Hyundai offers a crab-inspired stop-and-maneuver system

You’ve certainly found yourself in the situation more than once from Not only can’t find parkingbut from having to manipulate the steering wheel to fit your car. Many in Spain have developed ingenious techniques to avoid collisions or damage to other cars or rely on well-known parking assistance systems on the market. Hyundai has the ultimate solution and they presented it at CES in Las Vegas: Side parking.

In the course of the technology fair, the automaker unveiled its new parking technology with one of its cars, the IONIQ 5. This system enables Turn the wheels sideways to drive sideways. Yes, like crabs, so parking must be a lot easier than it should be.

This system is integrated, consisting of four units located on each of the wheels of the vehicle Electric motors With shock absorber and wire brakes allow for rolling. In addition, these units are removable, so that they can be installed in other (yes, electric) vehicles, and without the need to adapt said vehicle platforms.

Side garden

According to a clip from the company itself, this technology allows the car’s wheels to rotate At angles of approximately 45 degrees. This opens up a wide range of possibilities for the vehicle, from parking to the side to be able to rotate 360 ​​degrees, The ability to significantly increase the maneuverability of the vehicle. In fact, the system allows not only the wheels to be turned, but each one It can rotate independently.

It must be made clear that this system was deliberate like electronic angle, It’s purely conceptual. While it’s true that the vehicle used at Hyundai’s offering is a mass-produced vehicle, the technology won’t be on the market for a few years now.

The idea has been in development for at least two years, and it wasn’t until now (most likely due to the coronavirus and pandemic) that it wasn’t possible to translate it into a physical prototype. One detail that reinforces Hyundai’s idea of ​​standardizing this system in the future is that these units can be installed in other vehicles with as few obstacles as possible.

Unfortunately, Hyundai has been very blunt about additional technical details, so we’ll still have to wait a little longer to see the e-corner implementation on the market today. The company confirmed that it hopes to launch it commercially for the year 2025.

On the other hand, this is not the first time we see the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe “crab” movement in the automotive sector. Rivian, which many consider a direct competitor to Tesla, has already offered a similar system in 2019 in the country Picks Electric, Rivian R1T. Later, GM followed with its Hummer EV, its first electric vehicle that would also feature a so-called “crab mode”.

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