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It can also do 360 degree self centered turn, which should be useful. No more 3 point turns! Given the flexibility of installing the motors, I've always wonder
by osti 3y ago
It can also do 360 degree self centered turn, which should be useful. No more 3 point turns!
Given the flexibility of installing the motors, I've always wondered why electric cars still can't move in a parallel way. That should be very handy when parallel parking.
- resolutebat 3y agoIt can only do the 360 deg turn while floating, which rather limits its utility.
- alamortsubite 3y agoAt the end of the article there's an embedded video showing the vehicle doing a tank turn on pavers. The tire manufacturers will love it.
- Gigachad 3y agoIs tank turn common terminology? I’ve seen skid steer used for this kind of thing on the digger vehicles.
- alamortsubite 3y agoI was parroting the article, but like you I'm more accustomed to skid steer myself.
- reliablereason 3y ago> handy when parallel parking. If you love switching tires.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoThis is a feature that should only be used for off-roading. Off roads, it is extremely useful to be able to make small-radius turns.
- iancmceachern 3y agoA 4 ton thing doing this on the trails I go on would destroy them. I hope people don't actually do it.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoIn my past times off-roading, trails and dirt roads have usually been very generous with places to turn. Not so much when you are off a trail or a road.
- iancmceachern 3y agoExactly, and unless you are on private property or BLM land you are also generally not supposed to be driving off the trails or roads. So there isn't much use for this other than on private property or on BLM land.
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- bo1024 3y agoYeah, this is why Rivian never enabled tank turn.
- bink 3y agoRivian advertised this feature as well but disabled it, for obvious reasons.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoObvious reason is immediate tire wear?
- osti 3y agoI think I wasn't being clear, the wheels basically have to rotate perpendicularly to the cars body, so there wouldn't be any extra tire wear.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoWhat? If left wheels are in reverse and right wheels in forward then the treads are wearing sideways against the rotation!
- ksjskskskkk 3y agothere's no direction wear at low speeds. or do you parallel park at 60mph? maybe you drive to work on reverse?
- the_gipsy 3y agoYou don't? Learn to drive.
- gambiting 3y agoWhat's the reason? It's not obvious to me at all, sorry.
- jandrese 3y agoIt shreds your tires.
- raisedbyninjas 3y agoHyundai is experimenting with this.
- moffkalast 3y agoPresumably because the typical EV is already priced uncompetitively enough without two extra rear wheel steering servos that would allow for it.
- ksjskskskkk 3y agoyou are just poor. Mercedes Benz have had cars that parallel park like that by abusing a slight turn on the back wheels for decades.