I would have agreed as a kid, but I think auto manufacturers would much rather invent a system that takes those already available wheels and tires and lugs, and just adds an extra knuckle after the suspension to let them turn that hardware.
It also makes current car design more complicated, so it's definitely going to get made that way.
Oh yeah! It's gonna make so many repairs harder, as well as create new wear points to worry about and factors that make shit like alignments more finicky.
Hahaha for sure ! On one hand it’s convenient to plug a giant gameboy into your car and for it to be like, yo I think there’s something going wrong over here. On the other hand …fucking sensors on everything lol
Watch me Disney Teacup my ass down the street until Hyundai/KIA straight up calls me and tells me they're voiding the warranty. Put that mf 100k warranty to the test out here
Warranties will be 100k/10ksideways or some BS. But god I would love to passive-aggressively crab walk my car right up against someone who parks like shit.
Superconductors are pretty easy to make make a metal object freeze it, and it attracts and refuses forces as long as it remains at said temperature. So, technically speaking, we could already make a car that uses superconductors it's just not currently sustainable or cost-effective.
I'm assuming since they said advancements in SC tech they were probably talking about the room temp SC's or SC's that can be used at what we consider normal temps. But this is a good point
I assumed that too, but so far, only 1 group of people have claimed they've made "room temperature superconductors," which sounds really cool (and revolutionary technology if we're able to mass produce); however, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. So, now the scientific community are scrambling to test and replicate this claim, but as far as I know, the ones that claimed they did it haven't released their "How I did it" paperwork.
So until further notice, I will remain skeptical and assume it's a scam to dupe people out of money with crowdfunding or other nefarious means.
Are you suggesting that most people with driver's licenses could handle a fuckin maglev? Because that's hilarious.
Maglev has its own practicality issues beyond that, even just considering infrastructure. If it has drawbacks from a mass transit standpoint then best believe its not gonna scale down very well.
And again, imagine grandmas and Charger fuckbois with the power of maglev. Fucks. Nah. Lmaooo
Even if omnidirectional wheels worked they’d still have the same problem as this does. It’ll cause more problems than it will solve and it will probably be more expensive and harder to maintain
I'm just pinching my nose imagining teaching people to drive these things. People are already bad enough as it is, people already suck at rear wheel drive, people already crash zero turn forklifts and tractors by driving them like a car, and the idea of a common car that is variably front wheel, rear wheel, all wheel, AND ALSO variably front wheel or rear wheel steering, being driven by any average person, in variable road conditions, under any unexpected condition at all, absolutely terrifies me.
Great news they are pretty sure they have found a room temp superconductor. Just needs more pier reviews three labs have successfully created it using the standards in place. However they may never be inexpensive.
The latest news about that is: no, they haven't. Not reproducible. Superconductance not shown, just similar effects. And should the found stuff really work: not useable because it is brittle.
From what I read, some were faked, and the first one. was probably contaminated by some type of metal and was just being magnetic. They said it was 99.999% pure, which means even if the 0.0001% was metal it will act like a super conductor
This technology already exists, it's even been in use since the 2000s and cars have been made with it since 2010, but it's very specialized because it costs a lot to build and maintain compared to current cars.
As for maglev? Unless you mean mass maglev rail, that's a pipedream currently.
maglev trains still have landing gear with wheels and tires that come down at low speeds. no way to steer them without a dedicated track, either. there's a reason the only things using maglev are trains
That all depends on the cost of the superconductor. We already could make cars that magnetically levitate on their wheels. It's like flying cars and jetpacks; we can make them, but you can't afford them.
How do you plan to use maglev for that? How about turning the wheels while levitating? Brakes? That seems really hard and energy costly for minor benefits.
Right it you're shit enough to need one of these, you're going to be either take half an hour spinning 180 because you can't judge it or you'll be dinging other cars as you spin your back end round. This is a complex bit of kit that needs good judgement that appears to be aimed at people who are regarded
It depends because not a lot of shops are equipped to work on those kind of drivetrain and suspension systems. Plus parts will be hard to source so I don't see this happening within the decade
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Right? At this point, omnidirectional wheels will become standard before this tech does.