Volvo Patents Steering Wheel That Slides From One Side To The Other

Manufacturing vehicles for both left-hand-drive and right-hand-drive markets adds cost and complexity for automakers, but a new Volvo design could eliminate that.

In September, the Swedish automaker submitted an application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a steering wheel that slides from left to right.

TauronB2G - 10/7/2020 3:07:36 PM

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Yeah Mercedes did that years ago on the Unimog.

https://youtu.be/8bK252NN0fs

PUGPROUD - 10/7/2020 6:11:23 PM

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The instruments in front of the driver would have to slide too. Plus double set of brake and accelerator mechanism adds cost and complexity. Interesting but doubt this ever makes production.

carloslassiter - 10/7/2020 6:39:19 PM

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Self driving cars don't need a wheel. Problem solved.

MDarringer - 10/8/2020 8:28:22 AM

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The idiocy that Geely has brought Volvo makes me long for the days of Ford.

ctsang - 10/9/2020 10:26:29 AM

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too late for this