Hyundai apparently has an answer. The airbag is, according to CarBuzz, contained in the steering wheel and spaced far enough on separate mounts so that it can deploy without damaging the screen.

Instead, it inflates from the upper rim. Doing so has freed up real estate on the center of the steering wheel, making it ready for a "smartphone-like interface," according to ZF Lifetec.

But even Mercedes hasn't tried to put a screen in a steering wheel yet. Startup Byton planned to include a small wheel-mounted display in its M-Byte electric SUV, along with a massive 48-inch ...

Smart, but flawed: Steering wheel navigation screen The latest gizmo from Japan’s Takata will tell you where to go, but not like those verbally abusive digital keychains from the ’90s. The ...

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Having said that, Electrek points us to a new patent filing from Tesla that sees the company re-imagine the type of features that might be incorporated into a steering wheel.

Most of the same bits that were covered on the C-Class sedan spied earlier this month are similarly concealed on this ...

Tesla has filed a new patent for a new steering wheel-based user interface that includes touchscreens on each side and one at the bottom, which replaces the gear stalk, according to the images in ...

The new steering wheel on the Tesla Model S ultra-luxury electric sedan is not a wheel at all but a yoke-style grip. Safety watchdogs are concerned.

For the newly refreshed Model 3, Tesla has taken things a step further, blending that single-screen ethos with a stalkless steering column and newly designed wheel.

The wheel’s surface is like a smartphone screen – a permanently unclean spot and an excellent home for bacteria colonies. The facts above also relate to the shift knob, so do not forget to clean it ...