Audi Ag

Christian Niemeier

Alexander Barke

An operating element of a motor vehicle provided with a contact surface. The contact surface is provided with an element, controllable via actuators, that responds to the sense of touch of an operator, through which a feedback is provided to the operator about the currently engaged gear of the transmission of the motor vehicle.

Operating element of a motor vehicle

Method for operating a motor vehicle having at least one sensor for detecting a user state and/or at least one parameter from which the user state can be deduced, wherein a function and/or a device of the motor vehicle is automatically controlled by a control device, depending on a detected user state and/or a detected change in the user state, a level of autonomy which specifies to what extent a function and/or a device of the motor vehicle is controlled automatically by a control device of the motor vehicle or is manually controlled by a user, changes at least one function and/or at least one device of the motor vehicle and the function and/or the device is controlled according to the level of autonomy.

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Ingolstadt, Germany

Christian Niemeier