Press a pedal and your car stops, but how? The mechanisms that control a vehicle’s brakes are explained in this simple article. Most drivers understand how their brakes work in the simplest of terms: ...

What is a disc brake system? How can one be faster without adding more ponies to the engine? One way is to make your car lighter. Having a higher power-to-weight ratio will make your car faster since ...

Electronic parking brakes have largely replaced manual handbrake levers across the auto industry, using a button and sensors ...

Conventional car brakes are built with one thing in mind, the purpose of stopping the car. Since this purpose is essential, a great deal of time and resources were invested in the evolution of such ...

Automatic emergency braking systems are designed to first warn you of an impending frontal collision, then automatically apply the brakes if you don’t — or if you don’t apply them hard enough. While ...

Automatic Emergency Brake systems are a wonderful invention, preventing many crashes when drivers become distracted. The safety assist system is mandatory in many countries, but it can work ...

In any automotive braking system, the linchpin factor is pressure. When you press on the brake pedal in your car, for instance, pressurized brake fluid is distributed to the pistons in wheels, which ...

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday provided new details about a March crash in Mountain View, California, that claimed the life of engineer Walter Huang. The Model X had its ...

Volvo Trucks may not be a part of the same corporate family as Volvo cars any more, but the two still share a long-term focus on safety as a marketable feature. Both companies currently offer a ...

I can't say I am a fan. I've experienced these systems acting up in 2 rentals in the last couple years. First was coming around a multi-lane off-ramp and found some bikers stopped in my lane. No ...

Lewis Hamilton’s adaptation to Ferrari has been more difficult than he and his new Formula 1 team anticipated – with bos ...