Automotive Interaction Design

Here’s a thing… If you have to offer training courses on how to use your fancy new car dashboard, you have failed to design it properly:

http://www.dailytech.com/Ford+Will+Offer+AtDealership+Courses+on+How+to+Use+MyFord+Touch/article20716.htm

Also… where the heck am I supposed to look here:

I totally get why the car industry needs to seek out external firms to do these kinds of things, but I still haven’t seen a good complete solution yet. I love the growing tree idea in the Honda, though. Gameifying eco driving is brilliant.