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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut
Lean Burning engines is under much scrutiny. Along with improved controls, there will be applications with larger drive cycle regimes and much more seamless transitions. Of course, if a driver still insists on heavy footed driving, no technology is going to help them.
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Now that about every car has a throttle by wire I wouldn't be surprised if a really true cruise control, or a monitored throttle to try to achieve the best mileage to occur.
The engineering wouldn't be difficult as the engineers have everything that goes into getting good mileage that can be used to achieve this goal. Not to say that it would totally destroy all your fun in driving in eco mode.
Maybe if we all SCREAM as loudly as possible. (Not like we aren't already doing just that!) [Nah, we will let all the lead foots do that.]
When driving The Beast (My Motor home) I have found that I have trained my foot to automatically lift the gas at the right moments. I think the computer (ECU) could do even better, since it won't get distracted.