Die-by-wire?
02/06/10 11:39 PM Filed in:
RantJohn Dvorak at Marketwatch:
In a Prius, as well as many computer-controlled Toyotas, the accelerator pedal is more like a volume-control knob than anything else. In the olden days when you stepped on the pedal, it would be directly connected to, say, a carburetor, and open a valve mechanically as you pushed down.
This is now passé, as this activity is done electronically on the most modern cars by network signaling.
A good article explaining how auto makers went from hardware to software and may have put us all into hot water. Here’s hoping not.
[Marketwatch]
Tags: Tech | Toyota