There’s 2 things that could make me not want the yoke, if there are a lot of problems with using it or if the wife truly hates it. But I don’t think either will happen. And like any other refresh order mine has the yoke optioned.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/716729420078133248?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^716729420078133248|twgr^|twcon^s1_ That's someone asking 5 years ago for pretty much exactly what we ended up getting. I remember there were renders of a yoke that were flying around, but they ended up settling on the round wheel. Fast forward to the Roadster 2 reveal, and they show a yoke steering wheel in there (although that hasn't seen production yet, and concept cars tend to show many features that don't make it to production). Then we see it on the 2021 S - it would seem it's been a long time coming. I do hope they give people the option as it is a bit polarizing, and I really think they will, as my preorder had an option listed for "Yoke Steering", despite there not being an option I saw to change it to otherwise. Honestly though, if I'm getting "the quickest production car ever", that's pretty exotic, and just maybe the car should be a little exotic to show that... (yes, I did choose Yoke)
Regular wheel but I'd still get it if they put in the yoke. However, I'd imagine that most Model S and X owners would be repelled by the yoke (regardless of the results of this poll, because the average TMC user is more open to change than the average S/X owner), while very few if any would not buy the car because of a normal Tesla wouldn't make a total interior redesign, an objectively well-designed one that has little to no resemblance to any of its other cars, put in new battery technology and introduce tons of new features on cars they plan on killing off. But yes, nobody asked for the yoke.
Change is hard. Imagine all the other legacy manufacturers are watching intently to see if Tesla can pull off this yoke design. Has lots of safety, visual and packaging benefits.
Face will not hit the steering wheel rim in accident. Gives additional space for the airbag to cushion. When autonomous driving gets here, the yoke can more easily be recessed into the dash. This is something that has been on airplanes and performance boats for years. Gives far better visuals for the instruments as well.
Does anyone know if the NTSB has approved the yoke? Does it actually need to? Will a slowed approval time slow production of any new S?
No snapped neck. Huge comfy airbag in the center of the Yoke All these details will be coming out slowly. Expect a more formal reveal when cars are ready to be shipped. Maybe not every option will be ready at the same time.
Well, either it is an option or not. Fact is there has been both yoke and wheel witnessed at Fremont in the shipping lot. It may be a state DOT decision. I don't buy the face hitting the steering wheel as I wear a seatbelt and have an airbag. Find another excuse! I only agree it is different, not necessarily better. Some people will like it because they can be seen as different. Glad I don't need to be concerned about it.
on a separate note, while brilliant, sometimes Elon REALLY talks out of his behind.. On the most recent Rogan podcast interview, Elon stated that with "airbag tech today, seatbelts are useless/serve no purpose". (Hey Elon....there is still this thing called inertia and gravity and getting thrown from back seat to front or......) But then, few mins later, he's able to spout off numbers off the top of his head around earths gravity, times of year to get to mars, co efficient tangents, complex math equations..etc. He's all OVER THE PLACE.
Let's see if the new and yoked Model S has seatbelts. With Elon's laser focus on profit, I could see 5 seatbelts per car to be a significant cost saving.