Comment on Checkmate, science
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 months 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 6 months ago
Being stuck to the car in front of you is more efficient for traffic anyways
Kanda@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Maybe we could make a really long car
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 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 6 months ago
That’s some crazy Elon musk idea, making a brand new mode of transport