Isn't that dangerous? That tunnel is so narrow. Just one way? What happens if you have to reverse? Break down halfway through? Have a medical emergency? I don't get how it's supposed to even work.
It works on sheer luck so far and a relative lack of widescale application. It's a few gimmick demos in Las Vegas, and so far there hasn't been a demonstration of why they are a very, very bad idea in an emergency.
Reminder that the batteries these things run on are incredibly explosive and burn for days at thousands of degrees with no feasible way to put them out
Well.. you see, if there's any blockage, the vehicle behind the blockage can be used to push it along. If the pushing vehicle malfunctions and also becomes a blockage, ANOTHER vehicle can drive up to the blockage and start pushing...
Isn't that dangerous? That tunnel is so narrow. Just one way? What happens if you have to reverse? Break down halfway through? Have a medical emergency? I don't get how it's supposed to even work.
It works on sheer luck so far and a relative lack of widescale application. It's a few gimmick demos in Las Vegas, and so far
there hasn't been a demonstration of why they are a very, very bad idea in an emergency.
Reminder that the batteries these things run on are incredibly explosive and burn for days at thousands of degrees with no feasible way to put them out
Well.. you see, if there's any blockage, the vehicle behind the blockage can be used to push it along. If the pushing vehicle malfunctions and also becomes a blockage, ANOTHER vehicle can drive up to the blockage and start pushing...
first thing i asked when someone was telling me all excitedly about it.. what happens when a car breaks down?
deafening silence..