Efficiency and optimization psycho

[Gasoile]

Hi everyone!
I'm an electronic engineer student currently developing a project of a device to reduce fuel waste on a drive-by-wire car for my MSc thesis.
Now that I found out this forum I hope to contribute as much as possible to hack into ECUs for a greater eco-experience

[gone-ot]

Howdy!

Study the CODING within most automotive ECU's and you'll find MOST emphasis is upon "handling of exceptions", such as: (a) ignition retarding when gasoline of lower octane (than required) is used; (b) high-altitude "thinning of air" requires totally different MAP measurements of air flow, etc.

[Frank Lee]

I think substantial gains could be had by electronically smoothing the spasmo throttle inputs of the average idiot.

P.S. And not allowing braking while accelerating with the engine and vice versa.

[Gasoile]

In my perspective, car companies are trying to make more efficient cars focusing on hardware optimization, but the software beyond that shiny hardware is far from perfect.

[MetroMPG]

Welcome.

Julian Edgar did a simple "idiot smoothing" modification to his first generation Honda Insight simply by adding a capacitor in the throttle position sensor that helped that car's efficiency.

AutoSpeed - Giving the Insight a Good Driver