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Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-strap-rockets-to-it dept.

cartechboy writes "Forget EV batteries and autonomous driving. Ferrari understands old-school advanced car tech — basically, they just want to make the thing go ridiculously fast. The Italians showed off very serious chasis technology today in the new Ferrari Speciale at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The new electronic 'Side Slip angle Control' system uses algorithms that compute and analyze lateral acceleration, yaw angle, steering wheel angle and wheel speed in real-time. The system compares these readings to target data, and then just adjusts traction control and electric differential to be more efficient. Top speed: 202 mph."

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  1. Re:No thanks... by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

    My '96 Corolla can go faster than the speed limit whenever I want it to.

    Sure, but it takes 16 city blocks to get up to speed.

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  2. Some say... by bobdehnhardt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't wait for The Stig to take it round the track. Some say his home computer is a Commodore Amiga, and he still believes 640K is more than enough RAM for anyone.

  3. Re:201 mph by MassiveForces · · Score: 5, Funny

    A rare reverse-car analogy folks

  4. Re:Please proofread by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 5, Funny

    The word chassis has a double-S in the middle.

    At +200mph it gets Dopplered down from a double to a single "s"... On the upside, as it passes you the double "s" comes back... but then when it's going away it has three in a row... chasssis.

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