Thanks Mark. You're right, some of those potholes on 94 are every bit as punishing, but the 6-inch high concrete curbs on the test track are no laughing matter. Thankfully, my robot driver was hitting them at a modest speed. Without saying so directly, Ford folks conveyed an impression that the tests are being conducted specifically to provide data for companies like FedEx and UPS. One tech commented that the delivery service drivers don't slow down for curbs or break for potholes. But the Transit offers a good balance of fuel efficiency and load capacity. It will probably be a common sight on our roads in the years to come. It's already a big seller in Europe. On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:20 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice job, Paul. Very well written and interesting article and the video is > quite good as well. But - you wrote that this was on Ford's torture test > track - it didn't look much worse than I-94 on any day of the week.... :0 > Anyhow - nice article! > > Mark > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
