View post: This is How the Toyota Hilux Became the World’s Toughest Truck Traction control has been a required feature on all new cars sold in the U.S. since 2012, likewise antilock brakes and ...

The world outside your garage is an inhospitable place, with rain, sleet, mud, snow, blizzards, ice, hail, and all sorts of hazards trying to send you into a nearby tree. That’s why traction control ...

When a tire slides relative to the road surface, whether skidding or spinning, bad things can happen—like accidents and riveting dash-cam videos. The engineering community first tackled the skidding ...

Horsepower is useless if you can't get it to the pavement. As a result, traction control and differentials are fitted to your car to control how an engine's output is transferred to the road, helping ...

You'd be forgiven if years of goading from Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson made you think you should be turning off your car's traction control to have the most fun ...

From the M Drift Analyzer to the two brake settings and the second M mode further split into Road, Sport, and Track, the new BMW M3 and M4 are brimming with geeky tech meant to boost one thing and one ...

The 2021 GMC Yukon comes standard with an electronic Traction Select System that allows the driver to quickly switch between multiple pre-set vehicle settings and configurations. The Traction Select ...

Q I have a 1996 Buick Park Avenue Ultra, which has antilock brakes and a traction-control system. About a month ago, after about an hour on the road, the dashboard warning lights for these two related ...

Some form of Traction Control has been standard equipment on every Corvette starting with the 1992 C4. It carries the rather Orwellian name "Acceleration Slip Regulation" in C5s. Call it what you may, ...

Traction-limited acceleration is a condition almost every race car driver has experienced. It is the situation where the cars ability to accelerate is limited by the available traction between the ...

One of the most critical technologies on modern vehicles, Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is responsible for preventing countless accidents for decades. In this article, we’re going to explore its ...