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 ...

Installing the wiring was simple: We just disconnected the battery, removed the old pedal, and clipped in the new harness. The only difficult part was fabricating a new mount. Because the pedal has ...

“By-wire” technology, as it applies to automotive engineering, is a concept in which a vehicle’s traditional mechanical functions are electronically linked and controlled by use of sensors, computers ...

Most modern vehicles use wires with current running through them to the throttle pedal rather than strands of wire that create a cable physically connected to the throttle body. This was done to ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Drive-by-wire, x-by-wire (XBW) or simply by-wire technology is fly-by-wire technology applied to vehicles. This is just another example of ...