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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by zelon88 on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:07PM (#39232807)
Maybe replacing the steering column, a 6lb steel shaft, with drive by wire at a cost 10lbs of rare earth magnets, 50lbs of copper, 10 computer chips, many position sensors, and 150k lines of code was a bad idea.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by homeless_engi on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:42PM (#39233185)
The vehicles affected were not drive by wire. It sounds like you are referring to a system in the Cybertrunk, but this article is discussing Model 3 and Model Y which do not have a physical steering column.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by FireBeyond on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:41PM (#39235446)
He means "maybe there was more to the simplicity of the steering column" i.e maybe Tesla shouldn't have been so hasty to remove.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by millzlane on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:37PM (#39233137)
Even with a broken wheel I was able to steer to a safe side of the road. It's scary to think of how the Tesla or any electric car with drive by wire would react in that scenario.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by jerlam on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:43PM (#39233199)
I think the only vehicle with steer-by-wire is the Cybertruck. This is plain old bad engineering.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by bradyd on Friday February 02, 2024 @03:11PM (#39233625)
Infiniti has been doing steer-by-wire for over a decade.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by borkyborkbork on Friday February 02, 2024 @11:00PM (#39237434)
With a steering column backup. Cybertruck is the first without the column to spear you in an accident.
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Re:Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more ... by thebruce87m on Friday February 02, 2024 @03:02PM (#39233466)
Any car. Doesn’t have to be electric.
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