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Brake companies continue to combat counterfeiting

Auto parts manufacturers typically invest millions into the development and production of high-quality parts so that their customers can make confident purchases. In the vast majority cases, these offerings are made with both safety and performance in mind, as a means of better serving drivers and building...

Aug 11, 2020

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CVSA wraps Operation Safe Driver Week 2020

Safe driving should be a priority for everyone who gets behind the wheel throughout the year, but from July 12 to 18, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance observed its annual Operation Safe Driver Week, in hopes of raising awareness of the issue.Even as the nation's highways and byways are...

Jul 23, 2020

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Testing and growth for autonomous vehicles continues

The autonomous vehicle space is one that carries with it a lot of promise for the kind of more convenient future of transport that has long been promised in science fiction. Increasingly, the things that seemed like the provenance of a far-off time are becoming common on roadways around the world, but...

Jul 20, 2020

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New strides in brake technology keep coming

Around the world, vehicle part manufacturers are always striving to innovate when it comes to new designs that provide more safety for drivers; they continue to have significant success in this arena so far in 2020. With advanced technology and an ever-growing array of capabilities, braking is becoming...

Jul 13, 2020

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Coronavirus hasn't slowed down brake technology development

Around the world, many companies have seen their production and development efforts stymied by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Supply chains all but dried up for weeks in the first few months to start the year, and many factories and testing facilities had to close to respect social distancing and safe...

Jun 25, 2020

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What is holding back autonomous vehicles?

The idea that autonomous vehicles would be in relatively widespread use by 2020 wasn't so farfetched to people even at the turn of the century. Technology improves at an incredible rate and the idea of a baseline of the driver-assist features that are increasingly common in luxury vehicles was easy...

Jun 15, 2020

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Braking efficiency the big hurdle for autonomous vehicles

One of the biggest things that may be holding back autonomous vehicles from becoming more ubiquitous around the world is the way in which they brake. There have been many headlines about accidents in which a car did not brake at the right time despite ample time to do so and all the "proper"...

Jun 04, 2020

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Is remote park assist the next big thing?

For many years, one of the biggest tropes about learning to drive was how difficult it was to parallel park. And even with more small vehicles hitting the market, people who have been driving for years or decades may still occasionally have difficulty getting into some spots. For future generations of...

May 18, 2020

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Automatic braking systems come into focus

As vehicle manufacturers add more automatic and even autonomous features to their offerings, consumers may have a number of reactions to the newly available tech. Some such as park assist may be welcomed because they are relatively simple, straightforward and low-risk. Others that can double as safety...

May 08, 2020

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Autonomous vehicles going through ups and downs

In recent years, autonomous vehicles have increasingly garnered headlines - and programs to perfect their operations have been making serious progress over that time. However, much like many other aspects of society, it seems that the novel coronavirus pandemic has seriously affected many companies'...

May 01, 2020

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