author | little magic
cars that drive our human will and competent drivers, like it? This technology was originally on autopilot most pressing need questions answered.
But, thanks to an incredible achievement from the Stanford University Dynamic Design Lab completed, we will face a completely reverse the question to think: that is, whether human drivers such as automatic driving electric cars Like the competitive strength? 
Stanford University is a pioneer in the field of technology autopilot, and recently two mechanical engineers from its dynamic design lab ChrisGerdes the brain and JonGoh hole wide open, did a very creative thing – created a “smart extraordinary” automatic driving electric cars. 
and in the past we know that Uber such as unmanned vehicles, Google driverless car like completely different, ChrisGerdes and JonGoh autopilot car smart in the fact that it learned a more complex skills, is the way to play professional drift racer. The beginning of the video on the display of this intelligent electric vehicle is exactly how exciting the game burning tires in California Thunder Mountain Raceway Park.
will automatically drift to build electric cars is not just an interesting gimmick, on the contrary it is a very serious research project. The researchers hope that through drift and let the autopilot car the best way to learn to deal with complex and dangerous road conditions, such as how to deal with snow and ice or slippery road, then there is how to avoid the proverbial “chicken cross the road” such incidents. 
and they collected a lot of data on this 2.6 km-long drift line is likely to shape the future in a piece of software, and penetrated to the automotive industry of the 2020s, accelerated drone the development of the car.
Gerdes explained: “We want the car to be able to avoid any accident within the scope of the laws of physics.” Goh then added: “If we can figure out how to safely control in the most stable and unstable situation car, makes it easier to connect the points between them. “Another important participant
of this project, which is in the thunder mountain Raceway Park circle burning tires” smart car “called MARTY, it was originally a 1981 section of the DeLoreanDMC-12. Gerdes and Goh choose to do DMC-12 prototype, a first main reason is that they want a rear-drive can be easily modified. 
Although its contemporaries in the Chevrolet Camaro is also in line with this requirement, and much cheaper than the DeLorean, but it is clear that in the eyes of the two men is not cool, not as stainless steel body and styling more personalized DeLorean more futuristic, but this ill-fated luxury cars the world itself is well-known 1985 science fiction film “Back to the future,” the protagonist car, use it for prototypes very appropriate.
and in order to pay tribute to the movie, they gave this car named MARTY, the term itself is an abbreviation used for yaw control research test-bed multi-function actuators. 
The DMC-12 They had mounted 2.8 liter V6 replacing two motors, and the vehicle for the installation of a battery, the motor can be conveyed individually on each rear wheel is up to 7000Nm torque. Suspension of the vehicle has also been redesigned since its original suspension settings too soft.
is then installed to the DMC-12 can be locked in less than one second electrically controlled steering system that is more accurate than the replacement of an electronic control brake hydraulic brake, for security reasons the vehicle further fitted with a roll cage. Overall, the number of original DeLorean parts under this converted electric car has no sheet metal. 
two GPS antennas on the roof of the car with great precision to tell its location, on-board computer in just a few seconds It calculates the optimum route, which follows the setpoint travel along a predetermined route.
Now this electric DMC-12 that can be made like a skilled professional drift racer and given a round character drift, precise control of the computer every time acceleration, braking and steering angle, its performance even better than professional drivers. 
you can clearly see in the video, MARTY not knocked over a pile bucket in the drift, this is not everyone hasTechnical strength, it’s driving skills is definitely impressive.
Imagine if its autopilot technology has been applied and found another car the wrong way suddenly opened in front of us how to do when we are on the road? With MARTY skills, you can avoid the tragedy of the accident will almost certainly happen in the same way. 
We do not know whether the future MARTY also show more stunts, but Gerdes and Goh project is undoubtedly a great achievement it seems to have to show us the automatic driving vehicle is moving in the right direction feasible, a smarter, more reliable cars, will make our roads safer and more predictable.