Introducing MARTY, Stanford's Self-Driving, Electric, Drifting DeLorean

[HardOCP News]

In celebration of Back To The Future Day, I give you this. It was either that video or this one but, knowing you guys, I went with the drifting DeLorean.

 

[DukenukemX]

No flying conversion? So sad.

 

[amddragonpc]

Cool!

 

[CaptNumbNutz]

I want to see how fast this thing can go. The original DeLorean was a bit slow with 0-60 at 8.8 seconds. I bet this electric setup blows it away.

 

[staknhalo]

An electric DeLorean? Aren't those things steel bricks? Does it have every battery ever made powering it?

 

[DukenukemX]

An electric DeLorean? Aren't those things steel bricks? Does it have every battery ever made powering it?

The total weight of the Delorean is 1,230 kg (2,712 lb) with gas engine. The 2015 Toyota Prius is 3,042 lbs. A 2016 Dodge Challenger is 3,834 to 4,449 lbs. A 2016 Chevy Tahoe is 5,355 to 5,602 lbs. Cars today are extremely heavy due to side impact and crush zones, which needs more metal and therefore more weight.

 

[dr.kevin]

good. Now we can replace ken block

 

[Emission]

This was pretty cool but I would've liked to see actual driving. I liked the information display in the center console.

 

[bastage]

Ok an electric drifting Delorean would have been cool enough.. The fact that its autonomous is even better...

 

[mnewxcv]

can it drift in the air at 88 miles per hour?

 

[tikiman2012]

So it's basically an R/C car with a gyro for high speed stability. This is not new.

 

[Dekoth-E-]

This is an unholy abomination, that's all.