Mazda G-Vector Control: How It Works
Posted by Zaran Tarapore on Jul 28, 2016
Innovations in the automotive realm are truly exciting and generally mark a new milestone in the application of technology itself. Mazda’s all-new G-Vectoring Control (GVC) is the newest driving aid to makes its way into the 2017 Mazda6 and is expected to improve handling responses and reduce driver fatigue.
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Unlike Torque Vectoring Control systems, GVC reduces engine torque a very specific amount the instant there is any alteration in steering angle. From a handling standpoint, this creates a negligible and imperceptible weight shift to the front wheels.
According to officials at Mazda, GVC is at work every time the accelerator pedal is pressed and there is a steering input as small as a tenth of a degree. Torque reductions are executed within a span of 30 to 50 milliseconds and are much too subtle to notice.
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With the GVC system in action, there are a lot less micro corrections to the steering involved in keeping the vehicle along its intended path. In turn, the tiny corrections reduce driver fatigue over long periods of time.
Mazda officials say that the GVC system has undergone development over the last eight years and a result is entirely software based, so doesn’t affect the weight of the vehicle in any way whatsoever. Additionally, because no new hardware is required, the likelihood of the GVC system trickling down the Japanese manufacturer’s line-up is extremely high.
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