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Yes as well as some BMW’s, McLarens, at least some of the electric Hyundai/Kias and I’m sure a bunch of others I’m not as familiar with. The shock over it on H
by harambae 3y ago
Yes as well as some BMW’s, McLarens, at least some of the electric Hyundai/Kias and I’m sure a bunch of others I’m not as familiar with.
The shock over it on HN is just because of how few people here work in automotive.
- dharmab 3y agoIn those systems the steer by wire works in cooperation with a mechanical system. Other cars have had backup mechanical steering systems that engage if the steer by wire fails. What's new about the Cybertruck is it _only_ has a steer by wire system with no mechanical linkages at all. But this is being misreported as the first steer-by-wire system which doesn't cooperate with a mechanical linkage- Nissan has done that for quite a while in some models.