to clarify that this article is about the first stages of the design process....
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First, it's important to clarify that this article is about the first stages of the design process. There are many processes for…
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The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained Touch screens in cars are not new. In fact, the first production car fitted with a touch screen was...
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Touch screens in cars are not new. In fact, the first production car fitted with a touch screen was the 1986 Buick Riviera.   The CRT…
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The Role of Cognitive Load in Automotive UX Design Cognitive load refers to Cognitive load is not the same as cognitive distraction. Cognitive...
a year ago
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Cognitive load refers to Cognitive load is not the same as cognitive distraction. Cognitive distraction is Cognitive load may lead to…
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In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It To illustrate how climate controls have evolved, I'll compare two generations of Mercedes S-Class:...
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To illustrate how climate controls have evolved, I'll compare two generations of Mercedes S-Class: the W140 from 1991, and the newest…
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The eHMI: How Autonomous Cars Will Communicate With the Outside World Even if you may not be aware of it, a lot of non-verbal communication takes place when you walk down...
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Even if you may not be aware of it, a lot of non-verbal communication takes place when you walk down the street. You observe the behavior…
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Bringing the Coolest Car of the Carrera Panamericana to Life I recently came across the work of Ralph Morse, a photographer who worked for Life Magazine. Many of...
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I recently came across the work of Ralph Morse, a photographer who worked for Life Magazine. Many of his photos are made available by Google…
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A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars When looking around in traffic, the number of people being distracted by their phones and...
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When looking around in traffic, the number of people being distracted by their phones and infotainment systems is alarming. The latter is a…
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The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept If you haven't yet seen the concept I created, click here Below is the rough design process that I...
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If you haven't yet seen the concept I created, click here Below is the rough design process that I followed. One of the main reasons…
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Overcoming Automotive Overconsumption Through Design The average car consists of around 30,000 parts. They are built up from many different resources...
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The average car consists of around 30,000 parts. They are built up from many different resources that come from all over the world. These…
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Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction? In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That...
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In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That is very different from a new car today…
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Take-Over Moments: The Hardest Design Problem of Semi-Autonomous Cars Until cars achieve level 5 driving automation, there will be moments where drivers have to...
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Until cars achieve level 5 driving automation, there will be moments where drivers have to intervene. Designing these so-called take-over…
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The Citroën Ami and the Future of Urban Transportation The Ami started life as the AMI ONE C Concept which was a study on new ways to overcome the...
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The Ami started life as the AMI ONE C Concept which was a study on new ways to overcome the challenges of designing a small, affordable…
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Why Car Companies Need More Interaction Designers The Citroën DS was designed by Flavio Bertoni who, together with aviation engineer André Lèfebvre,...
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The Citroën DS was designed by Flavio Bertoni who, together with aviation engineer André Lèfebvre, created some of the most influential…
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Guidelines for Designing an In-Car Voice Assistant I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction...
over a year ago
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I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction on driver distraction, into concrete…
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Is Gesture Interaction a Valid Alternative To Touch Interaction in Cars? Interacting with in-car controls requires drivers to divert visual attention from the road to the...
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Interacting with in-car controls requires drivers to divert visual attention from the road to the dashboard. For example, adjusting the…
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An in-depth look at the UX Design of the Porsche Taycan Last month, Porsche unveiled the Taycan. It is the first electric car from an established car...
over a year ago
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Last month, Porsche unveiled the Taycan. It is the first electric car from an established car company with specs that challenge Tesla's…
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How Apple and Google Are Taking Over the In-Car User Experience Ever since the introduction of the iPhone and Apple App Store in 2007 and 2008, our digital lives...
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Ever since the introduction of the iPhone and Apple App Store in 2007 and 2008, our digital lives center around apps. These are available…
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The State of UX Design of Chinese Car Brands The Market Potential Today, the sales numbers from Chinese car manufacturers don't seem threatening...
over a year ago
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The Market Potential Today, the sales numbers from Chinese car manufacturers don't seem threatening to established car companies but they…
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Designing A New UX Concept to Reduce Driver Distraction Since the arrival of the first iPhone, designers at car companies have tried to copy its minimalist...
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Since the arrival of the first iPhone, designers at car companies have tried to copy its minimalist look and interface in the interiors of…
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Swiping vs Tapping, What is Less Distracting to Drivers? I typically split in-car interactions into two groups. There are quick and frequent actions like...
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I typically split in-car interactions into two groups. There are quick and frequent actions like changing the volume or skipping a song…
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The Struggle to Find Out How Cars Manage Your Personal Data Cars today collect more than 200 different data points. Most of these data points are not only...
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Cars today collect more than 200 different data points. Most of these data points are not only interesting to car manufacturers themselves.…
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Driving a Porsche Taycan for a Week, a UX review I rented the car from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. It turned out to be a brand new Porsche...
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I rented the car from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. It turned out to be a brand new Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 4S. It has a base…
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How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars In regular taxi rides, there is a form of trust between the passenger and the driver. Most of it is...
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In regular taxi rides, there is a form of trust between the passenger and the driver. Most of it is established through communication, both…
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Mercedes vs Lucid: Different Views on Luxury UI Design With each launch of a Mercedes S-Class, the whole automotive world watches. It is a prelude to the...
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With each launch of a Mercedes S-Class, the whole automotive world watches. It is a prelude to the technologies that will be the industry…
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The Subtle Art of Designing Physical Controls for Cars Two years ago, I explored how to rethink climate controls in cars. I was frustrated by carmakers...
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Two years ago, I explored how to rethink climate controls in cars. I was frustrated by carmakers relying too heavily on touch screens and…