It might sound odd to say so about an inanimate object, but cars are pretty clever devices. Your car is almost certainly more sophisticated than anything else you own, designed to operate in all ...

Modern vehicles can contain around 100 Electronic Control Units (ECUs). An ECU is a minicomputer that collects data and determines whether to activate a function based on the information received.

Quickly fading are the days when we were free to dream of cranking a lever connected to cables that would squeeze the brakes and break traction, as more and more modern cars replace cabled emergency ...

In the world of automobiles the term ECU (Electronic Control Unit) stands for any embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical subsystems in a motor vehicle. Types of ECU in an ...

When and how much it locks up is determined by a control unit’s programming ... with its many active electronic systems, was the first F1 car to use an eLSD, which surprisingly wasn’t banned along ...

The wheels of a moving vehicle can move at different speeds, with some turning faster than others. This can cause a loss of steering control and compromise safety on the road. To mitigate this, speed ...

The functions, design and mode of operation of a new electronic control system for automatic transmissions for city buses are described. Apart from the dual-channel computer structure for safety ...

A lot of recent Ford cars and trucks come with Adaptive Steering, allowing you to change the amount of feedback and weight on ...

Hyundai is recalling 1,642,551 cars because of an antilock brake module that can leak and cause a fire under the hood. Kia is recalling 1,730,192 cars because a hydraulic electronic control unit (HECU ...

To achieve the future emissions regulations with low particulate and Nox levels, both the engine combustion system and the fuel injection equipment will have to be improved. For the fuel injection ...