In what ways is the yoke, a non-round steering wheel, "so much better than the wheel?"
Assuming you are serious, I presume you never:
1. Parallel park?
2. Use turn signals on a roundabout?
3. Make sharp turns?
4. Have to use your horn to alert others to a hazard?
5. Have to quickly shift from Drive to Reverse, or vice-versa?
I ask because I do these things and find the yoke to be an absurd abuse of Human Factors Engineering, as if Elon Musk is playing a grand joke on Model S and X buyers . . . .
I speculate that now that these are finally being delivered to the EU, where they take safe driving far, far more seriously than in the US, the initial burst of sales (after a jaw-dropping 2-YEAR gap) will be met with a massive sales decline, and then we will finally get the ROUND steering wheel and stalks back, or so I sincerely hope.
The stalkless yoke is such an absurd gimmick and it seriously compromises safety. And after nearly 10 months, we STILL don't even have the damn horn back. How is it that Tesla can be both brilliant, and pathetic, at the same time?
It appears that the Tesla Model S and Model X’s steering yokes are about to get an update that would make them easier to use. As recently noted by Elon Musk, all Model S and Model X made since November have actually been equipped with a push center for horn feature — it just needs […]
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