What does ECTPWR mean in the Toyota dashboard?

The ECTPWR on the Toyota dashboard means: the car's sports driving mode is on.

In the car's sports mode, you can drive according to the usual driving mode, but you can clearly feel that the response of this car has changed. The throttle response is more sensitive and the engine shifts. The higher the speed, the harder the shock absorber damping, and the more real-time feedback from the vehicle.

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While cars are widely entering ordinary families, the popularization of car knowledge has become more and more important. Many car owners often make many jokes in their daily lives because they do not understand cars. , just like these misunderstandings of S files. In fact, S gear is what we call sport.

In the S sports mode, the transmission can shift freely, but the shifting time will be delayed, allowing the engine to maintain a high speed for a longer time and output large torque immediately, increasing the power of the vehicle. Generally speaking, ordinary automatic transmission or CVT models keep the speed at around 2,000 rpm. When in S gear, the gear shifting timing is generally delayed until the engine is running best. If the vehicle has paddle shifters, It even reached the speed red zone.

When using S gear, due to the increase in speed, the amount of fuel injection in the engine changes and the intensity increases. At the same time, the suspension becomes stiffer than usual, so the roll will be reduced when cornering and the brakes will not nod as much. Of course, the comfort is worse in S mode.

From this point of view, S gear is neither a "climbing gear" nor a "downhill gear" as netizens call it, nor is it a "snow mode". The so-called climbing and downhill gears refer to the L gear of some cars with automatic manual transmissions. The engine power output is changed by manual downshifting, thereby increasing the power.

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