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Couldn't we use smart kites that would fly around hooking up to your car as sails whenever there's a lot of wind in an area with open skies? Get towed, charge a
by worldsayshi 5y ago
Couldn't we use smart kites that would fly around hooking up to your car as sails whenever there's a lot of wind in an area with open skies? Get towed, charge a bit and/or save battery. The car automatically sends some fee payment as a thanks.
Requires a lot of smart infrastructure that we don't have but it seems like one of those things that should be doable once we've figured out autonomous driving...
- recursive 5y agoHow often will someone be driving slower than the wind? Almost never.
- worldsayshi 5y agoYou can sail faster than the wind when you push against a medium though. Veritasium has a very relevant interesting episode on this: https://youtu.be/jyQwgBAaBag https://youtu.be/jyQwgBAaBag Although I agree it would be challenging to get any significant speed from it.
- recursive 5y agoLove that episode, but I don't think this would work at all. Attaching a kite to that vehicle would only slow it down.