Bose Electromagnetic Suspension System for Cars

Posted by Alex in Car & Vehicle, Video Clips on September 24, 2007 at 1:47 pm


Bose, the audio equipment manufacturer, also makes an active suspension system for cars. Unlike the hydraulics systems that are common today, Bose’s system uses electromagnets to raise or lower the wheels in response to bumps on the road.

Heck, it can even make your car jump or take a bow. See for yourself: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – Thanks Algonkin!


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10 comments to "Bose Electromagnetic Suspension System for Cars"

  1. K!P
    September 24th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    i drove a citroen xantia activa once, had the same thing going on in corners only with pnuematic suspention, felt really weird when going into corners...you exceot it to tilt.

    oh, mercedes ambulances also have this, on a ferry in a car deck bihind one, and it were ruff seas, it kept perfectly level :)

    the bose stuff looks quicker to respond to bumps tho...

  2. artbot
    September 24th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

    Speed bumps are a real PITA. If I could just fly over them at 40mph, that would be great!

  3. Chad
    September 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    wow bose needs to seriously stop ATTEMPTING to make decent audio products and put all of their r&d dollars into this fulltime! This is seriously amazing!

  4. andy
    September 24th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    impressive.

  5. Ant
    September 24th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

    The video reminds me of old Lexus TV ads. Did Lexus use this?

  6. Sky
    September 24th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    Yeah but do they sound good. . .

  7. Scott K
    September 24th, 2007 at 11:43 pm

    Better video of the BOSE suspension system here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWRS-u5uipM
    (Longer, more tests, in English.)

    Only five or six total videos matching those search terms, oddly.

  8. owen
    September 25th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    Yay! Now people can ignore speed bumps and jump those strips police lay down to disable vehicles. Thanks Bose!

  9. ciper
    September 25th, 2007 at 2:21 am

    This is SOOOOOOOOOO old. I remember watching videos of this system at least 7 years ago if not more. Cool none the less.

    Another "new" suspension system has been developed for military use with ferromagnetic fluid inside the struts allowing extreme differences in dampening. There are videos floating around the net of a HMMWV (or Humvee) using this system.

  10. Ali S.
    September 26th, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Hahahaha! I can just imagine the criminal elements scrambling to get a car with this suspension system to bypass road strips laid out by the Police. Tsk tsk. ;)


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