Cool New Car Tech

[Stoked]

I can see using springs as an idea with potential.

It already works lol. They are just modifying it for civilian use. I think it is already in production for cars to be honest with you. I'm sure the price is still high but it will come down over time. It always does.

 

[UGLI baby]

Tell me more about the heated seats and keyless entry Stoked.

dat jazzfanz.com mobile app doe

 

[Stoked]

Tell me more about the heated seats and keyless entry Stoked.

dat jazzfanz.com mobile app doe

Still wont get you laid.

 

[Harambe]

How long before the keyless entry on cars is added to your phone and home?

*ahem*
iStore
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onstar-remotelink/id393584149?mt=8

Google
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gm.onstar.mobile.mylink

An active OnStar Directions & Connections or Safe & Sound service plan is required to access most features. If you purchased 2014 OnStar equipped vehicle and use RemoteLink just once during your OnStar trial or consecutive subscription, you’ll retain access to the Key Fob Services—Remote Start, Remote Door Lock and Remote Horn and Lights features—for five years from the date of delivery. Key Fob Services do not include any emergency or other OnStar services. Subsequent owners will be able to activate the remaining term by calling OnStar at 1.888.4.ONSTAR.

 

[♪alt13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airless_tire

It is not "run flats" that I am talking about. Michellin and Goodyear, as well as others, are workign on the replacement for normal tires. They are already in use in the military and for ATVs. They are just adapting them for civilian use. They actually are pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wAvxQfusWU

 

[UGLI baby]

My friend can play his iPod in his car.

dat jazzfanz.com mobile app doe

 

[Stoked]

*ahem*
iStore
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onstar-remotelink/id393584149?mt=8

Google
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gm.onstar.mobile.mylink

That is not exactly what I mean. I am taking about the fobs that work now by just being around your car. How long before that is integrated into your phone. Where is constantly gives off a signal up to say 10 feet. As you approach your car it unlocks. Same with your home. No phone call.

 

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It already works lol. They are just modifying it for civilian use. I think it is already in production for cars to be honest with you. I'm sure the price is still high but it will come down over time. It always does.

All of the entries in the wikipedia page are in prototype stage, or are in use in specialized environments like constructions sites, or low-weight/low-speed applications like bicycles, scooters, and wheelchairs. In particular, the spring design is still in the prototype stage.

Pneumatic tires can hit potholes repeated without losing their shape, but any design that relies on stiff structures will face the challenge that repeated impacts will gradually weaken the material over time.

 

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All of the entries in the wikipedia page are in prototype stage, or are in use in specialized environments like constructions sites, or low-weight/low-speed applications like bicycles, scooters, and wheelchairs. In particular, the spring design is still in the prototype stage.

Pneumatic tires can hit potholes repeated without losing their shape, but any design that relies on stiff structures will face the challenge that repeated impacts will gradually weaken the material over time.

Tires wear out anyway. The key is to just make them last as long as(or close to it) a pneumatic tire. I would take say a 20% shortened life on a tire if I never had to worry about a flat again.

 

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Tires wear out anyway. The key is to just make them last as long as(or close to it) a pneumatic tire. I would take say a 20% shortened life on a tire if I never had to worry about a flat again.

I think this will be largely environment-dependent. You'll see a lot more potholes and similar hazards in urban areas (and rural areas, I should think) than suburban areas.

Also, you'll be exchanging the flat for the misshapen. At least flats are obvious. A tire could gradually lose it's shape, not in an obvious way, and you might keep driving it for a while, doing additional damage to your care. That's why pneumatic tires replaced solid tires/wheels in the first place.

I think some of these tire ideas have promise, but I don't expect they will eliminate problems, just exchange one set for another.

Springs, on the other hand, seem like you might get the best of both worlds.

 

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I think this will be largely environment-dependent. You'll see a lot more potholes and similar hazards in urban areas (and rural areas, I should think) than suburban areas.

Also, you'll be exchanging the flat for the misshapen. At least flats are obvious. A tire could gradually lose it's shape, not in an obvious way, and you might keep driving it for a while, doing additional damage to your care. That's why pneumatic tires replaced solid tires/wheels in the first place.

I think some of these tire ideas have promise, but I don't expect they will eliminate problems, just exchange one set for another.

Springs, on the other hand, seem like you might get the best of both worlds.

A misshaped tire would be obvious. Your car would shake. I bought a used car once that had uneven wear on one of the tires.(worn down more on the inside than out) After I fixed the tie rod that caused the bad wear and took it for a test drive it still shaked like an sob. Put on a new tire and it went away.

 

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A misshaped tire would be obvious.

Depends on the degree, of course. However, it's possible that anything misshaped enough to do damage would be immediately detectable. I'm not sure on that.