Continuing just-auto’s series of interviews with tier one suppliers of electronic braking systems, Matthew Beecham talked with Dr Sören Kirchner, Head of Segment Electronic Parking Brakes within the ...
The main engineering challenges in any braking system are to withstand the extremely high temperatures involved, remove the very large amount of heat generated during hard deceleration and minimise ...
ZF stuffed its dry brake-by-wire system into a Cadillac Lyriq mule and offered laps around a closed course. The ZF dry brake-by-wire system replaces traditional hydraulic brakes with electric motors ...
Ford Motor Company and Eaton Corp. recently introduced a regenerative braking system called the hydraulic launch assist (HLA). The system is designed to improve fuel economy in large trucks during ...
Two brake assist systems do the same job in very different ways, and the power source behind each one changes feel, ...
Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...
The German engineering giant has recently revealed a new, state-of-the-art braking system developed for Volkswagen’s ID.3 and ID.4, as well as future EV models. The conventional hydraulic braking ...
Bosch has been an important innovator in the braking industry since 1927, pioneering systems like anti-lock brakes and electronic stability programs back in the 20th century. The company — whose ...
ArvinMeritor Inc and Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems are offering their new Premium Hydraulic Braking System for medium-duty truck and bus applications. The package includes Meritor WABCO's ...
Regenerative braking is technology used on hybrid and electric vehicles to recharge the battery that powers the vehicles and to assist the hydraulic braking system to stop them. Related: What’s the ...
Press a pedal and your car stops, but how? The mechanisms that control a vehicle’s brakes are explained in this simple article. Most drivers understand how their brakes work in the simplest of terms: ...