Citroen Develops Drive-by-Wire System for Mainstream Family Sedan
Brake-by-Wire, Drive-by-Wire, Steer-by-Wire: what's next - Fly-by-Wire? Known as 'X-by-Wire', it's one of the latest technological trends to hit the automotive industry, and it's taking it by storm. Engineers have found ways to make cars safer, more fuel efficient and more reliable by eliminating mechanical links between driver and car. Citroen, French conglomerate and self-proclaimed mad scientist of the car world has long worked on a Fly-by-Wire system suitable for cars. Through its C-Crosser and C-Airdream concepts, it has developed an electronically controlled steering, gas and brake system, which it has transplanted into its C5 family sedan. The result is a unique, one-off prototype called the C5-by-Wire.