However, with the updated Euro NCAP safety assessment protocols, achieving a 5-star rating will become difficult from 2026 onwards. Euro NCAP’s new protocols want to ensure that the driver’s attention is focused on the windshield as much as possible. Euro NCAP’s focus on physical buttons can be a challenge for carmakers to implement. Returning to physical buttons will require hardware redesign and supply chain adjustments. Euro NCAP has also mandated that some critical information should be displayed at a specific angle.