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Originally Posted by sendler
Aptera is talking about steering the car only via torque vectoring.
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"With in-wheel motor technology, Aptera can bypass the need for a traditional steering rack and simply use power-vectoring directional control instead"
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https://www.greencarreports.com/news...n-wheel-motors
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If you look closely at the pic they've released with one of the wheels in exploded view, at the point the lower A-arm meets the hub is visible on the opposite side, it appears to be a ball joint. Likewise, on the near side there's an extra slat-shaped tie rod looking thing on the upper front.
I'd guess they're saying they aren't going to include a power steering rack, because they can just add that function to the two front controllers for "free." Read the quote as "With in-wheel motor technology, Aptera can bypass the need for a traditional [power] steering rack and simply use power-vectoring directional control instead." and it makes so much more sense.