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 ...

As the world's largest automaker recalls millions of cars to replace sticky accelerator pedals, safety questions arise related to car electronics. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...

Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.5 million Ram pickup trucks worldwide to fix a software problem that can disable the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of Toyota’s efforts to limit who can sue the company for economic loss due to alleged sudden-acceleration problems with its cars were rejected today by a federal judge in Santa Ana. U.S. District ...

DETROIT – Volvo, a unit of Ford Motor Co. (F), is recalling about 360,000 cars bec ause of a problem with vehicle speed controls that can cause engines to lose power without warning, Volvo said Friday ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of “TB9051FTG”, a small-sized motor driver IC for DC brushed motors [1] intended for automotive electronic throttle ...

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 ...

Throttle-by-wire, brake-by-wire and steer-by-wire. In the auto industry, it means using an electrical or electromechanical connection as opposed to mechanical linkages to control the vehicle's systems ...