[konig]

Hey everyone,

I've mentioned it a few times in some threads, but I worked on the Fisker engineering team a couple of years ago. Since we didn't have a bona fide test team at the time, they asked employees to drive the cars around and test out new software releases before they were pushed out to you guys. I was an enthusiastic volunteer and put something north of 12k miles on a number of different Karmas. I took my GoPro along for a few of the rides and just finally got around to editing some footage together. Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/aCU6SsMORgM

 

[Nin ja]

nice!

 

[doug]

Nice vid. What happened at the every end with the burnout? Looks like a cord came in view and then the camera died?

 

[konig]

Nice vid. What happened at the every end with the burnout? Looks like a cord came in view and then the camera died?

I had an audio lead running to the external mic under the rear fascia, and I didn't strap it down securely. It got gnarled in the tire in all the excitement and jerked the GoPro down / broke the internal mic.

 

[avw]

I'm liking the LED signal marquee at the beginning but would figure it going the opposite way would make more sense. Is that light assembly wired for a pattern input or did the final production just get a two-wire connection? Thanks for sharing.

 

[konig]

I'm liking the LED signal marquee at the beginning but would figure it going the opposite way would make more sense. Is that light assembly wired for a pattern input or did the final production just get a two-wire connection? Thanks for sharing.

I believe what you're seeing in the video is just a competition between the light output frequency and the framerate of the camera. Is "aliasing" the correct term? To the naked eye the DRL is continuously lit.

 

[doug]

In physics we call that beating which is typically perceived at the difference frequency. Here's a wiki article in the context of acoustics, but the principle (and math) is similar in optics and electronics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_(acoustics)

 

[avw]

Oh Darn...like UFOs, all things have an explanation. I was actually hoping this was an intensional design they ended up scrapping. I did rather like the old 60s cougar and mustang tail lights that did that. They brought it back a few years ago in the mustang.