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Anon predicts the future of driving (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Surely having a physical steering wheel is a requirement otherwise they'd have already innovated with driving solutions before now.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Oh, there have been attempts. Joystick controls, for example, in Mercedes concepts (F 200, SL R129 Concept, Vario Research car), or in actual farming vehicles. Recently, several automakers tried yokes. For now wheel is the cheapest (and simplest) way to make a car steer, we'll see some funky shapes probably.

edit: also if steer-by-wire takes off, I imagine physical steering linkage would still be required. In that case it wouldn't save money.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Saab also had a joystick prototype!

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

Joystick controls sound fun for like bumper cars