A lot of new cars are ditching old school hydraulic brakes in favor of brake-by-wire systems. What are they? What happens if ...

Helping to avoid or minimize potential rear-end collisions is the main benefit of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) for the average driver. While it has not yet been mandated as standard equipment on ...

Every vehicle on the road needs two basic things: something to make it go, and something to make it stop. For over a century, the internal combustion engine (ICE) used by gasoline-powered cars has ...

The braking system is the most important safety feature in any car. Although problems with comfort systems like air conditioning, infotainment systems, and power windows may be annoying, a small ...

The brake system is designed to reduce speed and stop the vehicle. It also helps keep the car still when the engine is not working. This system requires regular service, which includes the “bleeding” ...

Automatic Emergency Brake systems are a wonderful invention, preventing many crashes when drivers become distracted. The safety assist system is mandatory in many countries, but it can work ...

Mercedes In-Drive system mounts the brakes to the electric motor In-Drive is a friction-based braking system Mercedes has In-Drive in active testing, hasn't given a timeline for production ...

Brembo’s Sensify is a fluid-free braking system that electronically controls braking and can adjust braking force at each wheel. Sensify is currently in production, but no specific vehicle or vehicles ...

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 ...

If you’re interested in buying an electric or hybrid car, you might have heard about regenerative braking or brake energy regeneration. But what does the term mean, and what’s it like to drive a car ...