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chroniclard said:
I mean I have had adaptive suspension before and never once thought I needed something like that. Seems pretty niche to spend money developing.
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Drivers too busy messing about on silly touchscreens to actually look where they are going I guess. They are solving a problem they created.
 
sandys said:
The other cars are doing it live and don't require a database
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Yep, I know there's cars which can do that using cameras. @Simon said that there's cars which do it like the Tesla system using user inputted data stored in a database so I was interested in reading about how those systems work.
 
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sandys said:
The other cars are doing it live and don't require a database, relying on database seems completely redundant as when a pothole is fixed if it relied on the database it wouldn't have knowledge, in the same way if a new crevice arrives it would't have knowledge, so best data is live data, Tesla are likely using database because their cameras aren't s reliable for this stuff like say a combo system of camera and a LIDAR system.
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I didn't read it as being so advanced as to worry about individual potholes being there or not, just if a section of upcoming road is noted as 'rough road' in map data, it'll raise the suspension for that road section.

It's not aiming to do anything like as advanced as the active road scanning systems legacy manufacturers have been implementing.
 
No worries my mind goes to far as I've been developing LIDAR for a few years, so I may be a bit biased with respect to technical superiority :p :D

I would imagine it would have to do some form of scanning to be automated unless it is just using the I've just shook your arse off method and noting it for next time.
 
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Cars' doing it live is a misnomer .. whilst you could tighten rear suspension for a shock on front suspension, for the front, unless you know in advance from a database or camera,
you will be too slow.
The weight of most ev's and desire to keep them aerodynamic/low is probably a motivation for these systems.

Pot-hole Warning in the HU display from a database could help even the alert driver at night time, or bad weather, to steer around it.
 
dLockers said:
First time charging the Pug after a 40 mile round trip to IKEA. Absolutely love this car - but equally loved jumping into my E43 afterwards. Made it feel like a race car lol!

Morrisons charger experience not great, it had no instructions, so I just signed up to the logos on the machine and 2nd time lucky I was greeted with a 'faulted' screen :(

Anyway decided to use gaffa and improvise.

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Never got sued and stuffed 120 odd miles in the car.

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It looks like my smart meter had a fart as well as it's only reporting 15 pence lol.
 
sandys said:
One has to wonder what ICE you have been driving to feel unsettled, that is not normal.
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You never driven a powerful especially with rear wheel drive and got the back end squirming around trying to put the power down? EV completely regulates the power and controls it in a fraction of a second so that it just goes. All powerful ICEs I’ve driven will get a bit unsettled putting the power down in less than ideal conditions or with a bit of a bend. That’s fun in its own way but it does snap on you if you take it too far.
 
I think he’s comparing traction control systems too rather than powertrain.

EV tend to have more grip as they have half a ton on each tyre!
 
I saw a Tesla Model 3 Performance compete for the first time recently, it was stupid fast really from launch up the hill due to grip, weird with the lack of drama, it would have been faster if not for those systems around the track though according to owner.

Very high up the pecking order, not much in road going faster, reckon I could have it in my MX5 :p Ok maybe not :D That said my buddies MX5 is only 0.33s off over 1.55 miles despite having to row his own gears, cracking performance. :eek:

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Any Model S owners?

Just seen that it has a 700 litre boot but is it practical like an estate?

Any thoughts on it vs an I Pace or similar? I’d probably be looking at 2016/7/8 models.
 
Simon said:
It’s jpaul. Finds something and reposts it without really understanding it. Or realising it’s not new news.
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I've always assumed that the jpaul account is a bot. It just pops up in random threads with poorly formatted comments about a recent post and with links to obscure websites/videos.
 
sandys said:
I saw a Tesla Model 3 Performance compete for the first time recently, it was stupid fast really from launch up the hill due to grip, weird with the lack of drama, it would have been faster if not for those systems around the track though according to owner.

Very high up the pecking order, not much in road going faster, reckon I could have it in my MX5 :p Ok maybe not :D That said my buddies MX5 is only 0.33s off over 1.55 miles despite having to row his own gears, cracking performance. :eek:

Results link for those interested
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Interesting, I was there competing there in my stock-ish Mk3 MX-5, considerably slower still (obviously) and didn't even notice there was a M3P there/on the entry list :p

I'd imagine it'd do even better at a hillclimb like Wiscombe where that acceleration is even more important than at Castle Combe
 
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jpaul said:
lol my resident shadow ... you were working this afternoon on the jaguar chip supply problems if you read the recent times articles.
the active roll bar on the land rover are cool though, but I guess you are on sales side
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Check names first?
 
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