Umkhosi weGoodwood of Speed ubone okokuqala okuningi, njenge-BMW 2 Series Coupé entsha noma i-Lotus Emira esanda kwethulwa. Kodwa bekuneCorvette C8 engazange ibonakale, ngendlela elawulwa ngayo, isebenzisa ikhanda nje.
Yebo kunjalo. Le Corvette C8 ekhetheke kakhulu eka-Sam Schmidt, owayengumshayeli we-IndyCar okwathi ngoJanuwari 2000 waba sengozini eyamshiya e-quadriplegic. Imoto yezemidlalo yaguqulwa yi-Arrow Electronics ukuze ishayelwe nguSchmidt.
Eqanjwe i-SAM (egama lingu-Sam Schmidt kanye nesifinyezo esithi "Semi-Autonomous Motorcar"), izinhlelo zokulawula le Corvette C8 zithathe iminyaka eminingana ukuthuthuka, kusukela ngo-2014, lapho uSchmidt, ngokubambisana eduze ne-Arrow Electronics, enikeza. ukuzalwa emlenzeni wokuqala wesekethe yase-Indianapolis, elawula imoto ngekhanda lakhe nje.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva nangemva kokuhlolwa kokushayela kokuphayona, isifunda saseNevada, e-United States of America, samnikeza imvume ekhethekile yokuba akwazi ukushayela ngokomthetho imoto emigwaqweni yomphakathi, aphinde, esebenzisa ikhanda lakhe ukuze alawule. imoto.
Manje, u-Sam Schmidt kanye ne-Arrow Electronics baye badlulela phambili nakakhulu, bevela ku-Goodwood Festival of Speed engenakugwenywa ngokuvela kwakamuva kwalolu hlelo, olusebenza ngokusekelwa isigqoko sokuzivikela esisha, esifakwe izinzwa ze-infrared ezihlala zixhumana namakhamera ahlukahlukene emoto. .
Ngale ndlela, uhlelo luyakwazi ukuguqula imoto ngendlela efanele, iphendule ukunyakaza kwekhanda likaSam Schmidt, lisizwa uhlelo olukwazi ukulinganisa ukucindezela komoya ophuma emlonyeni wakhe, okumvumela ukuthi alawule i-accelerator futhi ibhuleki.
Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho u-Schmidt ephephetha kulo mlomo ingcindezi iyanda futhi isivinini siyakhuphuka. Futhi ikhuphuka ngamandla afana ncamashi nokushaywa kukaSchmidt.
Ukulawula amabhuleki, "imishini" iyafana ncamashi, nakuba lapha lesi senzo senziwa ngokuhogela.
"Ephepheni", uhlelo lubukeka luyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi uSam Schmidt uyakwazi ukusebenzisa uhlelo lonke ngendlela ephilayo. Futhi lokhu kubonakala kakhulu kumavidiyo wokubamba kwakhe iqhaza ekukhuphukeni kwerempu yaseGoodwood.