Simple car technology makes owners happier than flashier features, study shows. Fashionable passenger screens score poorly, 35% of owners never using them. Cadillac tops premium innovation while Hyundai wins the mass market category. Automakers keep stuffing cars with bigger screens and smarter electronics, but owners say they’re not asking for a rolling Best Buy. JD Power’s latest tech study suggests drivers are happiest with features they barely notice, while some headline-grabbing gadgets are proving much less lovable and end up unused. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); JD’s 2026 US Tech Experience Index surveyed 68,084…
One In Three Owners Got A Passenger Screen And Never Once Turned It On

