Core77 - Blog • Jan. 21, 2026, 3:22 a.m.

Is it a problem that steering wheels are circular? Peugeot's designers, like Tesla's, seem to think so.

The French marque's Polygon concept features a new "Hypersquare" steering wheel, which they refer to as a "new ergonomic approach." The company says that by modulating the ratio between the speed the car is traveling and how far the wheels turn, the new interface offers "effortless handling in every situation." The idea is that at high speeds, the ratio is normal, i.e. only small movements are required to say, change highway lanes.

But at slow speeds, each degree you turn the wheel—or whatever the hell we have to call it now—turns the wheels much further. The maximum rotation in these low-speed situations is 170°.

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