Umnyhadala weGoodwood weSpeed ubone izinto ezininzi zokuqala, ezinje ngeBMW 2 Series Coupé okanye iLotus Emira esanda kutyhilwa. Kodwa bekukho iCorvette C8 engazange ihoywe, ngendlela elawulwa ngayo, kusetyenziswa intloko nje.
Ewe oko kulungile. Le Corvette C8 ikhethekileyo yekaSam Schmidt, owayesakuba ngumqhubi we-IndyCar owathi ngoJanuwari 2000 wafumana ingozi eyamshiya enequadriplegic. Imoto yezemidlalo yatshintshwa yi-Arrow Electronics ukuba iqhutywe nguSchmidt.
Ebizwa ngokuba yi-SAM (igama likaSam Schmidt kunye negama elithi "Semi-Autonomous Motorcar"), iinkqubo zokulawula le Corvette C8 yathatha iminyaka emininzi ukuphuhlisa, ukususela ngo-2014, xa u-Schmidt, ngokubambisana ngokusondeleyo kunye ne-Arrow Electronics, wanika. ukuzalwa ukuya kumjikelo wokuqala wesekethe yase-Indianapolis, elawula imoto ngentloko yakhe nje.
Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva nasemva kovavanyo lobuvulindlela bokuqhuba, iphondo laseNevada, eUnited States of America, lamnika imvume ekhethekileyo yokuba akwazi ukuqhuba ngokusemthethweni isithuthi kwiindlela zikawonke wonke, kwakhona, esebenzisa nje intloko yakhe ukulawula. isithuthi.
Ngoku, u-Sam Schmidt kunye ne-Arrow Electronics baye baqhubela phambili, bevela kuMnyhadala we-Goodwood ongenakuthintelwa we-Speed ngokuzivelela kwenkqubo yamva nje, esebenza ngokuxhaswa sisigcina-ntloko, esixhotyiswe nge-infrared sensors ezihlala zinxibelelana rhoqo neekhamera ezahlukeneyo zesithuthi. .
Ngale ndlela, inkqubo ilawula ukuguqula imoto ngendlela efanelekileyo, iphendule kwiintshukumo zentloko kaSam Schmidt, incediswa yinkqubo ekwazi ukulinganisa uxinzelelo lomoya ovuthuzayo emlonyeni wakhe, ovumela ukuba alawule i-accelerator kunye ne-accelerator. isiqhoboshi.
Ngalo lonke ixesha u-Schmidt evuthela kulo mlomo uxinzelelo luyanda kwaye isantya siyenyuka. Kwaye iphakama ngobunzulu obufanayo kanye njengoko uSchmidt evuthela.
Ukulawula iibhuleki, "i-mechanics" iyafana ncakasana, nangona apha esi senzo senziwa ngokuphefumla.
Kwi "iphepha", inkqubo ibonakala iyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa inyaniso kukuba uSam Schmidt ulawula ukusebenza kwenkqubo yonke ngendlela ephilayo. Kwaye oku kubonakala kakhulu kwiividiyo zokuthatha kwakhe inxaxheba ekunyukeni kwendlela yeGoodwood.