[Majromax]

> The whole point is that you won't be driving it soon,

Yet they continue to manufacture cars with legacy, tactile steering wheels. Curious.

[cure]

> Yet they continue to manufacture cars with legacy, tactile steering wheels. Curious.

That's still required by federal (!) law, cf. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/393.209

[avh02]

Your federal law does not necessarily apply everywhere a tesla may be purchased and operated (I'm not saying it makes economic sense or anything, just that US law is likely not the sole reason it's there)