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<\/a><\/p>\nUpdated EQS expected to be first model equipped with new technology<\/p>\n
Mercedes-Benz<\/a> will launch its first car equipped with by-wire steering next year, a system\u00a0 which will also replace its traditional steering wheel with a yoke.<\/p>\n The system replaces the mechanical connection between the steering and the front wheels with an electronic connection \u2013 the \u2018wire\u2019 \u2013 that is said to provide a greater bandwidth of feedback.<\/p>\n For example, the steering quickens at low speeds to reduce the physical effort required for manoeuvres such as parking.<\/p>\n And, because the wheel no longer needs to be spun through multiple revolutions to achieve full lock, Mercedes has done away with the traditional wheel.<\/p>\n It is now a flat-bottomed yoke similar to that in the recently updated Lexus RZ<\/a>, which is due to become the first car sold in Europe with a steer-by-wire set-up.<\/p>\n This new design is said to free up knee-room, making it easier to get in and out of a car, as well as provide a better view of any interior display screens.<\/p>\n Mercedes claimed the new set-up also brings a more natural interaction with the rear-wheel-steering set-up available on its flagship models, such as the S-Class<\/a> and EQS<\/a> saloons. The latter has been used as a test mule for the system, and given it is due a facelift within the next year suggests it could be the first to be equipped with the new technology.<\/p>\n Mercedes added that the removal of the physical linkage between the steering wheel and the front end of the car \u201calmost completely\u201d removes the feel yielded by rough road surfaces.<\/p>\n The set-up is backed by a second (\u2018redundant\u2019) group of sensors and cables, meaning you could still steer a car in the event that its main steer-by-wire system fails.<\/p>\n \u201cSteer-by-wire is another big step towards the mobility of tomorrow, and we\u2019re proud that we will be launching such a system in 2026,\u201d said Mercedes tech boss Markus Sch\u00e4fer.<\/p>\n He added that the technology also \u201cenables a unique customer experience that goes far beyond steering alone\u201d. He suggested that, in combination with Level 3 conditionally automated driving \u2013 hands and eyes off the road in certain situations \u2013 the \u201cflat steering wheel provides a better view of the display when streaming your favourite show\u201d. Level 3 is not yet legal in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mercedes-unveils-yoke-steering-and-by-wire-technology-for-2026-eqs-1.jpg\")
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