A new age of digital dashboards: Are traditional instrument clusters fading into auto history?

Design is a dynamic discipline. Take, for instance, the humble automobile. Today's vehicles look exceedingly different to those of years gone by, having evolved in dimensions, proportions, ergonomics and, indeed, overall styling.

The global automotive market's inevitable shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) has accelerated this usually fairly gradual change since dedicated flat-floor platforms (as opposed to underpinnings created to accommodate internal combustion engines) have afforded designers far greater freedom. It's a similar case inside, though perhaps for other reasons.

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