Both drive by wire and conventional throttle bodies are controlled by a wire.
Both drive by wire and conventional throttle bodies are controlled by a wire.
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One is a wire, one is a cable. One transmits electric energy, one transmits kinetic energy.
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Both are technically cables though. One, a power cable, the other a steel cable.
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We don't say "injection by wire" or "fuel by wire" though, we call it Electronic Fuel Injection.
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Throttle by wire.
The fuel is never really actively controlled by the user, more by its relation to the amount of air going into the intake.
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Drive by wire uaually refers to steering though the official definition is more broad.
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Kites have utilized fly by wire technology for centuries already.
Marionettes, too.
And shoes. Although, wireless technology is getting popular.