Label: active suspension

Ford's technology for jumping potholes in the roads

Ford's technology for jumping potholes in the roads

Automotive
Slovenian roads, despite the fact that we pay high fees for their maintenance at each vehicle registration, are more and more similar to Swiss cheese every day - full of holes. They affect not only our buttocks, but also our steel horse, and consequently our wallet. Since those responsible are not moved at all by our lamentations, it does not seem that the situation will soon turn for the better. At Ford, however, they seem to be listening to our pleas "let someone do something about these holes!" put a car on the road that simply skips potholes in the road. Ford’s 2017 Fusion S model boasts active suspension that detects a hole in the road in front of the car and shrinks the wheel shock absorber that will drive over the hole. With a car, we hardly feel when we "jump" over the hole. The question remains only how
Does Mercedes hide active suspension?

Does Mercedes hide active suspension?

formula 1
  Immediately after the end of the second free practice in Australia, rumors spread after the paddock that Mercedes had installed a so-called "FRIC" (front and rear interactive control) system in its W04 race car, or a kind of legal version of active suspension. Electronically controlled suspension is banned in Formula One, and the hydraulic version could be the key to the speed of Mercedes race cars in the winding middle sector of the track in Barcelona, ​​where winter testing took place. German Auto Motor und Sport claims that the Germans have been preparing and testing the system for three years, and that they are also developing their own at Sauber.