Fuzzy logic seems to have multiple of applications historically in Automotive Engineering.
I found an interesting article on the subject from 1997. This excerpt provides an interesting rationale:
The key reason for fuzzy logic’s success in automotive engineering lies in the implications of its paradigm shift. Previously, engineers spent much time creating mathematical models of mechanical systems. More time went to real-world road tests that tuned the fudge factors of the control algorithms. If they succeeded, they ended up with a control algorithm of mathematical formulas involving many experimental parameters. Modifying or later optimizing such a solution is very difficult because of its lack of transparency. Fuzzy logic makes this design process faster, easier, and more transparent. It can implement control strategies using elements of everyday language. Everyone familiar with the control problem can read the fuzzy rules and understand what the system is doing and why. It also works for control systems with many control parameters. Designers can build innovative control systems that would have been intractable using traditional design techniques.
SOURCE: Fuzzy Logic in
Automotive Engineering, 1997
Here are some papers and patents for automatic transmission control in motor vehicles. One of them is fairly recent:
Automatic Transmission Shift Schedule Control Using Fuzzy Logic
SOURCE: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1993
Fuzzy Logic in Automatic Transmission Control
SOURCE: International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility, 2007
Fuzzy Logic Based Controller For Automated
Gear Control in Vehicles
SOURCE: International Journal of Computer Science, 2014
Fuzzy control system for automatic transmission | Patent | 1987
Transmission control with a fuzzy logic controller | Patent | 1992
Likewise with fuzzy logic anti-lock breaking systems (ABS):
Antilock-Braking System and Vehicle Speed Estimation using Fuzzy Logic
SOURCE: FuzzyTECH, 1996
Fuzzy Logic Anti-Lock Break System
SOURCE: International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2012
Fuzzy controller for anti-skid brake systems | Patent | 1993
This method seems to have been extended to aviation:
A Fuzzy Logic Control Synthesis for an Airplane Antilock-Breaking System
SOURCE: Proceedings of the Romanian Academy, 2004
Landing gear method and apparatus for braking and maneuvering | Patent | 2003