Both drive by wire and conventional throttle bodies are controlled by a wire.

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• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Drive by wire uaually references to steering though the official definition is more broad.

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• jrwperformance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One is a cable, one is a wire. One transmits electric energy one transmits kinetic energy.

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Both are technically cables though. One, a power cable, the other a steel cable.

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kites have utilized fly by wire technology for centuries already.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Marionettes, too.

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    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And shoes. Although, wireless technology is getting popular.

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• WFloyd@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We don’t say “injection by wire” or “fuel by wire” though, we call it Electronic Fuel Injection.

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Throttle by wire.

    The fuel is never really actively controlled by the user, more by its relation to the amount of air going into the intake.

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