"Drive By Wire"... ECM Program for better MPG? - Toyota Yaris Forums

nsmitchell · 08-25-2006, 02:06 PM

Has anyone heard of or done any research on this.

I would love to see a dashboard switch for "ultimate economy mode or UEM", and "performance mode". How cool would that be?...

Since it is drive by wire the ECM could be programmed so that in UEM it would translate "mashing the pedal on takeoff" to a gentle pedal push for smooth efficient accelleration. Performance mode would be just that, a program for max performance...

Anyone else think this is an interesting thought??

08-25-2006, 02:06 PM	#1
nsmitchell View User's Garage Drives: LB-Auto-PWR-ABS-Cruise-Springs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,065	"Drive By Wire"... ECM Program for better MPG? Has anyone heard of or done any research on this. I would love to see a dashboard switch for "ultimate economy mode or UEM", and "performance mode". How cool would that be?... Since it is drive by wire the ECM could be programmed so that in UEM it would translate "mashing the pedal on takeoff" to a gentle pedal push for smooth efficient accelleration. Performance mode would be just that, a program for max performance... Anyone else think this is an interesting thought??