Source: BrakeBetter.com Deaglán Ó Meachair established Brakebetter.com to improve the efficiency of the planet’s electric vehicle fleet, by offering the automotive industry the insight and support required to move from legacy systems and grasp the vast potential available through electrification. The…
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: 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, received Wabash National’s Pinnacle Award for 2019.…
Source: Groupauto UK & Ireland Alfreton, England – National Auto Parts has announced the launch of its new brake-hose range, as it responds to aftermarket demand and continues its commitment to keeping its clutch and brake offering up to date.…
Source: Knorr-Bremse Munich – An international team of approximately 100 engineers at Knorr-Bremse is working on a major project for a new brake control system for trucks. The result is known as Global Scalable Brake Control – GSBC. Not only…
Source: JAPANTODAY.com Tokyo – Honda Motor Company’s newly released N-WGN tall wagon-type light car has an automatic brake that detects pedestrians at night under conditions where there are no street lamps. “It supports the latest standards of Japan’s automotive assessment…
Source: MEYLE AG Hamburg, Germany – The Hamburg-based spare-parts manufacturer will be exhibiting Oct. 15-19 at EQUIP AUTO in Paris providing insights presenting numerous innovations and kits of its three product lines MEYLE-HD, MEYLE-PD and MEYLE-ORIGINAL, as well as specially…
Source: Driving Automatic emergency braking (AEB) may be cutting down on crashes, but it’s also scaring drivers when it does not work as it is intended, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA)…
August 6th webinar to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing brake design WARRENDALE, PA. (PRWEB) AUGUST 02, 2019 – As vehicle systems continue to evolve, understanding how brakes integrate into the vehicle’s larger electronification strategy is critical to ensuring…
Kia is recalling 11,423 of its 2019 Optima sedans because the software for forward collision warning (FCW) may prevent the automatic emergency braking (AEB) system from engaging when FCW senses a potential collision with a stationary vehicle, according to the…
(Reuters) Reporting by Tina Bellon; Additional reporting and editing by Joe White; Editing by Edward Tobin RUCKERSVILLE, Va. – Automakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes, but insurance companies are waving a caution flag at consumers…
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…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden–Swedish EV manufacturer NEVS and the Autonomous Vehicle start-up AutoX have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to integrate AutoX ́s Autonomous Drive technology in NEVS’ next-generation vehicle architecture. The partnership is directed towards a target of deploying the…
TOKYO, Japan–Governments often try to create social, safety and environmental reform through regulation and mandate. Safety-belts, taxes on gasoline, subsidies for electric vehicles, congestion taxes and city driving fees. Japan is dealing with its aging population and traffic safety by…
NEW YORK, NY–KPS Capital Partners (“KPS”) announced today that it has signed a put option agreement to sell its portfolio company Chassis Brakes International Group (“Chassis Brakes” or the “Company”) to Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. (“Hitachi Automotive”), a wholly-owned subsidiary…
DETROIT, Mich.–Automakers over the weekend were digesting Donald Trump’s threat of levying tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, starting at 5% and escalating higher if the country does not meet a vague notion of “doing more” to thwart illegal immigration…
DETROIT, Mich.–The Trump administration’s decision Friday to put off tariffs on imported cars and parts for a minimum of six months will be good for auto and parts stocks, and shows a lack of appetite for putting cars into the…
ZHEJIANG, China–SORL Auto Parts, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems as well as other key safety-related auto parts in China, announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Net sales for…
DETROIT, Mich.–The new tariffs imposed by the Trump White House that took effect at 12:01 a.m. Washington time Friday raise from 10 percent to 25 percent the duties on more than 5,700 different product categories from China — ranging from cooked vegetables…
Chinese consumers hotter for AVs than Americans More than half of Chinese consumers can’t wait to get out from behind the wheel and into an autonomous car. That makes China more positive than most about driverless vehicles, with western consumers…
ZHEJIANG, China–SORL Auto Parts, Inc. (SORL) a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems as well as other key safety-related auto parts in China, announced today that its Board of Directors has received a non-binding preliminary proposal letter, dated…
DETROIT, Mich.–The Army unveiled new automated vehicle (AV) technology this week that could be deployed before self-driving cars hit city streets in big numbers. At the same time, much testing is going on with commercial vehicles that could result in delivery…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ten automakers report equipping more than half of the vehicles they produced between Sept. 1, 2017, and Aug. 31, 2018, with automatic emergency braking (AEB), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for…
Chassis Brakes International is leading global supplier of parking brakes FARMINGTON, Mich. — More than 35 percent of all new cars and light trucks sold in North America will be equipped with automated parking brakes (APB) in 2019 and the…