Why the car industry is turning to steer-by-wire

Jon Bentley considers what the once-mocked square steering wheel can teach us about technological innovation

Yoke doesn’t help sell clever Lexus steer-by-wire Newsflash: ...

TOYOTA’S first Beyond Zero (or bZ) model got a mixed reaction when it arrived in 2022. Some would even argue that it was a bit of a disappointment, considering the brand’s vast experience of battery t

JUST HOW FAR HAVE WE COME SINCE THE 1980s? The hatchback I’m driving has 324bhp coursing through its front wheels. Deployed with a modicum of skill and mechanical sympathy, that’s sufficient to launch

HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE INFAMOUS ‘PULL AND push’ steering method? Is this way of turning a wheel still fit for purpose? Let’s be honest here: pull-and-push steering is a hugely difficult skill to perfect

ALTHOUGH CAR DESIGN IS A CREATIVE process, it’s also one that entails applied knowledge. Which is what AI is good at. By the way, in talking about design, I don’t mean the very creative process of vis