As you accelerate down the road and use your gas pedal to throttle in the appropriate amount of energy, you expect a smooth implementation from your foot to the motor. The electronic throttle control ...

New cars are confusing. With all the computers, sensors, and gadgets, it may seem like there's some sort of magical witchcraft taking place under the hood. We're here to show you how modern automotive ...

Electronic throttle control is a drive-by-wire system that replaces a conventional cable-actuated throttle body with an electronic set-up. In a conventional throttle configuration, such as that found ...

General Motors is globally adopting a newly designedelectronic throttle control (ETC) actuator that reduces weight compared toprevious designs by 15 percent and improves performance. "The new design ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Part 1 of this 3-part series described how a model-driven development process and virtual prototyping tools help address the challenges of implementing a DFSS methodology in a complex automotive ...

DETROIT — Millions of people drive cars with electronic throttle controls every day, but they probably never heard of the system until it got sucked into Toyota’s sudden-acceleration quagmire. This is ...

Electronic Stability Control, or ESC, is designed to prevent a driver’s loss-of-control frequently caused by insufficient traction. The two basic loss-of-traction events are referred to as understeer ...

Eric Weiss was stopped at a busy Long Beach intersection last month when he said his 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup unexpectedly started accelerating, forcing him to stand on the brakes to keep the bucking ...

Electronic throttle control is a drive-by-wire system that replaces a conventional cable-actuated throttle body with an electronic set-up. In a conventional throttle configuration, such as that found ...