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A s|mp|e mach|ne
1urn|ng of whee|s wh|ch gr|p the road to pu|| the car body and
passengers a|ong
1he steer|ng system t||ts the whee|s s|de to s|de to turn the car
8rake and acce|erat|on systems contro| the speed of the whee|s
1wo bas|c e|ements |arge|y d|ctate car des|gn today
1he |nterna| combust|on eng|ne
Mechan|ca| and hydrau||c ||nkages
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1he deflnlng characLerlsLlc of Lhe nJIkL CAk ls LhaL lL
doesnL have elLher of Lhose Lwo Lhlngs
I-1LAD A- L-GI-L lL has a UL CL S1ACk whlch
powers an elecLrlc moLor connecLed Lo Lhe wheels
nsLead of MLCnA-ICA nDkAUICA I-kAGLS lL has
a DkIVL 8 JIkL SS1LM a compuLer acLually operaLes
Lhe componenLs LhaL move Lhe wheels acLlvaLe Lhe brakes
1here ls - S1LLkI-G JnLL Lhere are no pedals and
Lhere ls no englne comparLmenL

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1he ny |n nyw|re stands for hydrogen Lhe sLandard fuel
for a fuel cell sysLem
Llke baLLerles fuel cells have a negat|ve|y charged
term|na| and a pos|t|ve|y charged term|na| LhaL prope|
e|ectr|ca| charge Lhrough a clrculL connecLed Lo each end
1hey are also slmllar Lo baLLerles ln LhaL Lhey generate
e|ectr|c|ty from a chemlcal reacLlon
?ou can conLlnually recharge a fue| ce|| by add|ng
chem|ca| fue| ln Lhls case hydrogen from an onboard
sLorage Lank and oxygen from Lhe aLmosphere
1he gaseous hydrogen fue| needed Lo power Lhls sysLem ls
stored |n three cy||ndr|ca| tanks
1he Lanks are made of a spec|a| carbon compos|te mater|a|
wlLh Lhe hlgh sLrucLural sLrengLh needed Lo conLaln h|gh
pressure hydrogen fue|

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1he Pywlres bra|n ls a centra| computer housed ln Lhe
mlddle of Lhe chassls L sends e|ectron|c s|gna|s Lo Lhe
moLor conLrol unlL Lo vary the speed the steer|ng
mechan|sm Lo maneuver Lhe car and Lhe brak|ng system
Lo slow Lhe car down
AL Lhe chassls level Lhe compuLer conLrols all aspecLs of
drlvlng and power use 8uL lL takes |ts orders from a
h|gher power namely Lhe dr|ver ln Lhe car body 1he
compuLer connects to the bodys e|ectron|c through a
s|ng|e un|versa| dock|ng port
AddlLlonally lL provldes Lhe e|ectr|c power needed to
operate a|| of the bodys onboard e|ectron|cs 1en
physlcal llnkages lock Lhe body Lo Lhe chassls sLrucLure
1he Pywlres bra|n ls a centra| computer housed ln Lhe
mlddle of Lhe chassls L sends e|ectron|c s|gna|s Lo Lhe
moLor conLrol unlL Lo vary the speed the steer|ng
mechan|sm Lo maneuver Lhe car and Lhe brak|ng system
Lo slow Lhe car down
AL Lhe chassls level Lhe compuLer conLrols all aspecLs of
drlvlng and power use 8uL lL takes |ts orders from a h|gher
power namely Lhe dr|ver ln Lhe car body 1he compuLer
connects to the bodys e|ectron|c through a s|ng|e
un|versa| dock|ng port
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Speed 100 m||es per hour (161 kph)
Je|ght 418S pounds (1898 kg)
Chass|s |ength 14 feet 3 |nches (43 meters)
Chass|s w|dth S feet S7 |nches (167 meters)
Chass|s th|ckness 11 |nches (28 cm)
Jhee|s e|ghtspoke ||ght a||oy whee|s
ue|ce|| power 94 k||owatts cont|nuous 129 k||owatts
peak
Motor 2S0 to 380vo|t threephase asynchronous e|ectr|c
motor
Crash protect|on front and rear crush zones (or crash
boxes) to absorb |mpact energy

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9uLLlng all Lechnlcal elemenLs lnLo Lhe chassls provldes a
|ow center of grav|ty glvlng Lhe archlLecLure boLh a h|gh
safety and dr|v|ng dynam|cs potent|a|
ass|ve safety requ|rements wlll be fulfllled uslng |mpact
absorb|ng e|ements socalled crash boxes aL a laLer sLage
of developmenL
1he kdr|ve whlch also lncorporaLes an e|ectron|c mon|tor
for v|ta| car funct|ons shuLLles easlly from sldeLoslde on a
horlzonLal bar LhaL sLreLches across Lhe full wldLh of Lhe
vehlcle L provldes anoLher example of Lhe extreme
f|ex|b|||ty of the cars arch|tecture
n facL a loL of deslgners Lhlnk Lheyll be much safer
because Lhe cenLral compuLer wlll be able Lo mon|tor dr|ver
|nput

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lnce Lhere ls no physlcal connecLlon beLween Lhe drlver
and Lhe cars mechanlcal elemenLs an e|ectr|ca| fa||ure
would mean tota| |oss of contro|
n order Lo make Lhls sorL of sysLem vlable ln Lhe real
world drlvebywlre cars wlll need backup power supp||es
and redundant e|ectron|c ||nkages
AnoLher problem ls add|ng adequate crash protect|on Lo
Lhe car
1he oLher ma[or hurdle for Lhls Lype of car ls f|gur|ng out
energyeff|c|ent methods for produc|ng transport|ng and
stor|ng hydrogen for Lhe onboard fuelcell sLacks
WlLh Lhe currenL sLaLe of Lechnology acLually produclng
Lhe hydrogen fue| can generate abouL as much po||ut|on as
uslng gaso||ne eng|nes and sLorage and dlsLrlbuLlon
sysLems st||| have a |ong way to go

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