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Electronic throttle control
Automobile technology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Electronic throttle control (ETC) is an automobile technology that uses electronics to replace the traditional mechanical linkages between the driver's input such as a foot pedal to the vehicle's throttle mechanism which regulates speed or acceleration. This concept is often called drive by wire,[1][2] and sometimes called accelerate-by-wire or throttle-by-wire,[3].
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