Electronic cruise control arrives
A fuel injection system that is controlled by electrical pulses instead of the conventional mechanical metering device will be offered to American motorists in 1958. Equipped with this optional fitting, the driver has only to dial the speed they require, press a button and take their foot off the accelerator. An electronic “brain” then apportions the requisite amount of petrol to the engine, thus allowing constant-speed motoring without having to regulate the accelerator pedal.
The brain, an electronic modulator incorporating transistors, is mounted in front of the radiator and picks up signals from sensory units mounted…
