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I find those new car screens a total turn-off. When driving I don't want a giant screen just in the periphery of my view to take my attention off the road. The passengers anyway don't need it - they each have their screens, so what's the point? Just give me a good electric car with good range and the usual accessories and features, minus the screen.

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The passengers also upgrade their screens every few years. How will that work in a car?

These are just gratuitous technology, that will live in a very harsh environment (many people have to park outside in winter cold or summer sun). It is nothing more than a 1,000 new possible points of failure, yet it will only be repairable as a total system replacement. And after five years, forget it -- the parts will no longer be available.

Car makers brag about their manufacturing being "zero landfill" and are trying for "zero carbon" but how does that square with adding all this unnecessary crap?

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