Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive‘s daily news roundup that gathers the biggest automotive headlines from around the world. The Downshift summarizes stories into a few sentences and peppers in links for those seeking more detail. We hope you had a wonderful weekend—here’s your bulletin for Monday, August 24, 2026. Wondering why BMW’s Neue Klasse models are sticking with touch and voice controls as the rest of the industry has returned to physical buttons? “We can see that voice and touch are becoming more and more common,” BMW Group Australia CEO Vikram Pawah said in a recent interview. “Maybe it’s a generational thing as well. You…
BMW Exec Says Young People Prefer Voice and Screens Over Buttons Because ‘They Are Multitasking’: TDS
