This is a misleading article. It’s true that software is an issue at times but software is in all modern cars, not just EV’s. Tesla owners can still get into their car and drive it without their phone. In fact the connection with your phone and car relies more on bluetooth and not on an internet connection. Tesla owners also have a key card to gain access, in fact many EV’s have an actual emergency key that you can use. Apps are a problem and our whole society in the industrialised, advanced nations, not just EV’s, is now totally dependent upon software as are many businesses that do not even have a manual backup of any kind to continue doing business if the computers go down.
There is nothing wrong with a well designed touch screen, the problem is with the bad design.