This is one of the coolest modifications you can do to your car. The Disappearing Car Door technology is basically a retracting mechanism applied to car door of your choice. No it doesn’t use any teleportation technology from Star Trek; it just retracts the entire door of the car at the bottom of the car providing a spacious exit from the car. This eliminates you worrying to hit another car when you are opening your car door at a parked station. How it works is that you press the key to open the door and the door slides to the bottom of the car and then you can close the door by pressing the closing button command. The door is also equipped with sensors so it can close it self sometimes and it never closes while you are in the way with the help of it sensors. Its kind of like the elevator doors. Go to Jatech website for more info.
November 3rd, 2008 at 4:20 am
Yeah looks great..but what about protection or rigidity of the car?
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
its a nice idea, but what about in a situation where its raining. Regular doors allow u to partially open the door and still get in. This isnt exactly possibly with this model…
November 4th, 2008 at 12:59 am
The second prototype has 2 options, first one is to use the door as a conventional door and the other as the retractable door. I find this to be very potential in future.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Awesome that definetly will catch on in the future really helps to get out of the car easily
November 12th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Omg, this is incedible! This should be standard! Who on this earth would opt out on this as an option?! – Car Parts
December 8th, 2008 at 4:38 am
what about an accident and the electronics dont work how do u get out?
December 9th, 2008 at 4:55 am
^ Good point ^
December 17th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
it takes away from the whole dukes of hazard thing. wack
July 9th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
@juju the same thing that happens in an accident when the car door is banged in so that the door can’t open. just because a car uses conventional doors it can still get stuck closed. that is why all cars are designed so that you can put your feet on the front windshield brace your back on the seat and push out the glass.
Actually commenting on the door that is epic. I would love that option!