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Tesla reinvented the wheel, but may be banned from using it
Carmaker Tesla has introduced an innovative optional rudder-shaped rudder, but the US Road Safety Authority is not at all sure its use will be approved
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Keenan Cohen
Monday, 01 February 2021, 09:22
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Tesla's new steering wheel, not every idea is a good idea (Photo: Manufacturer's website)
Acceleration to 96 km / h in less than 2 seconds, top speed of 320 km / h, range of more than 800 km and a steering wheel whose legality is in doubt - Tesla shows the facelift of the Model S but may find itself in trouble .
its short history, the car maker Tesla already broke some glass ceilings in the automotive industry, in the areas of battery performance, range, acceleration to 100 mph but also embarrassing production glitches, sloppy finishing and more.
However one of the areas in which it certainly continues to innovate is in the driver's user interface.
So it was with the huge touch screens, so it was with the autopilot system that allowed drivers to remove hands from the steering wheel in what ended in a number of cases in fatal accidents.
But this time it is constantly raising the bar with an innovative steering wheel that breaks a number of conventions in the industry.
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The facelift for Model S and Model X will be the first to receive the optional steering wheel (Photo: Manufacturer's website)
With the new optional steering wheel she wants to break everything familiar to us when it comes to steering.
Although we have seen in recent years more and more stupid proud people who are truncated at the bottom, or not even round at all as in some Peugeot models, Tesla offers here a steering wheel structure like we have only seen in concept cars.
The steering wheel offers operation of all known systems from the driver environment (signaling, wipers, audio system and information) by hidden frosts.
The intention is clear by the way, a steering wheel without a top part solves virtually any problem of reading a dashboard and allows for better data presentation.
However when it comes to driving, unless you completely change the steering system of the car or re-accustom drivers to using it differently, this can be very problematic.
How do you perform a crowded maneuver with such a steering wheel and will it be legal?
(Photo: Manufacturer's website)
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The American road and track magazine magazine contacted NHTSA, which is a type of road safety authority in the United States, to find out what their position was on the issue of steering.
The NHTSA said they "cannot at this stage if the steering wheel meets federal vehicle safety standards in the United States" also said the authority would contact the manufacturer for more information.
It's unclear if Tesla really intends to offer this steering wheel widely or is another gimmick to get the manufacturer's attention.
What is likely is that like its semi-autonomous driving system the autopilot will be partially approved in some countries.
One can only hope that unlike that system, its users will not endanger themselves and their environment just to enjoy the new gimmick.
Those with the right memory or age among you may remember two very iconic cars of which the proud were not round - the first is the KITT, the car from the Knight on Wheels series and the second is the Austin Allegro.
But this comparison is not really flattering, the first is completely imaginary and the second was a symbol of everything that was sick in the British car industry, hopefully in the case of Tesla it will not end like this.
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