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Throttle-by-wire, yes: any modern car has this. Steer-by-wire or brake-by-wire, no. If the power dies, you can still steer to the side of the road and apply the brakes.



The Cybertruck is steer by wire.

Infinite had it with a backup, but it was bad.

On the good old BMWs with hydraulic steering, you could get Active Steering, i.e. variable steering. They basically introduced a planetary gear set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unL8HpMeVTA

If today you buy a BMW with Active Steering it means you get rear-wheel steering (on top of the standard front-wheel steering, but don't tell the execs, you don't want to need a subscription for front-wheel steering).

On BMWs since the F* (with the electric assist steering) variability was achieved by a variable-ratio steering rack.




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