3/4/2015 - Elio Motors Tech Talk V58 - Recent Frontal Crash Test Simulation

[John Painter]

I've recently saw a self-driving car approach a wall (as in a crash test) and computing the eminent danger stopped short of hitting it-

My wife did that once too!

 

[goofyone]

http://www.wired.com/2015/04/gms-using-simulated-crashes-build-safer-cars/

GM’s Using Simulated Crashes to Build Safer Cars

Intro to the article: "Crash test videos make for great marketing: They’re a clear sign an automaker is so concerned about your safety, it built piles of cars for the express purpose of slamming them into a wall and seeing how the poor dummy inside fared. But they’re also costly and time-consuming. And, like so many things we’re used to doing in the real world, they’re happening more and more on computer screens instead."

Excellent article!

This article just reinforces the fact that Elio Motors is conducting their crash testing program in the same manner, and using the same technology, as the big established auto manufacturers.

 

[pistonboy]

Man, that is interesting. There is SO much engineering in a modern vehicle that us just not at all apparent to the average person, even to folks like us who are mechanically curious, and to the vast majority of drivers, just a car.

This graphically shows how far we've come.

2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test:

Couldn't they have used some other old car and not a 1959 Chevy? What a waste!

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Couldn't they have used some other old car and not a 1959 Chevy? What a waste!

not too much of a waste-, the '65 Impala 2 dr hardtop was the design of the decade

 

[eddie66]

Nicely written article.
http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobil...ng-the-autocycle-is-important.html/?a=viewall

 

[eddie66]

not too much of a waste-, the '65 Impala 2 dr hardtop was the design of the decade

My first car was a 1959 Chevy my dad passed on to me. Loved that car.

 

[Ty]

My wife did that once too!

.. my wife... did not.

 

[aknaten]

I read a report (don't recall where) about a test of a particular expensive brand of car with an automatic braking system. The test involved using a cardboard image of a rear of a car with the test car approaching at high speed and self-stopping. The first test was a failure -- the car did not stop and plowed into the cardboard fake. The test engineer explained the on-board computer "saw" the fake car but didn't stop because the computer "knew" is wasn't a real car.

 

[John Painter]

I read a report (don't recall where) about a test of a particular expensive brand of car with an automatic braking system. The test involved using a cardboard image of a rear of a car with the test car approaching at high speed and self-stopping. The first test was a failure -- the car did not stop and plowed into the cardboard fake. The test engineer explained the on-board computer "saw" the fake car but didn't stop because the computer "knew" is wasn't a real car.

I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you. Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

 

[WilliamH]

I read a report (don't recall where) about a test of a particular expensive brand of car with an automatic braking system. The test involved using a cardboard image of a rear of a car with the test car approaching at high speed and self-stopping. The first test was a failure -- the car did not stop and plowed into the cardboard fake. The test engineer explained the on-board computer "saw" the fake car but didn't stop because the computer "knew" is wasn't a real car.

I think that's the kind of decision I'd like to make for myself!
To err is human. To really screw things up requires a computer!