G-Vectoring control

[davekmoore]

In a nutshell, this new technology, standard in the next Mazda 3, doesn't affect speed, or acceleration, but reduces jerk, thus smoothing cornering, including those little tiny steering inputs when you're going in what you think is a straight line. Apparently the sensors can now recognise a tenth of a degree of steering input and tell the computers to reduce or smooth or increase torque as appropriate depending on what you're asking the car to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X63cPg_nMA

By the way, for the real tech-heads, the method of varying torque is nearly always merely by reducing ignition advance.

[NitroDann]

the method of varying torque is nearly always merely by reducing ignition advance.

This is a bit like Varex mufflers.

It worked great while testing in a road car cruising down the highway, but when someone takes their car to the hills, melted parts everywhere.

Dann

[davekmoore]

I'm sure there are melted parts of my car and of my anatomy in the hills near you Dann.

But this version of GVC is not (yet?) designed for anything other than normal road use.