Ogre
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Poking through the shortened version of the launch day, I saw something I didn't notice before. They lower the rear air suspension while its on stage to put it in loading mode. You can see it start going down when Elon first mentions the Quad. I did a couple screen caps right before and after the truck was lifted.
The Air suspension is one of my absolute favorite features on this truck. A lot of trucks have pull out steps to help you climb up into the bed, this is way better. In the Jay Leno video you see Musk step right up onto the tailgate.
This is a truck which can have 16" of ground clearance. Any other truck with that kind of clearance you damned well need a stepladder to get up into it.
I'm sure there are other threads about this way way back... but this was the first time I'd seen it actually moving and I haven't seen a ton of good examples of this working.
I think Tesla is going to be working the air suspension pretty hard. Being able to change dampening on the fly means it should have decent on highway performance and still be good off-road.
The Air suspension is one of my absolute favorite features on this truck. A lot of trucks have pull out steps to help you climb up into the bed, this is way better. In the Jay Leno video you see Musk step right up onto the tailgate.
This is a truck which can have 16" of ground clearance. Any other truck with that kind of clearance you damned well need a stepladder to get up into it.
I'm sure there are other threads about this way way back... but this was the first time I'd seen it actually moving and I haven't seen a ton of good examples of this working.
I think Tesla is going to be working the air suspension pretty hard. Being able to change dampening on the fly means it should have decent on highway performance and still be good off-road.
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