BYD Leopard 8

[HaveBlue]

Articulating wheels do all kinds of cool stuff like self extract, change a tire without a jack or even drive with a flat. Also launches a drone from the roof.

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[Donald Stanfield]

Do they not have any designers there? This thing is poorly copied from at least 3 different SUVs. I see a Jeep grille, the Hummer rear quarters, and an overall Defender/ Rivian shape. It's an ugly mashup.

 

[SolartoEV]

Always reminds me of this clip

 

[kenyee]

But does the suspension leak after a year?

I don't understand why raising the wheel helps you get out of sand?

 

[captainjp]

Neat trick.
Doesn't seem practical to me.

 

[Zoidz]

I don't understand why raising the wheel helps you get out of sand?

The one wheel lift trick is actually brilliant. Why? Because when you get stuck in the sand, the vehicle can continue to sink if you keep applying power and spinning the wheels (ask me how I know). Lifting one wheel at a time will allow you to backfill the holes and/or place traction boards under the tires, making it easier to get unstuck.

Rivian, we need this as an option in sand mode.

 

[RPG]

In order to lift any single wheel they would have to be able to shift the center of gravity of the vehicle so it was within the triangle formed by the three remaining wheels.

 

[KBabione]

In order to lift any single wheel they would have to be able to shift the center of gravity of the vehicle so it was within the triangle formed by the three remaining wheels.

It sure didn't look like it in the video (although you can't see the sumo wrestler sitting in the back seat on the far side) when the big guy gets out and pushes down on the corner of the truck with the wheel raised.

I don't know that I'd want to trust the system enough to change a tire without a jack under it, but the functionality is pretty cool. Obviously the Rivian could do something similar (i.e. auto-leveling in Camp Mode), but I don't think the suspension movement is enough to completely lift a wheel off the ground.

 

[HaveBlue]

In order to lift any single wheel they would have to be able to shift the center of gravity of the vehicle so it was within the triangle formed by the three remaining wheels.

Since the other three wheels articulate as well, they apparently can. I can't count the number of times I've been 4wheeling off road and lifted a wheel.

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