Sentences with phrase «detecting wheelspin»

Called Dynamic Torque Control, this set - up is essentially front - wheel drive, but uses an electromagnetic clutch pack to send up to 50 percent of the engine's power to the rear axle when it detects wheelspin.

The manually locking rear differential from the earlier generations was replaced with a conventional open differential, with Electronic Differential Lock (EDL)(which detects wheelspin via ABS road wheel speed sensors, and applies brakes to one spinning wheel, thus transferring torque via open differential to the opposite wheel which has more traction).

Not exact matches

Using the same wheel - speed sensors as the Antilock Braking System (ABS) and Electronic Stability Program (ESP ®), 4 - ETS can detect the onset of wheelspin and rapidly pulse the brake at the slipping wheel.

In the M5's default 4WD mode, all drive torque goes to the rear wheels until the system detects the slightest trace of wheelspin.

Since it aspires to all - weather mobility instead of all - terrain capability, the motor simply adds more torque automatically to the rear wheels if wheelspin is detected.

Also available is a Self - Leveling Suspension (SLS) with rear air springs that allow for driver control of rear suspension height, as well as computer - controlled raising of rear ride height when wheelspin is detected at low speeds off highway.

If you opt for a CXL with front - wheel drive, you get standard traction control, an electronic system that detects, and then limits, wheelspin of the sort that you'd get on a slick road.

It activates when understeering, oversteering, or wheelspin is detected.

Standard on Metris vans, this dynamic handling system actively intervenes to help keep the van firmly under control and safe by automatically braking individual wheels and reducing engine power to help stabilize the vehicle if wheelspin, understeer, or oversteer is detected.