The torque encoder signals must be sent directly to a controller using an analogue signal or via a digital data transmission bus such as CAN or FlexRay. Any failure of the sensors or sensor wiring must be detectable by the controller and must be treated like an implausibility, see EV2.3.5. This implausibility must either be directly detected by the motor controller or transmitted to the motor controller such that power from the motor controller to the motor(s) is immediately and completely shut down.