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  2. Cruise control - Wikipedia

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    The AMC "cruise command" unit was actuated through a push-button on the dashboard once the car's desired speed was reached. The throttle position was automatically adjusted by a vacuum control that opened and closed the throttle based on input from the speedometer cable rather than through an adjustable control on the dashboard.

  3. Traction control system - Wikipedia

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    The predecessor of modern electronic traction control systems can be found in high-torque, high-power rear-wheel-drive cars as a limited slip differential.A limited-slip differential is a purely mechanical system that transfers a relatively small amount of power to the non-slipping wheel, while still allowing some wheel spin to occur.

  4. Car controls - Wikipedia

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    Early cars had a hand lever to control the throttle, either directly, or by controlling an engine speed governor which in turn controlled both the throttle and timing. [6] In 1900 the Wilson-Pilcher car was introduced in Britain which had a hand controlled speed governor, and a foot throttle which could override the action of the governor.

  5. Glitch removal - Wikipedia

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    Glitch removal is the elimination of glitches—unnecessary signal transitions without functionality—from electronic circuits. Power dissipation of a gate occurs in two ways: static power dissipation and dynamic power dissipation. Glitch power comes under dynamic dissipation in the circuit and is directly proportional to switching activity.

  6. Side-stick - Wikipedia

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    The throttle controls in the central console are black, labeled 1–4. F-16 cockpit showing side-stick A side-stick or sidestick controller is an aircraft control stick that is located on the side console of the pilot , usually on the righthand side, or outboard on a two-seat flightdeck .

  7. Hydramatic - Wikipedia

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    April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) A Hydra-Matic Drive transmission, produced between 1939 and 1956, on display at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum Hydramatic (also known as Hydra-Matic ) is an automatic transmission developed by both General Motors ' Cadillac and Oldsmobile divisions.

  8. Cadillac SRX - Wikipedia

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    The Cadillac SRX is a mid-size luxury SUV and compact luxury crossover SUV (CUV) manufactured and marketed by Cadillac over two generations: the first generation as a five-door, three-row, seven-passenger CUV (2003–2009), and the second generation as a five-door, two-row, five-passenger CUV (2010–2016) – the latter becoming Cadillac's best selling model in the United States.

  9. Cadillac Model Thirty - Wikipedia

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    Cadillac Model 30 1908 tourer Rear view of 1908 tourer. The Cadillac Model Thirty was an American automobile introduced in December 1909 by the Cadillac Division of General Motors, and sold through 1911. It was the company's only model for those years and was based on the 1907 Model G. The 1912 Model 1912, 1913 Model 1913, and 1914 Model 1914 ...