Collapsable steering columns have been a thing for decades, and while Tesla touts it, they certainly don't imply that they're the only ones with one.

Traditional internal combustion engines have breakaway motor mounts these days, to allow the motor to detach from the chassis and drop down towards the roadway to minimize intrusion into the cabin, but having a motor crushed into your feet is only somewhat better than having it shoved into your lap, I suppose.