Ford may be working on a drift mode designed for both internal-combustion cars and EVs.
electronic handbrake. But the drift mode described in Ford's patent filing works differently than these previous iterations.According to the documents, this version of drift mode would decouple the driven wheels, use the car's friction brakes to lock them up and start a slide, and then add torque to keep the drift going. The amount of torque would be determined by wheel-speed sensor data. A computer would compare the actual wheel speed to a predetermined drift-friendly target.
The use of friction brakes sets this approach apart from Ford's previous efforts, as well as the drift modes employed by current BMW M and Mercedes-Benz AMG models, as well as theA patent filing is no guarantee of production plans. Automakers are quick to patent new technologies even if they don't intend to use them on production vehicles imminently.
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