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how well do they roll on tarmac? Imagine an electric car that can park and drive in tight spaces.
by jlebrech 8y ago
how well do they roll on tarmac?
Imagine an electric car that can park and drive in tight spaces.
- masklinn 8y agoNeither surface nor weight seem to be issues: they're used for multisurface forklifts, they do fine on grass or dirt or sand, they're used for heavy lifters. They're expensive and heavy though. But I'd be more worried about operating speed, mecanums have maybe 60~70% of the traction of a regular threaded wheel, and probably behave much more poorly at high speed. On a regular car, you're probably better off with auto-parking (the tech is getting pretty damn reliable, it's just a question of having it trickle down from the luxury segments) or even just parking assist.