The excellent exhaust note remains a great joy. The right aural blast can take a good trip and turn it into something that sticks in your mind. You know a drill when you approach it; Roll down the windows, drop the gear, and scream at the light at the end of the car. Porsche gets this too. So much so that the automaker patented its tunnel mode.
CarBuzz revealed a Porsche’s latest patent From the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) which will likely leave you quietly mumbling “Oh, hell yeahUnder your breath. A Porsche patent describes a situation in which your car detects a tunnel ahead. The system picks up an approaching tunnel via the car’s on-board camera system.
After that, your car takes the same steps as it would in this case. He does everything just for you. The windows are lowered, a lower gear is selected, and your ears tingle in anticipation. being PorscheNaturally, things were taken a step further.
If it’s cold outside, Porsche will turn up the temperature slightly so you don’t feel too cold. I suppose tunnel mode would do the opposite if the weather outside was fairly hot. The system puts the car in sport mode. If your car has an active exhaust, the flaps will open for maximum attack. If you’re driving a convertible, the car will remind you to slow down or stop so you can lower the roof.
It’s all a bit silly… but it’s also pretty cool. In fact, it shows a lighter side to a brand that is usually quite serious at times.
Tunnel mode isn’t just for gas-powered vehicles. There are provisions for electric cars to have fun. Well, in their own way. Basically, you’ll get more electric car noise. As Porsche bakes in tunes derived from its more powerful gasoline-powered vehicles, it’s dubbing more It couldn’t hurt, right?
On the other side of the fun, Porsche has a version of the tunnel mode that spins under Noise. Not everyone wants a noisy transmission in an enclosed space. The exhaust will close up, the driving position will relax a bit, and you’ll probably close your windows again as well.
For now, tunnel placement remains just a series of words and engineering diagrams at the patent office. But someone in an office in Stuttgart is thinking about how and when to bring this market in. It’s silly, sure, but it’s true Kind It’s ridiculous.
