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Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Twelve automakers are ahead of schedule in meeting a voluntary pledge to equip nearly all the light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB). Ford/Lincoln…

Source: Tesla post Tesla will offer a carbon-ceramic brake kit for its Model S Plaid sedan beginning in mid-2022, according to a post on the company’s website. There has been media speculation Tesla would showcase the Model S Plaid’s capabilities…

Source: NRS Brakes post TORONTO — Drivers getting behind the wheel of an EV for the first time are often surprised to learn about regenerative braking. Unlike vehicles with internal combustion engines, electric and hybrid vehicle brakes operate the electric…

KOLBOTN, Norway — The following is excerpted from a Teslarati.com post by Simon Alvarez concerning regenerative-braking issues of the new Ford Mustang Mach-E. Ford has pledged to address an issue that has emerged in a number of Mustang Mach-E vehicles…

Source: NRS Brakes announcement TORONTO – NRS Brakes has recently expanded its line of premium brake pads for the fully electric Tesla Model Y. With galvanized brake pads designed exclusively for electric vehicles (EVs), NRS Brakes offers the efficiency, versatility…

Source: ZF announcement FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — Public perception of electric vehicles (EVs) is often reduced to the electric drivetrain, which is reliable and requires little maintenance. But the brakes and chassis systems of these cars are perhaps more susceptible to…

Source: Sparta announcement KENT, Wash. – Sparta Brakes has introduced a variety of All-in-One Brake Kits which take the worry about having all the parts necessary to complete an aftermarket brake-replacement. All a customer has to do is let Sparta…

Source: Sparta Brakes announcement KENT, Wash. –Sparta Brakes (Sparta Evolution) announced its new line of entry level, OE equivalent brake rotors known as the GPe range. Designed to replicate the original-equipment rotor as closely as possible, Sparta incorporates a straight…

Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the progress of 20 automakers toward manufacturing passenger vehicles with low-speed automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems.  This is part of a…

Source: Yahoo! Finance post MILAN, Italy – The executive deputy chairman of Italian premium brake maker Brembo said he did not think automotive manufacturers would be forced to temporarily shut plants during a second wave of COVID-19. Matteo Tiraboschi said…

Source; Classic Cars Journal post “When you need to stop quickly, the driver behind you reacts slowly,” it says on the BrakingBar.com website. “Let’s get their attention.” To do so, Roland Hence developed Impulse, a bright, pulsating and battery-powered emergency…

Source: Global Brake Safety Council announcement MILWAUKEE – The Global Brake Safety Council (GBSC) has added Carl Dolk Fröjd, a Diagnostic and Repair Specialist at EV Services in Kokstad, Norway, to its organization. Prior to EV Services, Fröjd was a…

Source: Alpine 4 announcement PHOENIX, Ariz. – Alpine 4 Technologies, Ltd. has been approved on one of two patents filed around its Brake Active rear-end avoidance collision product. The second patent is still pending. Ian Kantrowitz VP of Investor Relations…

Source: ZDNet post Security researchers have demonstrated how hijacked billboards could be used to confuse self-driving cars — forcing them to slam on the brakes, or worse. Autonomous driving systems have come on leaps and bounds in recent years, but…

Source: autoevolution post BUCHAREST, Hungary – Regenerative braking has been a common thing for EVs (electric vehicles) ever since the Toyota Prius hit the market some two decades ago. It is a good way to save some of the kinetic…

Source: WardsAuto.com post YPSILANTI, Mich. – Combining cameras and radar, automatic emergency braking (AEB) sees and senses objects, people and animals in a vehicle’s path, often before its driver does, and brakes to avoid a collision if the driver doesn’t.…

Source: FLIR Systems announcement ARLINGTON, Va. – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced the results from recent automatic emergency braking (AEB) tests that examined how adding a thermal sensor and fusing the data with a radar, a visible sensor, and…

Source: dbusiness.com post ANN ARBOR, Mich. – An app that alerts smart vehicles to pedestrian activity to prevent collisions has partnered with the University of Michigan and is in Ann Arbor SPARK’s accelerator. Ann Arbor SPARK works to make the…

Source: NRS Brakes TORONTO – Following the release of its new EV Galvanized Brake Pads for the Tesla Model 3, NRS Brakes has grown its NRS-EV line-up to cover vehicles from more than 25 manufacturers and 60 different models including…

TORONTO – NRS Brakes has introduced NRS EV – brake pads engineered for electric and electric-hybrid vehicles which utilize regenerative braking in addition to friction braking – for the Tesla Model 3. Electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3 and…

Source: The following story by Casey Williams was posted on WFYI.org’s Website. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – As an auto journalist who has been driving new cars and covering the industry since anti-lock brakes, side airbags, and stability control were advanced safety…