> My pet peeve was the Audi S3 I had as rental once, this minuscule, barely recognicable, delay between kicking down the pedal and the car accelerating drove me

> My pet peeve was the Audi S3 I had as rental once, this minuscule, barely recognicable, delay between kicking down the pedal and the car accelerating drove me crazy. There could be a number of reasons for this but no modern car has a direct connection between the pedal and the throttle bodies, so it isn’t inherent to drive-by-wire. It can probably be tuned out of the S3 in software pretty easily. I haven’t driven one so I won’t claim there is no lag in the Cybertruck’s steering, but I find it pretty unlikely there is observable lag in the initial response compared to other vehicles in its weight class, which aren’t particularly responsive. The three reasons I think are most relevant to Tesla: 1. Packaging - removing the steering column is a pretty dramatic reduction in the number of parts in the front of the car and makes it possible to reuse that space. It may make it easier to design the front crumple zone as well. 2. Extreme variable steering ratios - you can tune the steering ratios much further with a fully by-wire system. In a large vehicle it makes it easier to maneuver at low and high speeds with less effort for the driver. 3. If autopilot were ever to come to fruition, the steering wheel won’t have to move while autopilot turns the car.