Engineering:Tilting car
A tilting car is a type of automobile that has the ability to change the angle between the road and the bottom of the passenger cabin in a way that allows it to avoid rolling over while the vehicle is driving through a curve.[3] Tilting is critically important for narrow-track vehicles because unlike wider vehicles, the acceleration required to make a non-tilting narrow vehicle skid during a curve is less than that required to make it roll over; tilting allows narrow-track vehicles to "lean into the curve".[3] Tilting cars may have three or four wheels.[3]
Prototypes and examples
Several prototypes tilting cars have been built since 1950.[3] Some include:
- Ford Gyron (1961[4])[3]
- Lean Machine (General Motors, 1970s)[3]
- F-300 Life-jet (Mercedes-Benz, 1997)[3]
- Carver One (Carver, 2002),[3]
- CLEVER (2003)[3]
- Lumeneo Smera (2008[5])[3]
- Nissan Land Glider (2009)[6]
- Tilter (fr) Tilter (2011) * Toyota i-Road (Toyota, 2013)[3]
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class (C217) was a production car that could tilt up to 2.5 degrees, detecting curves with a camera and acceleration sensor.[7] Its production model was first unveiled in 2014.[7]
See also
- Tilting three-wheeler
- Tilting train
- Narrow-track vehicle
References
- ↑ "Nissan Land Glider Concept Press Kit: Overview" (in en). 2008-10-07. https://global.nissannews.com/en/releases/nissan-land-glider-concept-press-kit-overview.
- ↑ Lavrinc, Damon (5 March 2013). "Toyota's Tiny EV Has 3 Wheels — But Feel Free to Lean Into Corners". WIRED. https://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/03/toyota-i-road/.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Tang, Chen; Khajepour, Amir (2019) (in en). Narrow Tilting Vehicles: Mechanism, Dynamics, and Control. Synthesis Lectures on Advances in Automotive Technology. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-01501-4. ISBN 978-3-031-00373-8. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-01501-4.
- ↑ Sherman, Don (7 January 2007). "When Dream Cars Collide With Real-World Demands". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/automobiles/autoshow/07CONCEPT.html.
- ↑ "Voiture électrique – Lumeneo quitte l'aventure" (in fr-FR). 16 November 2013. https://www.avem.fr/2013/11/16/voiture-electrique-lumeneo-quitte-laventure/.
- ↑ "Nissan Land Glider Concept" (in en-US). 2009-10-09. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a16578043/nissan-land-glider-concept-auto-shows/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2015 Mercedes S-class Coupe: The flagship has landed" (in en-US). 2014-02-10. https://www.autoweek.com/news/a1887171/2015-mercedes-s-class-coupe-flagship-has-landed/.
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