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Tilting car
Automobile that changes the angle between the road and the bottom of the passenger cabin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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 Tilter (2011)[dubious – discuss][citation needed]
- 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]
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