How to Use ecu in a Sentence

ecu

noun
  • On top of that is not every ECU is going to be perfectly right.
    — Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But also now, the entire car systems are running on seven ECUs, seven computers, right?
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 1 July 2026
  • The teams last met in 1992, leading to a 37-31 ECU victory.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Other upgrades included a custom ECU remap and a bespoke suspension setup to Arsham’s specs.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
  • But rather than having that connect to the wheels like a conventional setup, the system reads your pedal stroke, and sends a signal to its electronic control units (ECUs).
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 May 2026
  • The eLSD is a multi-plate clutch pack that uses an ECU to monitor wheel sensor inputs and identify when a certain wheel needs torque to enhance grip.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Instead of a complex wiring harness with dozens or upwards of 100 electronic control units, a zonal system is more consolidated with just a small handful of ECUs.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Instead of over 100 modules and ECUs throughout the vehicle to control things like climate settings, power windows, power seats, and then some, there are less than 40.
    — Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Running back Jadan Baugh should power the running game with help from Cincinnati transfer Evan Pryor and ECU transfer London Montgomery.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Modern smart cars can have up to 150 microprocessors that control everything, right from infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems to ECUs and vehicle telematics.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • As these two meet, Campbell hopes to stay competitive behind Sixkiller's leadership and Littleton's explosiveness, while ECU aims to assert control with Houser's arm and build off its late-game surge.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • By the 2010s a typical car carried 100 to 150 of these ECUs, stitched together by four to six kilometers of copper wiring weighing 40 to 60 kilograms, the third-heaviest component in many vehicles.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • This will greatly help with the deployment of mixed-criticality systems, such as an ECU running both ADAS and IVI functionality and also help keep the costs down as single parts can be used across a wide set of automotive applications.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2019

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