The Active Suspension Technology is a definition for any suspension system which can modify its settings in real time to control body motion in response to any road abnormality or during cornering, braking or acceleration. These type of systems usually respond to inputs from either the road or the driver using different sensors. At least […]
ACS – Attention Control System
The Attention Control System (ACS) consists of a camera installed in the cockpit to monitor the driverÂ’s blinking movements. The development of this system is aimed at eliminating the risk of driver inattentiveness, by constantly keeping track of the frequency and duration of eyelid movement. If the computer connected to the camera perceives the driver […]
ACE – Advanced Compatibility Engineering
The Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure is the name given to a passive safety technology available on most modern Honda vehicles. It is essentially a structure designed to disperse collision forces away from the passenger space inside the cabin in case of a crash. This is done while the damage to other vehicles involved […]
ACE – Active Cornering Enhancement
A feature first found on Land Rover vehicles, the Active Cornering Enhancement (ACE) is a system that reduces body roll during cornering. A pair of accelerometers are used to detect the angle of body lean and to instruct the ACE computer to counteract these movements by applying pressure to the vehicle’s torsion bars via actuators […]
ACC – Automatic Climate Control
The Automatic Climate Control is an air-conditioning unit which can automatically set the temperature desired by the driver without being influenced by the outside temperature or other factors. The most advanced climate control systems nowadays use different sensors and can take into account outside temperature, the sun rays’ intensity and even the angle on which […]
ACC – Adaptive Cruise Control
With the help of a laser or a radar sensor, the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system recognizes preceding vehicles, calculates their speed and keeps the distance required by automatically acting on the brakes and/or engine power. ACC can scan the area in front of the vehicle in order to determine the distance to the vehicle […]
ABS – Antilock Braking System
Originally developed for aircraft braking systems in the first half of the twentieth century, the Antilock Braking System (ABS) is essentially used to improve stability during braking and in some cases it can even shorten braking distances altogether. Appearing in various mechanical forms before, the first modern electronic four-wheel ABS system was co-developed by Mercedes-Benz […]
ABD – Automatic Braking Differential
The Automatic Braking Differential (ABD) system was co-developed by Bosch and Porsche in order to counteract unnecessary wheel spin by one of the driving wheels. In essence, ABD is an electronic locking differential that uses the brakes and inputs from the Anti-lock Braking System sensors to simulate “the lock” of one of the wheels in […]
ABC – Active Body Control
The active suspension system Active Body Control (ABC) was developed by Mercedes-Benz in an effort to combine active safety and handling with ride comfort. Using high-pressure hydraulic servos, a multitude of sensor and high-performance microprocessors, ABC adapts the suspension and damping settings to different driving situations. Computer-controlled hydraulic servos are mounted in the spring struts […]
AAS – Adaptive Air Suspension
Created by Audi engineers, the Adaptive Air Suspension is an electronically controlled air suspension system coupled with continuously adaptive damping. Originally an Audi A8-only feature, it is now available for the Q7 SUV also. Each of the vehicle’s wheels have air suspension struts which are being electronically controlled by a central control unit which takes […]