Cruise control, also called speed control or autocruise, is a system that automatically holds an automobile at a steady speed chosen by the driver, acting as a servomechanism that takes over control of the throttle. It was invented in 1948 by the blind mechanical engineer Ralph Teetor, patented in 1950, and first offered to buyers on the 1958 Chrysler Imperial, which marketed the feature as auto-pilot. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Cruise control (Wikipedia)
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Cruise Control may refer to: Cruise control, a system that automatically controls the speed of a motor vehicle Adaptive cruise control CruiseControl, software build framework Cruise Control (play), a 2014 play by David Williamson "Cruise Control" (Headless Chickens song) "Cruise Control", a song by the Dixie Dregs from the 1977 album Free Fall "Cruise Control"
Ralph Teetor (National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee page)
Invented By: Ralph Teetor, Inductee pageQuote, Invented By: Ralph Teetor, Inductee page
Automotive engineer Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in the 1940s.
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