I completely disagree. I’m buying the car with or without the yoke, and I’m willing to see if I can adjust to the yoke. No car is going to have 100% of the features you want, and that is why car customization exists. It is a large market. Maybe I want different wheels, tinted windows, or an aftermarket stereo system. Am I supposed to not buy the vehicle because it doesn’t come with tinted windows or the wheels I want? I look at the yoke the same way. If I don’t like it or can’t get accustomed to it, I will find a source to buy an aftermarket steering wheel from. I would prefer for that source to be Tesla.
Why would Tesla want to alienate their customers and say no upgrade path will ever exist for a round steering wheel? Tesla just fundamentally changed the input interface that everyone has used to control their cars for as long as they have been driving. They apparently did it for no good reason except Elon thought it looked cool. The muscle memory that has been developed over decades of driving is going to be very difficult if not impossible to overcome for some drivers. Why tell all these customers to screw off? If the outcry is severe, and I would be surprised if it wasn’t, the market will dictate that Tesla has no option but to provide a suitable alternative. This is a very simple fix since Tesla has already been producing round steering wheels for the test mules. If Tesla doesn’t offer a no cost swap, then I would be willing to pay for it. You telling people to go buy another car because they don’t like the yoke is total nonsense.
