Tesla has a new high tech steering wheel

[diplomat33]

Looks like Tesla is working on a new steering wheel with haptic sensors and touch screens on it. One big change is that it would remove the gear stalk and move the gear controls to the steering wheel:

Tesla has a new high-tech steering wheel with touchscreens and haptic feedback - Electrek

Anyone curious about this?

 

[needp3d-]

are we able to swap?

 

[bbell]

As long as they make it easy to adjust the wiper speed I am in!

 

[RobDickinson]

are we able to swap?

I would suspect so, the wheel has data/power connection already

 

[SD_Engnr]

Looks like Tesla is working on a new steering wheel with haptic sensors and touch screens on it. One big change is that it would remove the gear stalk and move the gear controls to the steering wheel:

Tesla has a new high-tech steering wheel with touchscreens and haptic feedback - Electrek

Anyone curious about this?

Interesting, but I don't see it actually mentioned that the gear stalk is going away. Rather, it stated that it "may additionally include indicators provided at a lower portion of the steering wheel indicative of a selected gear engagement of the vehicle."

I think it would be a mess to have the gear selector on the actual wheel. I can see some folks having a hard time changing gear if the wheel is upside down...

 

[tvad]

Will it stop the driver's side mirror from tilting down in Reverse?

LOL

 

[cucubits]

They really must hate physical knobs and buttons with a passion. I'm not sure how I feel about this, at least until we see it working.
I still miss a lot a center console joystick/knob/volume/gear selector thing in my S.

 

[St☰v☰]

Will it stop the driver's side mirror from tilting down in Reverse?

LOL

?? Mine doesn't tilt down...

 

[tccartier]

Interesting, but I don't see it actually mentioned that the gear stalk is going away. Rather, it stated that it "may additionally include indicators provided at a lower portion of the steering wheel indicative of a selected gear engagement of the vehicle."

I think it would be a mess to have the gear selector on the actual wheel. I can see some folks having a hard time changing gear if the wheel is upside down...

Ford did it in 1958 in the Edsel with what was called the teletouch gear selector. It was located in the center of the steering wheel and comprised the steering wheel hub or what would normally be a horn button. It was circular and remained in a fixed position regardless of the steering wheel angle. So the gear selector was always oriented the same way.

That would be the only way "as you say", it would be functional. You can't have your gear selector all over the place depending on which way your steering wheel is turned. That just would not be very user friendly.

According to what's pictured and stated, something located in the center of the steering wheel does not appear to be their intent.

 

[St☰v☰]

Interesting, in the linked article is says, "Tesla’s ... is all about keeping eyes on the road & hands on the wheel". Isn't that kinda FSD counter intuitive?

 

[RobDickinson]

Will it stop the driver's side mirror from tilting down in Reverse?

LOL

Thats a feature you have to do something to make work lol

 

[KenC]

Patenting an idea and actually working on something are two completely different things. Probably less than 5% of patented ideas see the light of day.

 

[Jree]

Will it stop the driver's side mirror from tilting down in Reverse?

LOL

You know you can change this in the settings, right?

 

[Msjulie]

Since I want to drive my own car vs driving itself, I'm still in favor of some actual controls like the gear selector - plus more 'standard' for infrequent drivers and I agree about the look of the wheel without those drive indicators in/on there.

Agree with wishing there was something less than an on-screen button for the wipers too.

 

[sduck]

This is in the wrong forum, as it's not model 3 specific

 

[diplomat33]

This is in the wrong forum, as it's not model 3 specific

What forum should it go in? I did not know where to put it so I put it here since the patent image seems to be of the Model 3 interior.

 

[tvad]

Thats a feature you have to do something to make work lol

You know you can change this in the settings, right?

Yes, if one defeats mirror tilt completely.

However, we like the passenger mirror to tilt, and have grown accustomed to this feature for two decades. Don't know why U.S. Model S owners have this feature and U.S. Model 3 owners don't.

Regarding the question about the steering wheel...it seems come companies insist on forcing their customers to re-learn life long skills that have been engrained in muscle memory (turn signal, stalk gear shift...). Swipe up, down, left, right, up and left, up and right. Seems like a recipe for an auto accident.

 

[flyingowl]

Can they add CTRL ALT DEL at the bottom of the wheel?

 

[texas_star_TM3]

Looks like Tesla is working on a new steering wheel with haptic sensors and touch screens on it. One big change is that it would remove the gear stalk and move the gear controls to the steering wheel:

Tesla has a new high-tech steering wheel with touchscreens and haptic feedback - Electrek

Anyone curious about this?

they JUST filed a patent... companies file patents all the time... doesn't mean we'll see it in production anytime soon or ever....

 

[Trips]

After driving with a butterfly wheel I found the stalks can be a little awkward when turning. It is not a big deal but I can see why they want to improve this. Both the Roadster and Cybertruck had the new non-round steering and this could be a nice upgrade.