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Tesla CEO Elon Musk teases huge change to Yoke operation of Autopilot

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is interested in what could be considered a huge change to its Autopilot suite if your vehicle has a Yoke.

Tesla Autopilot features a few Advanced Driver Assistance features that help make vehicle operation “safer and less stressful.” The two features that are included with Autopilot, which comes standard on every Tesla vehicle, are Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer.

Traffic-Aware Cruise Control uses the speed of the vehicles around you to determine how fast they should travel. Autosteer works in conjunction with Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and simply assists in keeping your vehicle in a designated lane.

Musk believes a change might be in store, and it concerns how the Yoke moves during Autopilot operation. After the automaker released Autopark for the Cybertruck early this morning, Musk replied to a video of the feature in action, suggesting what seems like a monumental change:

Musk said:

“We should change that so the yoke is stationary, as it is not mechanically coupled to the wheels. Same goes for when it is on Autopilot.”

It does not seem to be a feature that will impact any vehicle other than the ones that are equipped with a Yoke, as Musk said. It also seems the Cybertruck might be the only vehicle this is suitable for due to the steer-by-wire system it uses.

However, some are not quite sold that it would be the most ideal feature, especially as interventions could become more difficult if the Yoke is not at the same orientation as the wheels.

It brings up a very valid concern. Although Tesla still eventually plans for Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving suite to be fully autonomous and require zero interventions, we are likely years away from this.

It does not seem like it would be the best idea for any other vehicle than the Cybertruck, anyway, due to steer-by-wire.

It would be an interesting change for sure, but Tesla should come up with a solution if it thinks of actually implementing this change.

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