• AustralianSimon@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It allows a tiny car like a Leaf or Ignis to have the ability to tow I guess.

    Might even be able to do it with a motorcycle as the lead vehicle so it’s only your bike and your caravan on your trip, I would have loved it in my younger days touring on a supersport bike.

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      11 months ago

      Well I doubt this can match the supersports acceleration ;) but I get what you mean.

      It’s actually interesting from a design standpoint. How do you handle a lead vehicle that has much better acceleration. Do you artificially slow down the lead vehicle so it can’t abandon the “towed” trailer? What does the follower do when it loses the leader. This basically needs nearly fully autonomous driving.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah like we used to have massive packs on bikes and camp between cool spots to ride or someone had to drive and tow a trailer of gear + their bike while the others ride.

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      11 months ago

      Still no reason it should be wireless.

      They could have a physically attached trailer with extra engine to allow those small cars to tow more than they are capable of.

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        11 months ago

        It’s not just engine capacity that defines towing capacity though, you need brakes that can stop the entire combined vehicle, a chassis and suspension capable of taking the strain etc.