Tesla & egrave; the company founded by Elon Musk who changed the Automotive world, first by focusing strongly on cars with electric motors and then peppering his cars with the latest technological trappings such as the Autopilot and the Advanced infotainment system. Now the challenge is; that of revolutionizing a fundamental part of today's cars that have been for some time; remained unchanged and unchanged in its shape, we are talking about the steering wheel .
Tesla wanted to replace the traditional round steering wheel on the new Model S and Model X with a sort of & quot; aircraft stick & quot; ; called Yoke , which we talked about more; times and that already it incorporates on the spokes the direction indicators and the control to operate the windshield wipers, to operate the high beams or to sound the horn. The new steering & egrave; 10 Consumer Reports testers were made to test aboard the Model S, here are their considerations. It should be noted that we do not know if these people were specialized journalists for the car world or other type of driver more & ugrave; generic, but the guys from Consumer Reports wanted to specify that they had not studied all the types of steering wheels and the new technologies connected to them and therefore did not have similar data to better evaluate the behavior of Tesla's new Yoke .
We haven't studied all the steering wheels like this; closely, so we have no official comparative data. But we know the cars and we know the steering wheels.
THE PROS …
Among the novelties; that the new Tesla cloche introduces on the market, there & # 39; & egrave; certainly the best visibility; of the instrument panel and indicators positioned on the same but & hellip; the positive notes that the testers reported are already ending; here.
… AND THE CONS
Now plenty of room for negative considerations. The testers immediately complained about the impossibility; to have a firm grip at every steering angle, since at a certain point in the maneuver the available crown ends. The crown of the Tesla cloche appears to be too large and those with small hands have complained of some difficulty; to have a firm and secure grip on the new steering wheel. After three hours on the motorway, the first pains in the hands and in the joints also took place, with a tester who completely detached his hands from the yoke to reposition them above the steering wheel in order to relax a little.
The shape of the stick did not allow the testers to curve smoothly and steady but the maneuvers, especially those of parking, required jerky and not very precise movements. In almost all other cars, the turn signal control is located behind the steering wheel and does not move when the steering wheel turns. So many testers have had difficulties; to understand which command to activate especially in the most driving situations; chaotic.
The buttons on the steering wheel spokes had a too sensitive tactile feedback and & egrave; it was enough to lightly touch them to activate a nice & quot; trumpet & quot; involuntary to the car in front of the testers, with attached reproaches and invectives. Other drivers have instead washed the windshield while they just wanted to put the arrow.
Tesla's new steering wheel could be very ineffective in the event of a skid or oversteer since you can not & ograve; act promptly on the crown with counter moves and counter steering to regain control of the car. In short, hard times for Tesla's new steering wheel that does not seem made for everyday road use, far (for now) from being a safe and comfortable companion for the driver. Given its similarity to the steering wheels used in motorsport, the Tesla steering wheel could be much more; usable on track with multiple; high speeds, where normally it is less degree of steering required.
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