Steer, throttle and brakes by wire!

[crobertson1]

I was talking to a Lexus technician today. The new RX 400h (small SUV hybrid) is pretty high tech. The steering, brakes and throttle are all computerized. He said you can't spin one out. The computers will automatically change the steering, no matter what you're doing, to keep the vehicle under control. Someone here isn't going to like this.



They have electric A/C and power steering too. Pretty cool vehicle IMO.

 

[Jeff Clark]

One of our customers has one and brought it by the other day. Pretty neat, although I won't have one. The electric motors are on only under 30mph. After that, the gas engine kicks on and takes over. Gets 35 mpg around town, but only like 25 on the highway. And I think Honda is working on an electric power steering set-up similar to the Lexus. No fluid and no pump to wear out.