Car companies have tried to increase consumer safety throughout the years by coming up with newer and better computers for their cars. Every year, the latest model cars include more of these new computers whose sole purposes are to save lives and make driving the 7 passenger vehicles cars easier for the consumers.

Stability management allows a car technology like the ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) and Traction Control systems, to control a vehicle against the tendency of directional instability. Using a system of sensors, it detects acceleration and speed of the wheels. ESC computer software determines if the vehicle is unstable, along with the degree to which the vehicle is plowing or fishtailing. It then selectively applies pressure to individual front or rear wheel brakes, and reduces engine power to bring it under control. These things happen so quickly that drivers never even notice something was wrong.

Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) is held accountable for changing 7 passenger cars speeds. It allows the engine speed to remain at its highest level of peak efficiency. This improves fuel economy while exhausting emissions. CVT is a transmission which changes seamlessly through any number of effective gear ratios. This car technology can provide better fuel economy over other transmissions by allowing the engine to run at its most efficient revolutions per minute (RPM) for a range of vehicle speeds.

Variable Valve Timing & Lift (VVT&L), which can go by many titles like, variable valve actuation (VVT), and variable-cam timing, are valves that control the flow of air and fuel into the cylinders while taking exhaust out of them. Depending on when and how long the valves open up, along with how much movement they allow, both affect engine efficiency. Optimum timing and lift settings are different for high and low engine speeds. Traditional designs use fixed timing and lift settings, which is a compromise between the optimum for high and low speeds. VVT&L systems instantly alter timing and lift for the optimum settings of engine speed. This has been a great development for improving fuel economy for many cars, which also helps with the economy of the consumer’s pocket as well.

Most consumers drive their cars not knowing that their car’s computer does so much in order to save their lives and their pockets. These new innovative programs ran by today’s modern car computers are just a few of the many functions that they can do.