Comment by matthewdgreen
5 months ago
A device that only makes sense in extraordinarily high-end cars with an expensive adjustable suspension probably isn’t going to move the needle that much. If you’re doing object detection and moving the car, why not go a little farther and move a plug into a physical port on the base of the car, so you don’t need the car to move to the charger.
> why not go a little farther and move a plug into a physical port on the base of the car
Because that is not "a little farther", it's vastly more complicated. And also because the charging mat is flat, not some box in the middle of your garage.
This is clearly a better solution overall (for people who are too lazy to plug in a plug themselves).
> with an expensive adjustable suspension
It seems weird they took that approach vs having the box extend upwards when it detects that it should. Seems a lot simpler and cheaper.
It likely already had the active suspension anyway.