I cannot wait to jump over speed bump is school areas ! Definitely useful tech for people in a hurry like me
I was thinking more the getaway car of pros
BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes
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#22I guess they can't get away with just claiming to add rocket thrusters to their cars to hype their brand. I don't even know who the CEO is. Still a silly idea, unless your customer is batman.
I barely know any CEOs and I am happy when I can buy a product without knowing all political affiliations and personal opinions of the CEO that may or may not have an effect on their business decisions or on the business output.
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#23"Yangwang – BYD’s luxury division"
Luxurious.
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#24I guess they can't get away with just claiming to add rocket thrusters to their cars to hype their brand. I don't even know who the CEO is. Still a silly idea, unless your customer is batman.
> I don't even know who the CEO is
Ah, the benefit of having a Chinese CEO, they tend to want less public attention to themselves. "Man don't want to be famous, like pig don't want to grow big" as people say.
That, plus the fact BYD's founder/CEO (same guy) was not as flashy (reads "Unhinged") as Elon Musk.
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#25Is it smart enough to avoid jumping when going round a bend? A car can't be steered when it is airborne.
It's a concept for R&D to try stuff out and for Marketing to get people to talk about the brand. I would be surprised an active system like this would survive the lifetime of a car without an unpalatable amount of maintenance and parts replacement.
Software adaptable suspension is nothing new. All this does is add some camera feedback and software smartness to the mix so it can anticipate obstacles and make real time adjustments to minimize their impact. That software will run fine for as long as the chips last. And technically the whole point here is to reduce shock impact which probably helps reducing the amount of wear and tear on the parts.
It does look cool though and probably having a lot of cars jumping over things on the highway would not end well. But it is neat technology.
Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes
#26I guess they can't get away with just claiming to add rocket thrusters to their cars to hype their brand. I don't even know who the CEO is. Still a silly idea, unless your customer is batman.
> I don't even know who the CEO is.
In 2025, this has to be a praise.
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#27They could fix potholes, but instead decided to make their cars jump? Very creative. :)
"they", as if we didn't have potholes in the us/eu.
I've never seen as many potholes as when I visited Canada FWIW. I'm a Kiwi and I've driven all over AU/EU/UK (Little bit of US, but only really CA and Maine).
I didn't drive in China, but I've been driven multiple times and the highways and main roads seemed solid.
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#28As everyone that watched Knight Rider knows, a jumping car solves ALL your problems. Even a heavily armed gang of thugs can easily be defeated by a jumping car without a single drop of blood being shed.
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#30I cannot wait to jump over speed bump is school areas ! Definitely useful tech for people in a hurry like me
I'd be impressed if it managed to jump the speed bumps in school areas. Those are like what, 7 cm to 10 cm in elevation over a long distance?