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In today's increasingly intelligent car design, no matter how big the change is, even if it is equipped with driverless, the shape design is still inseparable from the appearance of traditional cars. # Digital Technology Anecdote #

With the diversification of current travel modes, in order to satisfy everyone's appetite, the design of "cars" is becoming more and more novel, such as unicycles, flying bicycles and even square wheels. ...

This has to be mentioned that Shark Wheel Company, a startup company located in California, USA, was founded on 20 13. The innovative design of its masterpiece "Square Shark Wheel" made the company on the front page of Los Angeles Business Weekly, and this design also won an international patent, which made Shark Wheel famous for a time.

As the name suggests, this square wheel is inspired by the shape of the shark's jaw. Viewed from a 45-degree angle, it looks like a rolling cube, which can greatly reduce the resistance when the wheel slides, so it is faster than the traditional wheel.

At the same time, Shark Wheel has claimed that a large number of tests conducted in the laboratory and real roads have proved that the wheel design is superior to the round wheel in almost all road conditions.

According to the actual performance, the square roller skates can really walk on the ground with gravel.

Such a magical wheel design is only wasted for skateboarding!

Recently, the company made persistent efforts to install the "square shark wheel" on children's electric cars, and successfully built two products-shark SUV and shark UTV.

In Shark Wheel's latest crowdfunding campaign, the government has put these two cars on the shelf, which are currently used by children. Shark SUV is for children drivers aged 65,438+0 to 5, while Shark UTV is for children drivers aged 2 to 8.

First of all, let's take a look at this small electric SUV, which is as big as an ordinary children's car. The length, width and height of the vehicle are 39.3 x 25.6 x 28.5 inches (99.8x65x72.3cm), and the appearance is red and black, which can only accommodate one child.

The design of shark UTV is a little more special. It has the flavor of "children's racing car" and the space can accommodate two people.

The length, width and height of the shark UTV are 5 1 x 33.5 x 36 inches (129.5x85x9 1.4cm) respectively. Both models are equipped with 10 inch shark wheels, and each wheel has a spring suspension.

The biggest highlight of these two children's cars is their wheels, which are like a mixture of a sphere and a cube. The whole product is mainly composed of three layers.

When rolling, the wheel will have two shape characteristics, and each layer will form a spiral shape. When the ground contacts the wheel and an external force acts on the wheel, the wheel can easily move forward.

Compared with the traditional round wheel with the same width, this design similar to sine wave mode makes the contact surface between the wheel and the road thinner and the unnecessary resistance smaller, which is also the reason why it runs faster.

Moreover, the shark wheel can also improve the "grip" of the side of the wheel on the ground, making it run more smoothly and faster on rough and wet ground, so these two baby carriages can adapt to most road conditions.

In terms of power, the Shark SUV is equipped with two 35-watt motors, while the Shark UTV is equipped with two 40-watt motors. Both motors provide one-button start and high/low speed selection, as well as forward and backward functions, which is very convenient for children to drive.

In order to drive more coolly, the two cars are also equipped with colored LED running lights to create a sense of atmosphere and create a more sci-fi sports visual effect. Moreover, the car also comes with a Bluetooth music player, which can play the songs you want to listen to through mobile phones, and the entertainment effect can be described as full.

In terms of battery life, both versions are equipped with 12v7ah batteries, which can be used for up to 45 minutes every 8 hours, which is enough for children to take out occasionally.

Lift the seat completely and you can see the circuit below.

As for the speed, at present, the official has not disclosed the specific driving speed of the shark children's car, but the demonstration video shows that the driving speed is still relatively slow. After all, for safety reasons, and in order to reassure parents, these two cars are additionally equipped with a remote control, which allows parents in the distance to control the car with a handheld remote control.

At present, Shark's two children's cars are in the development stage of prototype cars and will be put into production soon. On the crowdfunding website, the starting price of the shark SUV is 289 US dollars (about RMB 1934 yuan), while the starting price of the shark UTV is 489 US dollars (about RMB 3,273 yuan).

In any case, Fanglun will have more application fields in the future and look forward to more novel and interesting products!