https://insideevs.com/news/787246/china-says-no-to-yokes/
A new safety standard draft requires rim impact test points yokes don’t have.
MIIT’s draft safety standard could effectively end the use of yokes in new cars in China from 2027.
Yokes may fail mandated rim impact-test points because key sections of the rim don’t exist.
Regulators flagged the risk of the airbag not being effective and its cover fragmenting and causing dangerous debris.