It can handle almost every single
type of road surface thrown at it and yet be comfortable enough inside the car for its passengers.
That's a hefty price for the ability to travel safely
regardless of road surface, but then what price do you put on yourself and the family?
Ideally, this new system will be able to deliver nearly instantaneous power and handling on any
kind of road surface or through a variety of road conditions.
The project has involved recording a large volume of data using a variety of
combinations of road surfaces and car tires, including those specially developed for electric cars.
The steering itself is direct and precise with a reasonable amount of feel, but what's really extraordinary is the grip the front axle claws
out of the road surface.
This system also benefits the ride quality, where it predicts the type
of road surface ahead and adjusts the suspension accordingly.
For example, there are now wheel acceleration sensors at all four dampers which assess the
state of the road surface, so to speak.
But the reality is, most of the time — like everyone else — we drove the car in everyday traffic on a
variety of road surfaces.
SEAT technicians worked to find the most appropriate settings to maximise traction capacity and performance; thereby delivering an agile car capable of effectively dealing with any
combination of road surface and layout.
Meanwhile, a light source positioned specially in the headlight housing generates the cornering light which, at low speeds, ensures
illumination of the road surface in the direction the car is turning.
All - wheel drive on the RC 300 AWD and the RC 350 AWD helps provide advanced traction and control on a wide
range of road surfaces and conditions.
The experiments were carried out on test tracks with a wide variety
of road surfacing textures, as well as on ordinary public roads and in the laboratory.
Accurate forecasts for road surface temperatures are important as, when it is possible to anticipate the
freezing of the road surface, roads can be salted in time and motorists warned about the slippery conditions.
Gripping the steering wheel used to be an amazing, perspective - altering experience as minute
details of the road surface traveled to your fingertips.
The compliant, long - travel suspension that has always been one of the best things about the BMW 3 - series can actually unnerve you a little bit when you're driving fast, which is why we prefer more body control from the suspension setup and a more natural increase in effort and a stronger
sense of the road surface from the steering wheel.
The ride is generally supple even on the
worst of road surfaces, while wind and tyre noise are suitably suppressed.
In the new car there's the slightest glaze of fuzziness that wasn't there before — it could be the four - wheel - steer, could be the redesigned front axle, could be a bit of both — but the wheel doesn't give you quite as high - definition a picture
of the road surface as it used to.
They also studied the effects of the type
of road surface on snakes» movement and found that snakes move faster on sand than on asphalt and concrete.
The fibres will improve the mechanical
properties of road surfaces, increasing their durability and reducing maintenance requirements and costs.
The application process involves administering a specialised primer and then laying premade thermoplastic pieces in place (like a jigsaw) on
top of the road surface.
Even in the stiffer damper mode — which is part of the standard - fit Drive Select system — there's enough pliancy; in fact, for the extra body control it also delivers it becomes the default setting for spirited driving, regardless of the
nature of the road surface.
It is not unusual for a vehicle to pull or rather drift very slightly with the camber
angle of a road surface, but it sounds like yours is drifting more than a tiny bit here..
My litmus
test of a road surface is to trade four wheels for two, and subject my bike's ultrathin tires to the harsh reality of the pavement.
The first thing that strikes you is how supple the ride is, how well it isolates you from the
vagaries of the road surface and enables effortless long - distance coverage.
Cadillac coil springs help the suspension system provide the wheels with the ability to move independently with the varied
levels of the road surface, allowing all four wheels to retain their grip on the road, and the body of the vehicle to glide along relatively undisturbed over uneven driving surfaces.
DAS will intelligently select appropriate feedback to send to the driver, which gives a clearer
idea of the road surface and chassis behavior, while simultaneously reducing driver fatigue.
As a result, the outer
half of the road surface is more brightly illuminated and back - glarefrom the light reflected from the fog is reduced.
The ride and handling, however, are good with solid steering and a smooth ride for passengers on all but the
roughest of road surfaces.
Continental is developing a new system called Road Condition Observer that uses vehicle sensors and cloud data to classify a road surface as dry, wet, covered with snow or icy and to assess the
grip of the road surface.
The heart of the system is a stereo camera fitted behind the windscreen at the height of the rear - view mirror which scans the area up to 15 meters ahead and provides a precise
image of the road surface.
For 2013, SRT Viper models ride on standard Pirelli P Zero, Z - rated tires with substantially improved overall performance, cold weather performance, enhanced overall grip and steering response on a variety
of road surfaces while also broadening the performance envelope.
Unlike contemporary racing games which stuck to tarmac surfaces, Sega Rally accounted for the
effects of the road surface upon your car's handling.
As she often does in her solo shows, Lidén also presents new works that draw on the surrounding urban context of Bolzano, like a series of sculptures made from
pieces of road surface: the artist literally brings the street into the venue.
The various qualities
of road surfaces combined with mountainous geography and winding roads create conditions ripe for motorcycle accidents, especially during the winter months.
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