The touch screen being the major control method for many things including the act of putting the car in reverse, is just bad.
The handles being electric, instead of mechanical. (An issue with many modern electric cars actually)
The wheel, not being a wheel. (Although I like that they tried something new)
I also think the 3/y/truck displays are really cluttered, trying to share status and controls on the same screen with small touch targets.
I think tesla has lost its way. They went past simple/elegant to confused deletion of the bathwater, the baby and the diapers.
I figure that tesla is doing all the other manufacturers a favor - they can enter the market and compete by just listening to customers, and adding thoughtful nice features.
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It only takes a couple drives to get used the old-fashioned, unintuitive, massive array of buttons :).
(seriously)
If you'd like to do a more meaningful comparison, Mazda might be interesting, since they do focus on simplicity and use real buttons and switches.
I listen to a couple auto podcasts (shout out to Autoline After Hours!), and every episode bemoans the loss of buttons. I guess you just have to drive a Tesla for a few days to appreciate what you're not missing.
I relatively consistently mistype on a touch screen keyboard. That's not too much of an issue.
However, me taking my eyes off the road in a car, (stationary or not) to fiddle with a touchscreen is a major risk. I personally just enjoy the fine tuning I can do with physical controls. And the best part, I don't need to look at the control to use it. With a touch screen, sight is a requirement.
The risk of the screen is more on the user, IMO. It's not the necessary actions, it's all the fun things you can do, and Tesla doesn't have any of the nanny systems so common in other makes (which I very much appreciate).