STEZZANO, Italy — This coming weekend when the MotoGP World Championship race comes to the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit, the motorcycles’ brakes will get a tough workout, according to the Brembo technicians who work closely with all the MotoGP riders. On a…
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), the global leader in automotive lidar, will showcase its high-performance sensors at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich, the world’s leading platform for mobility, sustainability, and technology. By creating lidar that meets original-equipment…
Palo Alto, Calif. – Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), the global leader in automotive lidar, will showcase its high-performance sensors at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich, the world’s leading platform for mobility, sustainability, and technology. By creating lidar that meets OEM…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The rain was intense and unrelenting when the 2023 BMW Z4 sDrive30i came to my driveway, damping the enjoyment a modern sports car like this can provide. But after two days of intense downpours, punctuated by lightning…
WATERLOO, Wisc. — Trek Bicycle Corp., in collaboration with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has initiated a recall on certain models of Trek bicycles equipped with Promax hydraulic disc brakes. The purpose of the recall is to address…
The Formula 1 circus returns to Europe this weekend for the Austrian Grand Prix which the Brembo engineers say is in the “medium” level of difficulty – on a scale of 1 to 5 it is a 3 — for…
SEALY, Texas — Hennessey, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator, has announced a Monster 6-piston Brake Upgrade for its beastly MAMMOTH 1000 – a RAM 1500 TRX with an improved 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat V8 boasting 1,012 hp and…
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — LINK’s newly released Brake Emissions Dynamometer Upgrade package allows its customers to utilize their current NVH machines and upgrade them to have emissions testing capabilities that meet the requirements for GRPE-87-40 and beyond. LINK’s design allows for…
SHANGHAI — During the recent Brembo 2023 press conference held at the Shanghai Auto Show, event, the company showcased its leading intelligent braking system SENSIFY, high-end brake solutions, cutting-edge braking technologies, Revelia e-commerce platform and its new brand identity, all…
BAKU, Azerbaijan — It is called a safety car because it is put on the track to reduce the speed of the single seaters guaranteeing the safety of the service personnel who have to remove cars involved in accidents as…
SEOUL — Frost & Sullivan announced that STRADVISION, an automotive industry pioneer in deep learning-based vision perception technology, has won the Frost & Sullivan 2022 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award in the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) and automated driving…
COVENTRY, U.K. — Radford is back, and Project 62-2 sees the iconic British coachbuilder partner with Lotus to design and build the Type 62-2. No detail has been spared to create the ultimate driving experience, including a world-leading braking system…
MEDINA, Ohio – CentroMotion’s Carlisle Brake & Friction went to Linkedin to introduce its HAWK FLEET line of premium brake pads for school-bus applications. The company has two formulations, designated F1 and F3. Hawk Performance Fleet™ by Carlisle Brake &…
YATALA, Australia — CIRCO BRAKES, a global supplier of high performance and competition friction materials and brake fluids, has published a new 2023 catalog aimed at the motorsports market. Utilizing knowledge acquired within the racing brake business for over 20-plus…
DETROIT – Brembo engineers offer a guide to braking for this weekend’s season opening Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix to run at the Bahrain International Circuit, March 3-5. Brembo confirms the leadership in the Formula One World Championship…
Source: Alcon Components announcement COVENTRY, U.K. — Alcon Components Ltd is celebrating 15 years of collaboration with its Dubai-based partner, MSW Auto Spare Parts LLC at IDEX 2023. Throughout this time, MSW have been Alcon’s sole Middle East and Africa…
Source: Genesis announcement FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – Genesis announced U.S. pricing and packaging for the first-ever 2023 Electrified GV70 which will include a long list of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The Electrified GV70 is the third electric vehicle (EV) from…
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – During last week’s initial discussion of vehicles driven during the 2023 New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) Winter Car (#NEMPAWINTERCAR) of the Year evaluation in Middleborough, Mass., I concentrated on the hybrid-electric (HEV and PHEV) and battery-electric…
Source: Wilwood Engineering announcement Camarillo, Calif. — Performance trucks are the new muscle car, and Wilwood has engineered direct-mount, bolt-on brake upgrades to increase their braking performance. Designed to fit most 17-inch or larger wheels on the 2010-18 Ford F-150…
Source: Alcon announcement ABU DHABI — Alcon and MSW will be exhibiting at the IDEX event taking place in Abu Dhabi, 20-24 February 2023 on stand C12-008. Of particular note, the display will showcase Alcon brake products fitted to a…
Source: Link Engineering announcement PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Link Engineering Company (LINK), a premier provider of customized testing equipment, and Maul-Theet, a leader in structural dynamics for more than 25 years, are excited to announce that, effective February 2023, they have…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The sophomore year of the Ford F-150 Lightning continues proving electrification does not diminish the utility and capability, not to mention the comfort and amenities, of the iconic full-size pickup truck. We drove a top-of-the-range 2022 Ford…
Source: OPC Parts announcement GRAPEVINE, Texas — HDAW’23 was the biggest one yet and was full of surprises – one of the most notable being newcomer OPC Parts, LLC. Founded by brake-industry-veteran Don Orrell, co-owner and CEO, OPC Parts made…
Source: Future Market Insights announcement LONDON — The demand for automotive carbon brake rotors is estimated to grow at a moderate compound-annual-growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6 percent by 2032. This market is estimated to grow from $5.5213 billion in 2022…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Mitsubishi, Nissan/Infiniti and Stellantis installed automatic-emergency braking (AEB) on more than 95 percent of the vehicles they produced between Sept. 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022, joining 12 automakers that…