The trucks used for this test were off-the-shelf Freightliner Cascadias with the company’s standard brake offerings. There was nothing special about the brakes used in the test. Due to the transfer of ...

If you're reading this, chances are that you change your engine oil religiously, like every six months or 3,000 miles, because that's what has been ingrained into our car guy/girl souls since before ...

Not many hot rodders give much thought to what different brake pads do for the stopping of their hot rod. Oh, I'm sure the guys who race fast cars on a racetrack do assign an engineer to get the best ...

HANOVER, Germany—Continental A.G. has developed a driverless and fully electric test vehicle designed for measuring the braking performance of passenger car tires. The AVA—analytic vehicle ...

A recent test is demonstrating how railroads can show yarded trains who’s “the boss” when it comes to the status of air brakes. Brake-Boss™, a digitized air brake train tester, was recently installed ...

The development and validation of a vehicle brake system involve a significant amount of testing on the road. The vehicle typically is tested under all possible road and riding conditions. The brake ...

Tires stop a car, not brakes. Even if that's a broad statement, full of caveats and qualifiers, it contains a crucial truth. All things being equal, stopping distance is stipulated by how much grip ...

New compositions for brake pad materials have been driven by environmental regulations and the need for enhanced braking systems. Studies on the impact of different materials on the durability, ...