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Originally Posted by green van man
That has its own problems.
Landrover tried a powered trailer to go with the 101 forward control for army use. They found when turning tightly the powered trailer tried to go streight on and toppled the towing vehicle on to its side.
Of vourse any think. CAN be made to work if you invest enough money, given the relativly small scale production of caravan makers I don't think any have the resources to implement the research or buy in the technology.
I baught a 2017 spec Coachman vip caravan new when the 2018 spec one was sat beside it. Took both brochures home and did a contrast and compare. The 2017 was by far the better specified van, had extractor fan, solar panel and thicker insulation than its younger brother which had extractor as extra, solar panel as extra and thinner insulation, all to save 25kg or so of weight. They had also moved the gas bottles to one side of the van rather than a central position in the front locker which would give a variable corner weight.
Not all progress is good progress.
Paul.
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Things would be vastly different now with all the data the car has today , it would reduce assistance to suit whatever the car was doing at the time ... also an electric motor can produce continuously variable torque from max to zero , just like your battery drill at home .... The car would do all the computation work rather than the caravan itself , one thing that springs to mind if the caravan became unstable it could let the motor generate current which would drag the caravan and help straighten it up ...