Hyundai Elevate car can walk "in mammalian and reptilian style"

[HEXUS]

Firm thinks it could be useful for exploration or as a disaster relief vehicle.

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[Ttaskmaster]

Saw that at the bottom of an article earlier, in with all the clickbait about makeup and celebs and "you won't believe these 10 easy ways to make $1m US" type adverts....

[stevie lee]

one way to do a bit of clickbait marketing.

build the Elevate at the Tijuana plant and emphasise the bit about being able to climb over walls and drive/walk over rocky desert terrain.



as for

imagine a car stranded in a snow ditch just 10 feet off the highway being able to walk or climb over the treacherous terrain, back to the road potentially saving its injured passengers

they're not thinking of adding in any passenger safety, crash avoidance tech then?

[Wrinkly]

they're not thinking of adding in any passenger safety, crash avoidance tech then?

Doesn't it just jump in the air?

[OilSheikh]

AT-ST anyone ?

[Ttaskmaster]

AT-ST anyone ?

Only if Colin Furze can use it to make his AT-AT walk...!

[ik9000]

they're not thinking of adding in any passenger safety, crash avoidance tech then?

Doesn't it just jump in the air?

you mean like this?

old news - we were talking about jumping cars months ago - https://forums.hexus.net/automotive/...ml#post3977012

[raygdunn]

Perhaps Hyundai are angling for a Mars rover contract...