The problem with the yoke is you DO need to rotate it by 180 degree, frequently. It's any situation you would need to turn a normal steering wheel by that much.

The problem with the yoke is you DO need to rotate it by 180 degree, frequently. It's any situation you would need to turn a normal steering wheel by that much. When this design is used in eg. Formula 1 cars, they have an extremely tight lock to lock so you would never need to turn it upside down. They tune it to the exact specifications of the turns of whatever course they're running. Tesla by contrast said "yoke look cool !!!" and shoved it onto the same stalk as a normal wheel without bothering to do any of that other tuning and engineering to make the design work, much less work safely. It's a theme that echoes throughout many if not all of their "innovations"