To get one for a Model S or Model X, you must spend $1000. Is the Cybertruck also going to get the steering-wheel replacement? Yes seems to be the case from the evidence.
Following the removal of the yoke-type steering as a standard feature from the Model S and Model X electric vehicles, Tesla now offers it as a $ 1,000 option.
The yoke is still anticipated to be available from the manufacturer in the Cybertruck, whose initial sales are anticipated to start in a few weeks.
Contrary to Toyota, Tesla has not integrated the yoke into a steer-by-wire system, although it is reportedly working on one for the upcoming generation of cars.
Tesla’s yoke steering
came without much notice, making its way into the Model S sedan in 2021, just as the manufacturer was getting set to refresh the already ten-year-old design. Additionally, it appeared that no customers had requested such a service beforehand.
The yoke, initially provided as a standard feature in the Model S without the option of a traditional steering wheel, quickly drew mixed reviews from Tesla enthusiasts and owners. A number of YouTube videos showed both its benefits and drawbacks, including the ability to see the instrument cluster more clearly.
However, as a number of industry watchers noted at the time, the yoke worked in Formula 1 vehicles due to the substantially different steering ratio, which required far less than a 360-degree spin lock to lock.
The yoke in Teslas, on the other hand, requires a few turns of the wheel to move from lock to lock, making it noticeably less useful for maneuvers in confined spaces and in-town driving. When installing the yoke, Tesla also got rid of the column stalk that was used to regulate the driving modes, moving that control to the touchscreen instead.
After receiving feedback, the carmaker subsequently changed the yoke’s status from a standard feature to a $250 add-on, but not before several Model S and Model X vehicles had been sold with the yoke steering.
Tesla also began charging customers who wished to get rid of a standard feature by starting to provide retrofits of the round steering wheel to yoke-equipped cars for $700.
The yoke option is now $1,000, which makes it an odd and rather expensive choice for those seeking a more futuristic experience in the Model S or Model X.
