Ford’s Laughably Unsafe Steering Wheel Makes the Tesla Yoke Look Good

Automobile manufacturers are always searching for new and inventive ways

set themselves apart from the competitors. This sometimes even entails trying to

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replace an already functional system—a conventional circular steering wheel—with a completely different one.

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With its yoke steering mechanism, Telsa is the most recent manufacturer to provide an unusual

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In 2021, the firm said that the Model S and Model X will only be powered by their yoke

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"wheel," but then withdrew the option of the yoke or a conventional circular steering wheel.

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Ford created a novel method for drivers to spin a car's wheels, essentially making the same error sixty years before

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Fortunately, Ford's steering system was never put into production, in contrast to Tesla's yoke.

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