Ford has announced that its new Focus will provide the option of pothole detection technology.
The system senses when a wheel is falling into a pothole and adjusts the suspension so that the wheel doesn’t fall all the way in, according to the company.
“Our engineers are always searching for the roughest roads to really test our suspension to the limit, but more and more we’re noticing that the rough roads are finding us,” said Guy Mathot, vehicle dynamics supervisor. “Potholes are a problem that isn’t going away anytime soon but with our advanced suspension technology for Focus, we’ve been able to reduce their impact.”
The pothole detection system is a feature of the car’s optional Continuously Controlled Damping technology, which every two milliseconds monitors suspension, body, steering and braking inputs, also adjusting the vehicle’s suspension responses.
