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so its fully active. wonder how fast it is... coast over speed bumps like they aren't there. Hell with it being that active it could in a race setup lean the car into the turn.

i wonder if it uses those air springs that ford tried in their 80;s lincoln mark 5. they had a great ride but the springs had a tendency to blow out frequently.

I'm sure that it'll add $10,000 to the price though & yeah, if it needs repair, good luck finding someone who is trained in the system.

normalicy wrote:I'm sure that it'll add $10,000 to the price though & yeah, if it needs repair, good luck finding someone who is trained in the system.

ya im thinking 5-6 grand per car in mass perduction .but 10 grand for your personal auto .also play hell on the road if the system fails. im sure it be avail in the next 2-5 years and 10 - 20 years become standard equipment on a lot of cars. but if you hate paying to have shocks /stuts replaced wait to you see the bill for replacement of these's .

I doubt its air bags. I don't think they would be fast enough to move like that. It could be air over hydraulic or straight hydraulic. I would imagine there is a sensor that looks at the surface in front of the wheel. It has a predetermined ride height set that it will keep the car. If a large variance is detected it then (i would think) determine if it can travel the suspension that far and if so then it does it to smooth it out. I wonder what will happen if the system encounters something so big it cant fully correct for it.

Linear servos. Why did they not even occur to me. They have replaced a lot of ball screws in industry for motion control.

Yeah, I was wondering what could compensate that quickly. Pretty neat, though simple.

I suspect that the power needed to run this system ,however, will unfortunately work against the oncoming rush of electric cars that are our future.

oh yeah. linear motors can consume tons of power. but from what boes says it seem like it has a regen system. so it might not be that bad if it has its own separate battery.

I was thinking some sort of regen system would be possible. I think it had better be a priority if they want it to market though. I'd really love to get it though. However, I bet we only see it on Cadillac/Lexus/Mercedes at first.