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Re:Can Repelling Magnets Replace the Spring in a Pogo Stick? by TylerE on Sunday December 16, 2018 @02:55PM (#18694839)
Steering is electronic.
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Re:Can Repelling Magnets Replace the Spring in a Pogo Stick? by jgibson on Sunday December 16, 2018 @03:03PM (#18694882)
Electronically assisted, but still mechanically coupled for 99% of consumer cars. I've completely lost 12V on a car before and still managed to bring it safely to the side of the road.

Inifinity tried steer-by-wire but ended up retrofitting traditional hydraulic steering back.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_by_wire

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Re:Can Repelling Magnets Replace the Spring in a Pogo Stick? by chii on Monday December 17, 2018 @12:58AM (#18697171)
sterring is electric, but there's always a backup system in case the electronics fail: https://youtu.be/em1O8mz7sF0?t=276
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