user Here’s something most drivers never think about: in almost every car built since the mid-2000s, the gas pedal is just an electronic input — there is no cable between your right foot and the engine. You’re not pulling a throttle open. You’re moving a sensor, and the sensor sends a voltage. Your foot is a … Read more
Our race car’s wiring, in our second year, was held together by WAGO connectors and optimism. Almost nothing on the car matched the original design — wires went in, came out, got re-routed, got re-connected, sometimes three times in a week. So when something electrical died, “just look for the problem” was a joke. Everything … Read more
I’m a third-year electrical engineering student at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, studying energy systems engineering on the electrical track. For two years I’ve been on our school’s student-built EV racing team, doing electrical systems — wiring harnesses, battery packs, CAN communication, and all the sensors nobody thanks you for until they fail. Our team is … Read more