What is the front panel in the car called

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The front panel in the car is called the center console. It serves as the carrier for installing the instrument panel, air conditioning and audio panels, as well as storage compartments, airbags and other devices. It also concentrates most of the control buttons apart from driving. The leftmost part in front of the steering wheel is the instrument panel, which can display a lot of useful information. For example, the basic car odometer, speedometer, tachometer, and the vehicle dashboard indicators including daily indicator lights, warning lights and fault indicator lights. The daily indicator lights are the most common ones we encounter regularly. Common ones include high beam, low beam, seatbelt unfastened indicator, turn signal, parking brake indicator. The function of these indicator lights is to remind us of the switching of various vehicle functions. Warning lights are used to notify the driver of the vehicle's condition. They are generally used to indicate the storage level of each fluid. When the fluid level is critically low, the vehicle will display warning lights on the instrument panel, usually in orange or red. Common ones include fuel indicator, engine oil indicator and coolant indicator. These warning lights can only be eliminated by timely replenishing the corresponding fluid. The function of the fault indicator is to notify the driver of the current fault location of the vehicle. When seeing this indicator light, we cannot take it lightly. We should promptly go to the repair shop to check the vehicle. Common fault indicators include engine fault light, battery fault light and airbag fault light. In the middle front of the car, there is a multimedia control area, below which is an air conditioning control area. The front passenger side usually has a glove box for storing items. Generally, there is a large screen in the multimedia control area that can be used for navigation, listening to music, playing videos, etc. The lower control area can control temperature adjustment, air volume adjustment, and switching between internal and external circulation. The design of the center console is equally important. Designers need to consider factors such as practicality, aesthetics, and operability when designing the center console. Because there are many functional buttons on the center console that need to be operated while driving, a good design can allow the driver to operate without affecting driving safety, while a poor design will reduce the driver's operational convenience and may even affect driving safety.