Future Mark from California had teamed up with Audi on this concept of future car dashboard consoles. As modern cars had become increasingly jam pack with both information that are crucial and entertainment that are not so, these new infotainment systems comes in a ay that the entire speedometer clusters and center dash consoles are presented in a giant LCD screen, relaying information when needs arise. Hence eliminating buttons that are plaguing new cars (note: New Lexus LS had 160 buttons on the dash), cleaning up the center dash and allowing the use of simpler molding techniques for dashboard construction. As you can see in the pictures below, as the speedometer and rev meter were not in use, the LCD simply just don't display them and allows other crucial information to be shown in the most suitable viewing fascia in the car for the driver - The one right at front. This step we believe is the next step towards future car interiors.
Future Mark and Audi presents next generation of car dashboards
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