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I rode in a Hyundai Ioniq 5 with wheels that go sideways
This might be the car of my dreams.
It’s all linked up electronically with a steer-by-wire system, with a computer rotating each miniature steering column and spinning each wheel the proper amount for the turn you’re trying to make. All of which means this isn’t a system you’re ever going to see on a gasoline vehicle — it’s exclusively for EVs, which don’t need axles to transfer their power from an internal combustion engine. That may be one reason why Lee Seung-hwan, VP and head of advanced engineering at Hyundai Mobis, says we shouldn’t expect to see this tech in a sports car.
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