It is only better if it actually improves the performance, which in this case, it does not. Look at what cars actually have a history of using yoke wheels...F1 race cars. Great idea in an F1 car because the lock-to-lock on an F1 car is only a tad than 1/2 rotation of the yoke right or left. Plus, they have progressive steering that increases the angle of the wheels as the yoke gets closer right or left. In other words, an F1 driver never has to remove his hands from the yoke to turn the car 100% of its maximum turning radius right or left.
No Tesla does this. Our steering is linear and it takes 2.5 turns to move over the complete range of motion. That means that to take tight turns, you have to take your hands off the wheel to turn more than 25% of the turning radius of the car. While this is manageable in a parking lot or banging a U-turn on a street, it is dangerous with any high speed maneuvering. I raced track and autocross for years and no one ever used a yoke for the simple reason that when you are hitting the apex in a hairpin turn, the last thing you want to have is a steering mechanism where you can only grip half of the control surface. You make a mistake and you eat a wall. I know, you are saying, "but I don't track my car." What if you are on a tight turn on a mountain road where you have to do an emergency maneuver where you have to turn the yoke more than half a turn and you miss because half the steering wheel is missing? I can see this happening when someone is not used to high speed driving and panics.
You can say you want it for style points or because you like the way it looks, but in real practicality, as a steering device in a vehicle that does not have progressive steering or a one-turn steering ratio, it is not as good as a normal steering wheel.
Sure, we all want to live out those KITT fantasies, but there are reasons why that show is fiction.
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