Rivian Rollover

[HaulingAss]

You are now ignored.

Thank you for ignoring me!

I hope that means we won't hear any more silliness about how rolling is just happenstance, that the driver has no control over rolling because ruts exist, and steering/throttle inputs will be inneffective because the rut is going to roll you.

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[happy intruder]

Driver swerved to avoid a squirrel.

no....it was a Beaver

 

[GlockandRoll]

He was moving pretty well to roll it over.

 

[JBee]

CoG is important but not as important as traction when it comes to a roll-over.

Easy test: grab a old fashioned lifted ICE SUV of your choice and try to roll it whilst driving on flat smooth ice without any bumps. Then try sliding a Tesla M3 sideways into a curb at speed. Which one will roll do you think?

No matter how long the lever is, without a fulcrum (traction) to act against there is no force to produce a moment, to rotate the vehicle and roll it.

 

[GlockandRoll]

CoG is important but not as important as traction when it comes to a roll-over.

Easy test: grab a old fashioned lifted ICE SUV of your choice and try to roll it whilst driving on flat smooth ice without any bumps. Then try sliding a Tesla M3 sideways into a curb at speed. Which one will roll do you think?

No matter how long the lever is, without a fulcrum (traction) to act against there is no force to produce a moment, to rotate the vehicle and roll it.

Somebody gets it...

 

[SwampNut]

What about with under-inflated Firestone tires?

 

[JBee]

What about with under-inflated Firestone tires?

On ice? If your rim touches the ice you might get some more traction, or even from that tyre, but once again that proves that traction is what causes it not just CoG.

If they're Fire-stones it might just melt through the ice though and you'll be swimming with the fishes...unless you have a CT.

 

[happy intruder]

On ice? If your rim touches the ice you might get some more traction, or even from that tyre, but once again that proves that traction is what causes it not just CoG.

If they're Fire-stones it might just melt through the ice though and you'll be swimming with the fishes...unless you have a CT.

yea, remember the CT floats per Elon

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