Stress-testing automated suspension activation on mega sand pit hill climbs

28 August 2024

Our Terrain Intelligence technology has been described by MotorTrend as “a virtual spotter who won't complain about having to go wade through the muck.” It doesn’t complain about gnarly hill climbs, either.

This summer, we released our second major update of Terrain Intelligence and began stress-testing some of its features in extreme environments.

In this testing footage, our expert off-road driver and product manager Jeff Best is trying out our updated automated suspension feature on our side-by-side. Using a mono camera we’ve installed at the top of the windscreen, Terrain Intelligence is reading the path ahead. When Terrain Intelligence detects a significant change in incline, it calculates the best of three settings for the active suspension, and actions the change just in time for the upcoming hazard, based on vehicle speed and direction.

So while Jeff picks the line he wants to drive and controls the throttle and brake pedals, Terrain Intelligence makes sure he’s always in the best suspension mode. This leaves Jeff free to keep both hands on the wheel and his eyes on the route ahead. Safer, faster, and way more fun.

Terrain Intelligence is running onboard the vehicle, using a single camera, with no stored maps, live data uplinks or other sensors.

Incline change is just one of many surface characteristics Terrain Intelligence can identify and tune for. In the coming weeks, we’ll release more of our testing footage showing how Terrain Intelligence helps solve for other off-road and on-road environments. We’ll also show how the automated driveline features work, and how the technology works on our pick-up truck and motorcycle.

The future of ADAS is right here. Speak to us to find out more.