Comment on Checkmate, science
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 year agoIt would only work if you manage to keep the car at an extremely precise distance from the car in front. If you’re off by tiny tiny amounts, you’ll either lose the magnetic attraction, and stop, or you’d started getting closer fast until you’d be stuck to the car in front of you
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Being stuck to the car in front of you is more efficient for traffic anyways
Kanda@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Maybe we could make a really long car
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We could chain them together and make the front car really powerful. The other cars wouldn’t even need engines!
It would get kinda hard to control though. Maybe some sort of track system could keep it steady?
Kanda@reddthat.com 11 months ago
That’s some crazy Elon musk idea, making a brand new mode of transport