Alistair Fergusson is Group Managing Director for Alcon Components Ltd. In this episode, Fergusson provides an update on Alcon’s current business situation and how they weathered the pandemic storm. About Alcon Alcon is a designer and manufacturer of ultra-high quality,…
UNTERFOEHRING, Germany – LSP Innovative Automotive Systems GmbH is providing the braking power for the Rimac C_Two electric (EV) super car, a formidable task considering the 1,914 horsepower produced by its four electric motors. The Rimac-C Two or C_Two is…
Source: ZF announcement Zhangjiagang, China – The ZF Zhangjiagang Braking plant in China has recently produced its 20 millionth brake caliper. After starting production of calipers including Electric Park Brake (EPB) calipers in 2015, it took four-and-a-half years to reach…
Source: NewAtlas.com post PERTH, Australia – Braking is one of the toughest skills to learn on a motorcycle. Get into most cars, and it’s pretty simple. Stomp big pedal, car stop. Bikes, as any rider knows, are much more complex.…
Source: negocios post PALMELA, Portugal – Continental announced it will close by the end of next year its front-brake-shoe factory in Palmela, Portugal, laying off the 370 who work there. Operating for 25 years, the company’s announcement cited “ .…
Source: Brembo LAS VEGAS – Kenichiro Yoshida, CEO of Sony, introduced his company’s Vision-S, a concept electric car featuring a four-door coupe design, several Sony technologies and a Brembo brake-by-wire system at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here. The…
Source: International Vehicle Technology LAS VEGAS – Carlisle Brake & Friction will show its new FutureBrake solution as part of the company’s hydraulic product range at ConExpo in Las Vegas next month. Carlisle’s FutureBrake was developed in an effort to…
Source: PolicyAdvice The age of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is upon us. Many governments are eager to see AVs go mainstream sooner rather than later, and certain automakers are accelerating the hype train. These futuristic cars are marketed as literal lifesavers,…
Sourcer: Reuters BERGAMO, Italy – Brembo’s (BRBI.MI) distinctive colored brakes stop many of the world’s fastest cars but when it comes to the electric vehicles of the future it faces a problem – traditional brakes are noisy. Without the roar…
Source: Alcon TAMWORTH, U.K. – Specialist design and state-of-the-art testing regimes are key to producing ultra-high-performance braking systems, according to Alcon. With wide-ranging clients internationally, each with bespoke, specialist requirements, Alcon’s expertise ranges from the production of tiny brake-by-wire controllers…
Source: motorsport.com Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas says black brake dust sneezes Formula 1 drivers experience after races is as big an issue for them as the Singapore haze. Poor air conditions in Singapore this week caused by Indonesian forest fires…
Source: Persistence Market Research Electric parking brakes are not only replacing the conventional hand brakes in modern vehicles, but also adding valuable features such as space management, interior styling, and crashworthiness of new automobiles. In addition, electric brake systems are…
DETROIT, Mich.–General Motors Chevy division is all the buzz over the all-new mid-engine Corvette. And part of the story is the sports car’s “eBoost” brake system. The brake-by-wire system allows the driver to adjust the brake pedal feel depending on…
DETROIT, Mich.–While we don’t yet have flocks of self-driving cars among us, Bosch, a key supplier of intelligent brake systems and other key systems for autonomous vehicles, is already working on the parking problem issue Bosch said Tuesday that it…
There are few sights more spectacular for the trackside motorsport fan than 30 squabbling tin-tops barrelling en masse into the Club chicane on the first lap of a British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton. From bouncing off the rev…
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Chassis Brakes International recently previewed a new fluid-free brake system for engineering teams representing the world’s major automakers in Arjeplog, Sweden. The company’s new brake-by-wire Smart Brake™ is designed to replace hydraulic systems and will serve…
SOUTHFIELD, Mich– At the Intelligent Braking two-day conference here, there was a show of hands indicating that interest in Electro-Mechanical Braking systems is waning. Dr. Hans-Jorg Feigel, President of Mando Corporation, who led one of the panels here asked for…
DETROIT, Mich.–Flavio Guacelli has been named regional president for Chassis Brakes International in the Americas. Guacelli comes to Chassis Brakes with extensive experience in global profit & loss management, engineering, sales and marketing, acquisition integration, global sourcing and corporate finance…
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – Chassis Brakes International recently previewed a new fluid-free brake system for engineering teams representing the world’s major automakers in Arjeplog, Sweden. The company’s new brake-by-wire Smart Brake™ is designed to replace hydraulic systems and will serve as…
MONTREAL, Canada–Ask any junior formulae driver who gets to test an F1 car for the first time what the most impressive thing is, and most of the time they will say it’s the brakes. Considering the F1 car’s near 1000hp…
Savings of regenerative energy due to improved utilization of the achievable recuperation potential Tests of the CO2 savings potential of the MK C1 electrohydraulic brake system in a plug-in hybrid TÜV confirms in a certified test: MK C1 reduces the amount…
Brake discs with up to 1,480 ventilation holes, lighter calipers and lower braking torque for new season DETROIT, (March 12, 2019) – Brembo reconfirms its commitment to the Formula 1 World Championship that will start with the Australian Grand Prix,…
Volvo has updated its XC90 crossover for 2020 with a kinetic energy recovery braking system (KERS) that promises to improve fuel economy by 15 per cent. The 2020 XC90 will mark Volvo’s first production application of KERS technology, whose use…
Few people can say they’ve ever bought a brake company. João Pinheiro can assert, with only a slight exaggeration, that he’s bought a stake in three of them. He works for the boutique asset management firm Intermoney Gestión as an…
Alcon have announced that they will be celebrating their milestone achievement of the delivery of over 5000 brake upgrade kits to the civilian and military armoured and specialist vehicle sectors with a one-off special offer. Alcon are offering a 25%…