Researchers found that when people multitasked, their driving and touch screen use both suffered. Cars drifted more in the lane when people used touch screens and speed and accuracy of screen use ...

As recently as 10 years ago, touch screens in cars were tiny — if they were there at all. Most were grudgingly added by automakers in anticipation of a US mandate on backup cameras, or an early ...

Before car infotainment systems existed, Buick was making cars with touchscreens in the '80s, with features that are still quite advanced even decades later. Touchscreens are becoming more commonplace ...

Motorists face a potentially deadly struggle to multitask when using dashboard touch screens, warns new research. Once the preserve of buttons and knobs, tod a y's car dashboards are increasingly home ...

In-vehicle touch screens are increasingly replacing buttons and knobs.

Longer travel time, lengthy traffic lights, congestion, worsening roads, all these mean we are spending more time in our cars today than ever before. Studies peg it to around 10 hours a week, on an ...

DETROIT -- Ford's new touch-screen control system -- called either MyFord or MyLincoln Touch -- is "overly complicated and distracting," according to an annual review of new cars and trucks by ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co hopes to get a fresh start and erase bad memories for some owners when it launches the new version of its in-car, interactive touch-screen system next fall. Ford said ...