This Is Why Bose's Witchcraft-Spec Suspension Never Became A Thing
That old video of Bose's incredibly flat electromagnetic suspension has done the rounds online plenty of times, but why didn't the system reach production? The guys from CNET explain why, after looking at the incredible technology in action
The last time we saw this technology at work, the question “why are we not funding this?” was posed. The answer is fairly simple: the system was too heavy and too expensive for commercial viability, although elements of the technology were used for the company’s ‘Bose Ride’ seat for truck drivers.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The car jumps? well that’s one way to scare the sh!t out of your insurance company
I made a gif
I had to replay that. I was like “wait wot…”
That was a majestic leap
I can do it better, Michael.
Citroen is working with them on new replacemant for hydractive
why would citroen replace hydroactive? a proven system that is much simpler and probably much cheaper… they already have the best suspension system in the world and keep it wrapped for no apparent reason…
When weight reduction bro takes the fun OUT of driving, for a change :(
Yet another flat performing product from BOSE.
this is so amazing!
starts singing the intro
So it was to expensive back in the days. But did the situation change over the years? I mean 20 years ago you couldn’t have these piezzo electric injectors either but today even the cheapest cars are getting then, petrol and diesel too. Surely the tech got cheaper since then.
tech got cheaper because it started to be used in expensive models, in other words the price for this probably increased in the 10 years it passed for lack of development…
It looks so weird when the car drives without moving its like in an old game
looks pretty awesome imo