Source: Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium WARRENDALE, Penn. – The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium™ (AVSC) has added Daimler as the latest member of the consortium. The addition of the Daimler brands deepens the AVSC’s connection in the European market as consortium…
Source: Lapinus Lapinus recently posted an extensive look at trends in the automotive braking industry. The following is a peek at the first part of the story; the entire article, including images, can be found by clicking on this sentence.…
Source: AAA ORLANDO, Fla. – New research from AAA reveals that automatic emergency braking systems with pedestrian detection perform inconsistently, and proved to be completely ineffective at night. An alarming result, considering 75 percent of pedestrian fatalities occur after dark.…
Source: 300 Below, Inc. DECATUR, Ill. and CHICAGO — mHUB and MxD presented 300 Below, Inc. the award winner for Innovation of the Year in Midwest Manufacturing Technology at the third-annual Fourth Revolution Awards (4RevAwards). The industry awards ceremony was held this week at Chicago’s Museum of…
Source: FleetNews Defective brakes were the leading cause of road accidents in the United Kingdom – where a vehicle defect was a contributory factor – for the sixth year running, new figures suggest. The data, from the Department for Transport…
Source: Meritor TROY, Mich. – Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) today announced that Aaron Bickford has been appointed to vice president of Aftermarket, North America, effective immediately. Bickford has complete oversight and leadership responsibility for all aspects of the company’s Aftermarket business in…
Source: TheDrive.com The following review of the 2019 Nissan Leaf SL by TheDrive.com concentrates on the ability of regenerative braking to recharge the batteries of the all-electric car. They used Pikes Peak as the “natural” laboratory for their test. Range…
Source: WABCO Auburn Hills, Mich. – WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), the leading global supplier of braking control systems and other advanced technologies that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, Wednesday introduced TailGUARD™ for commercial trailers in…
Source: Crain’s Detroit Business Troy, Mich. – Manufacturer Meritor Inc. said this week that it has planned a global restructuring to cut labor costs because of anticipated declines in sales volumes for heavy trucks and trailers. The Troy-based company said in…
Source: Aludyne SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Chassix, a global lightweighting solutions and components supplier to the mobility industry, announced that it has formally changed the company’s name to Aludyne. For more than twenty years Aludyne has manufactured aluminum and iron cast vehicle…
Source: ZF Friedrichshafen, Germany – ZF Friedrichshafen AG has issued a bonded loan of EUR 2.1 billion. With the funds, ZF replaces a part of the bridge financing for the planned acquisition of commercial vehicle brake manufacturer WABCO. The total…
Source: Bendix Elyria, Ohio – Call them the questions that keep “popping” up over the years: what are the regulations for dash valve trip pressures, and how can fleets and owner-operators stay compliant and safe? This installment of the Bendix…
Source: FMSI Auburn Hills, Mich. – The Friction Materials Standards Institute 2019 Catalog is now available to institute members. Since 1948, FMSI has been and continues to be the most recognized catalog and part numbering system in the global aftermarket brake…
Source: Akebono Brake Farmington Hills, Mich. – Akebono Brake Corporation kicks-off “The Hardware You Need, With the Brakes You Trust” campaign to bring product awareness to the expanded product line, that now includes more than 400-part numbers with premium 301…
Source: Motorsport.com Paris, France – The FIA has delayed the introduction of a standard supplier of F1 brake system and friction materials from its original 2021 date. As part of a push to reduce costs, the FIA hoped to secure…
Source: MotorsActu.com Amherst, Ohio – KTM announced a two-year extension of its productive and highly successful collaboration with specialist brake systems brand Moto-Master. The partnership will affect most of the factory teams across the off-road racing disciplines, the majority of…
Source: EnPro Industries CHARLOTTE, N.C.– EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPO) has announced the sale of its Rome, Ga. business, which was part of the company’s STEMCO heavy-duty unit, to MAT HD. The sold business produces brake shoes, brake kits and…
Source: The BusinessDesk.com Knowsley, England – Surface Transforms, which specializes in making ceramic brakes for high-performance cars, has landed a contract worth £400,000. The Knowsley based business issued a statement: “Surface Transforms is pleased to announce that it has been…
Source: Knorr-Bremse Munich – New York Air Brake LLC (NYAB), a subsidiary of the Knorr-Bremse Group, in August deployed its on-board energy-management system, LEADER® AutoPilot™, to test the automatic driving capabilities of a freight train in Colorado. The system managed…
Source: Bendix ELYRIA, Ohio–In 1995, at 36 years old, Simon Ramirez was a production department supervisor at Bendix’s Acuña, Mexico, manufacturing campus. That year, the company launched an education program to support its employees who had not had the opportunity…
Source: Adventure Rider After the success of the ride-by-wire system implemented in many motorcycle already, motorcycle technology is moving toward electronically assisted – brake-by-wire – systems. The brake-by-wire system, already present on airplanes as assisted mechanism to aid pilots to…
Source: PracticalMotoring.com Atlanta – Mercedes-Benz has recalled 451 G-Class four-wheel-drives produced from 2011 to 2018. The recall claims that the affected previous-generation G-Class models may suffer cracked brake lines in the ABS hydraulic unit when strong vibrations are present, such as…
Source: Link Engineering Chelsea, Mich. – In mid-2018, the team at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) vehicle testing facility and proving grounds in Chelsea, Mich. was searching for a laboratory information management system (LIMS) that could effectively manage test operations…
Source: Yahoo! Finance Washington, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking U.S. freight railroads to review their air brake and train handling instructions for end-of-train devices following a fatal October 2018 accident involving two Union Pacific (NYSE:…
Source: Rear View Safety Brooklyn — Vehicle safety systems fall into two broad categories, active and passive. Backup camera systems are an active safety solution, being that an operator must look at the monitor while reversing. Passive safety solutions, like…