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A Car Shaking Snow Off of Itself

NIO demonstrates their SkyRide active suspension

By Rain Noe - March 11

in Cars

Here's the ET9, an EV made by Chinese brand NIO, shaking snow off of itself:

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It's not clear if the gimmick is an actual production feature; in the video notes the company boasts of their SkyRide active suspension, which offers 6 degrees of travel for each wheel, all independently of each other. Additionally the suspension can raise the vehicle 40mm (1.6") or lower it 50mm (2") at the press of a button.

It does make me think of Mercedes and their zero-turning G-Wagen EVs, in that manufacturers can now make cars do previously impossibly things through electronics. As engineers get more imaginative, we can expect to see more tricks like these in the future.

One does wonder: Will these continuing gimmicks deliver practical value, or are they, like videos cranked out by human influencers, meant to be sensationalist clickbait?

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Ryan Cee

8 months ago

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The latter, for sure.
Cool that we're gonna have hydros again though.

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Simon Flummox

8 months ago

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I had a car that ran like that in the cold ;)

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Matthew Wilkins

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Curious if it will do this shaking with you in the vehicle or if you have to be outside?

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Roger ak

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Reminds me of the F1 cars of the late 80's and early 90's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRB9T2ACPRI
Hope they bring back more F1 tech from that era. I would love a combustion engine car that can play music like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXwWbo_mX0

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