Steer-by-wire is the controversial technology implemented by vehicles like the new Tesla Cybertruck where signals, motors, and computers are used to connect the interior steering wheel with the front wheels on the road, instead of a classic mechanical connection from the past. Some praise the tech as smoothing out the handling while maintaining intuitive control of the vehicle, while others bemoan the loss of so-called “road feel” that you get from feeling the exact inputs on the road surface on the tires and wheels through a mechanical linkage.
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