It is more complicated than touch screen hvac = no buy. Temp controls need to be tactile, but the direction of the air doesn’t matter so much, if the car manages that properly. I have had one car which was adequately designed such that I almost never adjusted the temperature setting. Most cars I do need to adjust on a fairly regular basis. I’m referring exclusively to a system that tries to hold a temperature, not the old school sliders.

I absolutely need defrost controls to be tactile (and heated seats, probably). There’s too many cars that do have that available (alongside windshield wipers and signal lights, hello Tesla) that I don’t need to compromise on essential controls.

So rivian is off the list - if they made a vehicle I wanted in the first place, I might be disappointed!