I do have a serious question....
WTF is the point in drive by wire? Seriously. What does it fix? Why was it introduced? Was it to let the ECM control the throttle for trac control or something?
I literally see zero point in it.
and traction control? Is there ever a situation where its benificial? If so i aint found it. The wifes escape has it and every time ive gotten it stuck i shut that shit off and it comes right out.
Find me a vehicle that isn't drive by wire.
Tractor trailers been drive by wire mainly since the 80s.
It is.... government mandated emissions. And government mandated traction control.
And....now.
Way too much power.
You can buy the devices and software to make it run like drive by cable..
But if you have actual power....don't cry about shit breaking
And you totally miss the poll data.
The next 5 years are just the beginning.
Of course...I know what's in the pipeline. So that's a cheat.
Most higher then half ton pickup truck sales are diesel in the recent curve...which is classed as alternative.
Like you I suspect limits.
Because ford is losing the tech edge on ice. Gm and Toyota just pimp slapped Ford something aweful.
But these engines are direct injection cammers. Very diesel like....but gasoline.
The Toyota tt v6 thoroughly embarrassed my powerboost in working fuel economy...and made the idea of Godzilla being useful a joke.
The I.C.E. is far from dead....but at the moment...mainline innovation is on hiatus as the current crop gets deployed.