Many lament the phasing out of the simple Bowden cable-operated throttle. There is, after all, often an immense amount of gratification to be derived from what could feel like a direct, responsive ...

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 ...

The days of routing a piece of wire from the carb through the firewall are over. Well, they should be! For a long time hot rodders have used mechanical throttle linkage (typically a Bowden cable, ...

Electronic Throttle Bodies are used in traditional internal combustion engines to control the speed of the motor. This device consists of a valve attached to a spring and driven by a motor. This ...

An illuminated or blinking ETC warning light in a modern car indicates a malfunction in the electronic throttle control. Older cars have physical linkages between the throttle pedal and the throttle ...

Toyota’s biggest recall involving about 8 million units is due to a faulty accelerator pedal, and the Japanese car manufacturer explained that the error was not ...

Toyota, which last week recalled 2.3 million vehicles in the United States to fix sticking gas pedals, faces lawsuits that link so-called sudden-acceleration problem to other causes. At least three ...

Different realizations of adaptive cruise control systems (ACC) have been tested. Firstly, only throttle access has been realized. In addition to this, the second realization utilizes access to the ...