I'm curious as to what details we have on the Cybertruck steer by wire system.
Do you all trust steer by wire?
I don't trust steer by wire systems. Electrical systems can die suddenly, and I don't want my steering dying suddenly while I'm driving. In my 8 years driving Teslas, I have had multiple different electrical system failures, but no physical failures, and that experience generally met my expectations. Most notably on this discussion, I have actually had the power steering system fail while driving my Model S, but I could still steer the vehicle safely to a stop with some extra effort because the physical connection was still there. This power steering failure is not the origin of my concern; my concerns about steer by wire pre-date that incident; it was therefore instead validation of my concerns.
Now, I can be sold on steer by wire, but I would need details on how it has been made safe, through redundancy and/or over engineering. But when it comes to Tesla, their mantra is no unnecessary excess and the best part is no part. I therefore expect they would have been resistant to adding any redundancy or safety margin on the steer by wire system.
Do we have any details on how the Cybertruck steer by wire system works? Have they done any work with it to make it resistant to electrical failures? What do we know about that so far?
Do you all trust steer by wire?
I don't trust steer by wire systems. Electrical systems can die suddenly, and I don't want my steering dying suddenly while I'm driving. In my 8 years driving Teslas, I have had multiple different electrical system failures, but no physical failures, and that experience generally met my expectations. Most notably on this discussion, I have actually had the power steering system fail while driving my Model S, but I could still steer the vehicle safely to a stop with some extra effort because the physical connection was still there. This power steering failure is not the origin of my concern; my concerns about steer by wire pre-date that incident; it was therefore instead validation of my concerns.
Now, I can be sold on steer by wire, but I would need details on how it has been made safe, through redundancy and/or over engineering. But when it comes to Tesla, their mantra is no unnecessary excess and the best part is no part. I therefore expect they would have been resistant to adding any redundancy or safety margin on the steer by wire system.
Do we have any details on how the Cybertruck steer by wire system works? Have they done any work with it to make it resistant to electrical failures? What do we know about that so far?