There hasn’t been a whole lot of buzz coming out of CES this year but one idea that is likely to make headlines is Hyundai’s walking car concept known as Elevate.
While I can’t really imagine a car walking on a city sidewalk to pick up passenger from a Brownstone I can foresee a scenario where a car like this would come in handy and that’s in disaster recovery operations as having the ability to walk over obstacles or across uneven terrain could come in handy when roads are damaged or otherwise impassable.
A sentiment shared by Hyundai according to Futurism’s reporting:
“’When a tsunami or earthquake hits, current rescue vehicles can only deliver first responders to the edge of the debris field. They have to go the rest of the way by foot,’ John Suh, Hyundai vice president, said in a news release. ‘Elevate can drive to the scene and climb right over flood debris or crumbled concrete.’”
For now this concept car is purely hypothetical. There isn’t a drive-able full-scale version yet but that day may come. And if it does we may have to get used to a future where all cars pull a Bumblebee and walk among us. A sight that may take some getting used to.
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