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Electronic Engine Control

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Fuel Economy

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Abstract

Electronics in the automobile has a relatively long history beginning with the installation of AM radio receivers in automobiles. There has been essentially an orderly, continuous evolution from the earlier vacuum tube autoradios to the latest complex automotive entertainment systems employing microprocessors.

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA

    W. B. Ribbens

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  1. Combustion and Fuel Research, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    John C. Hilliard

  2. Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    George S. Springer

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Ribbens, W.B. (1984). Electronic Engine Control. In: Hilliard, J.C., Springer, G.S. (eds) Fuel Economy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2277-9_12

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