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kleinbl00 · 3621 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Mercedes Robo-Car That Made Me Want to Stop Driving
For any four-wheeled vehicle there will be two wheels that turn (or turn more). Doing it any other way leads to radical instability. For any vehicle with more than one axle, one of the axles will absorb 80% to 95% of the braking duties. For any vehicle that travels through a fluid such as air, there will be a favored aerodynamic direction. Aerodynamics does not reward symmetry. Brakes go in front. Wheels that steer go in front (this is why anyone driving a forklift any great distance does it in reverse). Streamlining goes in front, K-tail goes in back.