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 ...

Mechanical discs certainly claim to be an easier, more adjustable alternative to hydraulics, but does the lack of power outweigh their simplicity? To find out, I have put four market-leading options ...

Last week, automotive content powerhouse Carwow UK dropped a brief but curiously geeky experiment on X: a braking test comparing a truck (Hennessey Mammoth 1000 TRX) and sports cars (Porsche 911 and ...

The technology, known as hydraulic brake-by-wire, removes the mechanical link between the brake system and the brake pedal. The system works by forcing the brake pads against the rotating brake disc ...

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC , a member of the Knorr-Bremse group, has released test data that confirms its current generation air disc brake product has performance advantages over S-Cam ...

Canadian airframer Bombardier plans to test new brake system technology developed by Meggitt on a demonstrator aircraft in the coming weeks. Bombardier is removing the hydraulic braking system on its ...

A Bombardier testbed aircraft equipped entirely with an all-electric braking system from Meggitt executed its first flight this week, moving the Canadian airframer one step closer to a brakes ...

Volvo has long touted a lofty goal of reaching zero collisions involving its vehicles. It steps up from earlier efforts to make its cars and trucks as safe as possible in crashes to now trying to ...

Although Fiat did make dubious history in 2018 when two of its models scored no stars on the Euro-NCAP collision test, just some five years previously, the company had received the Advanced award for ...

Vehicle duty cycles, type of operation, drivers, inspection practices and weather all play a part in establishing good brake maintenance procedures. Brake maintenance, particularly maintenance ...

Norfolk Southern has filed a petition with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of federal railroad safety regulations regarding refresher ...