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philistine • yesterday at 12:18 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Watch The man with the golden gun. You’ll see a car do a corkscrew jump. Does that mean all cars of that brand could do that jump?

What we saw was impressive, but it’s a trick. The car’s tanks are surely empty after this, and now you have a loud compressor filling them up for minutes. You can’t use those thrusters near people and cars cause you’re at risk of getting them in trouble.

It’s part of a long history of useless tech in supercars. Impressive, but useless.


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MarsZebra • yesterday at 11:47 PM

Not filling up for minutes.. they said it takes 2-6 hours to recharge using external equipment.

whycome • yesterday at 9:45 PM

How is that a trick? So far it seems that was exactly what was advertised?

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