I mostly hold the upper part of the steering wheel - 10 to 2 position.

But why - saving on half steering may be a good profit over a million cars?

Looks a gimmick to me. www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-tesla-%E2%...k

Hmm............

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;-)

Beat me to the punch there, BBD! And the Tesla can't jump over stuff, plus the K2K is properly fully autonomous... :-)

Depends on the ratio of the steering rack. If a driver can get from full lock to full lock without having to let go, it’ll work well enough.

Except that it would mean that the steering is high geared, and consequently quite direct and twitchy. Not very pleasant on long journeys.

It's not really a wheel anymore. It should be called a 'directional enabler device' or some other overcomplicated nonsense.

I suppose, being electric, the gearing could be changed according to speed.

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Could be worse (better?)!

But seriously, as has been said, the ratio of the steering would be key here. I'd have to try it first, but I certainly wouldn't dismiss it as a gimmick before that.

The bus and train beckon.

The BMW Z22 from 1999 had a rectangular wheel, so Tesla certainly didn't reinvent the, erm... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oWnzE8LrWI

I read that Tesla are going to use a wired electro magnet join instead of a manual joint between steering column and rack.

being computerised the wheel can be programmed to give full lock in a quarter turn or half turn, it can also be used autonomously to drive itself but with emergency takeover by driver

The system may also be used in other cars but with slight variation in design due to patent

Im not sure the system has been safety passed yet but wait and see, there are variations of this tech