sleepydoc
Well-Known Member
“Better view of the instrument cluster” is only an advantage if the initial design is faulty. I’ve posted pictures before but every other car I’ve driven has the dash designed so the wheel doesn’t obstruct the view. As far as ‘looking cool’ goes, compromising safety for appearance is about as stupid as one can get.The advantage of the yoke is it provides better view of the instrument cluster and looks cool (styling is a significant factor in car buying so it's not worth zero). However, it only makes sense in a car that has steer-by-wire so you only steer 180 degrees. Tesla introduced it too early. Obviously for cars even without an instrument cluster (like Model 3/Y and Cybertruck) the major advantage is lost.
The steering wheel buttons are similar (if you don't have to steer the wheel more than 180 degrees, they actually make sense).
The ironic thing is, the only car that has steer by wire (the cyber truck) actually doesn’t have a yoke! You’re correct that limiting the deviation to +/- 90º would eliminate many of the issues but there’s a critical issue here - they didn’t do that, so the issues are all present!
Tesla has already committed major resources into removing the stalks. That cannot be changed quickly.
Exactly - the design for stalks is still there. Restoring them is actually fairly easy.But removing the stalks is a FAR bigger change at every level!
I just looked at the link - they have the stalks, trim pieces and a connecting cable. There does not appear to be a CAN bus interface which was the concern I had with other’s I had seen.Maybe it’d time you consider again!
Model X/S OEM Style Gear Shift Stalk Switch Turn Signal Lever Kit for Tesla
Model X/S Gear Shift Stalk Switch Turn Signal Lever Kit for Teslateslaunch.net
Thinking about it, the stalks are essentially an amalgamation of multiple switches, the same as the buttons on the wheel are so it may well be that all you need to do is change the connection, particularly with the turn signals. That would also go against @ChooseFreedom ’s claim that restoring them would be a major undertaking. It appears it would actually be a fairly trivial one.
I say Tesla should do like they did with the joke - give people a choice and see what they really want. (I think we know what that would be)