Re: Mercedes-Benz has copied the Tesla design
That makes sense, but pre-Tesla, Mercedes-Benz's COMMAND infotainment center was a mouse-puck-operated monstrosity, not a touchscreen.
Only post-Tesla had they introduced touchscreens ... and EV models into the mainstream, although to give them credit, they had been experimenting with EVs ever since these nineties prototypes, and possibly even before that.
So it is far more likely that Tesla is the one doing the copying and doing it poorly...
This is what one is inclined to believe, especially that both compete in the same segment, but in this case, Tesla really set a precedent. It is a bad idea indeed to mess with a touchscreen while driving, but hey, one has to give credit where due.
(And that "mini car on the dash thing" - particularly annoying now that almost every other car manufacturer does it)