People who frequently interact with new cars sometimes complain about the tech features being overwhelming, simply unnecessary, or not particularly useful. For what it's worth, for every tech feature ...

Flush-style door handles and yoke-style steering wheels – both popularized by Tesla – are set to be banned in China starting in January 2027. China will ban yoke-style steering wheels effective ...

Having successfully banned flush-mount door handles, China may be about to eliminate another "feature" that Tesla has pioneered: the yoke style steering wheel. Inside EVs reports that new safety ...

If there’s an automotive trend that has faced contempt ever since Tesla introduced it, it’s the yoke-style steering wheel. While other OEMs like Lexus and Tesla itself have made using these ...

My mom constantly jiggles the steering wheel back and forth when she drives on straight roads, like she’s a kid pretending to drive with a toy steering wheel or an actor fake-driving on a 70s TV show.

Chris joined CarBuzz in June 2025. He's held positions at Ford and Motor1, and contributed to Autoblog, Car Throttle, Auto Trader, and many other motoring outlets during his 28-year career. Chris ...

MIIT’s draft safety standard could effectively end the use of yokes in new cars in China from 2027. Yokes may fail mandated rim impact-test points because key sections of the rim don’t exist.

Chinese regulators have drafted a new safety standard that could see ‘yoke’ style steering wheels banned on future vehicles. In a bid to reduce injuries caused by irregularly shaped wheels, or those ...

Tesla shared today that the first Cybercab production unit has rolled off the assembly line at Gigafactory Texas. The vehicle has no steering wheel and no pedals. It is entirely dependent on ...

China is set to ban jet fighter-style ‘yoke’ steering wheels like the ones found in the Tesla Model S Plaid and Lexus RZ as part of a raft of new safety rules, which also prohibit other car design ...