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A shittier version of the wheel.
An oval.
Isn't the Cybertruck steering wheel called a squircle?
I cringed. I don't know if you made that up or not, and the fact that I genuinely can't tell made me sad for this stupid timeline.
Apparently it fucking is. God I hate everything.
Hahahaha
Edit: oh fuck I thought you were just making a joke. Jesus fucking Christ.
Terrible name for a terrible design. Yoke style steering wheels are not safe for cars because they create awkward handholds as they rotate.
Yoke style works in planes and race cars where they aren't rotated 360+ degrees regularly, rarely over 90 degrees either direction.
If it made sense, Saab would have done it.
If so, they stole that name from Sony
::: spoiler An X... New rimless cross spoke omnidirectional wheel
Musky naming something involving X.
Challenge: Impossible.
A square and it’s going to be revolutionary. Each side of the square is going to be an add-on
AKA...the "New and Improved Wheel". It's all about the marketing.
A wheel that may very well kill you, depending on a number of factors that they are well aware of, but unwilling to admit to, in order to fix them.