Obviously different people feel comfortable with different things. You might like a Tesla with a stick instead of a steering wheel, someone else might light a dual stick "tank drive" (could turn the car on a dime!), but the issue at hand is what most people are used to in cars. Tank drive would make the car more maneuverable by a minority of drivers, but cause accidents by the majority, hence it's disallowed by the regulations.
Elon is just slowly taking away pieces of the yolk until there are none.... https://www.meijer.com/shop/en/pantry/pasta-sauce/egg-noodles/no-yolks-cholesterol-free-egg-white-pasta-fine-12-oz/p/7173000718 The new S has pedals that fold up under the dash.
Yep, I’m thinking the same thing! It could be another set of context aware controls. Stationary? Drive shifter. Moving? Configurable fart noises? Endless creativity in this information drought. ☹️ edit: maybe turn signals while in motion
FWIW I tried driving a short distance yesterday just using the bottom half of the wheel as if it was a yoke - impossible! Turning into my development is a right angle - my right hand had to go round to the 7 o'clock position, which meant it had to go THROUGH my thigh. If there was a yoke with some sort of FBW modifying the input so that it multiplied at low speeds - what happens when you have an emergency swerve necessary at high speed - there'd be little turn available. Perhaps you could go into the sub-sub-sub menu and select the speed regime as the opposite car approached.....
I highly doubt it will happen, but I would love regen paddles.. other sporty EVs seem to be doing it successfully.
The nice thing is that if they are buttons, they can be contextual--when stopped they shift gears, when driving, they could control re-gen or something else driving related.....or missiles.