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BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Post by pjc50 »

nirui wrote: post #24
__m wrote: post #4

I 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. FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chuanfu

Thinking of Jack Ma. You don't want to get too prominent in China, billionaires there aren't above the police.

Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Post by onlypassingthru »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #25
DoingIsLearning wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 coo…

This technology may trickle down to regular cars. If a car was smart enough to lift, or just prevent dropping, each tire as it drove over a pothole, it might prevent a blowout and accident on the highway. Pretty neat, if you ask me.

Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Post by Hamuko »

oytis wrote: post #20
__m wrote: post #4

I 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 guess getting this car registered with this feature built in will be difficult in most countries too.

Why? I don't think the car inspection office will check if the car jumps. Mostly that the suspension doesn't have play in it.

Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Post by jgtrosh »

Hamuko wrote: post #30
mog_dev wrote: post #19

I 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?

In France, « dos d'ânes » (“donkey's backs”) are supposed to be 10cm high, with other measurements we'll defined, but about 80% are way more “violent” as a defensive tool used by municipalities.

But that's nothing compared with mexican topes.

Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Post by figassis »

Insanely cool. But I worry about the physics of this. The moment you jump, you have zero traction. And this only works if you have considerable speed. If the driver/car is unable to fully understand the environment that comes after, like a pedestrian crossing shortly after the obstacle, but far enough away that the car does not detect this before the jump decision, there may be no way to break in time.

Re: BYD's electric supercar jumps over potholes and spikes

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Post by rmbyrro »

atoav wrote: post #16
bigcat12345678 wrote: post #10

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Wow, I cannot believe how awkward to see such negative review just because it's a Chinese brand... This is insanely cool. Not mentioning the implied tech. Of course you know it's a Chinese brand. The internal mindset shifting happen so naturally...

Can the "insanely cool" thing jump over climate change induced megafires? Forgive my cynicism, but I dislike products like that because it represents the polar opposite of what the world needs right now. Your assessment of anti-sinoistic sentiment is on point tho.

"what (I think) the world needs right now" is people who make uncomfortable sacrifices to live up to the ideas they defend, before calling for massive collective change and policing other people's personal choices and interests
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