Whether it's due to a motorist who stops short all of a sudden or an anticipated four-way stop, braking systems found in passenger vehicles and trucks help make the roads safer by preventing crashes and turning potentially serious accidents into mere fender-benders.Highway safety officials aim to...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is among one of several well-respected organizations heralding the effectiveness of automatic emergency braking systems, as the technology has passed a battery of tests with flying colors.With more of the nation's automobiles featuring AEB as a standard...

Whether through ongoing maintenance or investments in more effective braking technology, the freight and railway industry is constantly looking for ways to make travel safer so wheels can grind to a halt as soon as the engineer pushes or pulls the appropriate buttons or levers. But given the reality...

As recently as five years ago, automatic emergency braking was more of a luxury than a standard feature on all-new vehicles. Fast forward to today and car buyers have plenty of choices to select from that boast the technology, as literally dozens of models feature this all-important safety component.From...

With 2020 just around the corner, the self-imposed deadline in which 40 nations will make automatic braking systems standard in all-new cars, safety officials are impressed with how effective the technology has proven to be on the world's highways and byways. But they have a ways to go before safety...

The fevered pace with which technology is improving has served as a major boon to automotive enthusiasts and highway traffic safety advocates. Almost literally, passenger vehicles and trucks can stop on a dime, infused with high level performance capacity that can - and has - saved lives, perhaps too...

Braking reliability has not been one of Audi's strong qualities. Australia's most recent recall involves as many as 445 Audi SUVs with leaking brake cylinders. This follows an earlier worldwide recall in 2014 when the automaker recalled 70,000 cars (1,240 of them in Australia) that had potential...

Customizing the automotive driving experience takes on new meaning with BMW's announcement that its new M-series sports cars will feature a braking system that can be configured by the driver - a first for the automaker.A number of car industry experts are enthusiastic about the BMW integrated...

For Immediate Release DETROIT, MICHIGAN (April 24, 2019) - Congratulations to Dr. Vladimir Klotchikhine, Senior Test Engineer at Greening Testing Laboratories, for being appointed as a 2020 technical editor for TLT Magazine, the publication for the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Dr....

With the announcement by Hitachi Automotive Systems of automatic braking assisted by a stereo camera with artificial intelligence, the automotive industry is one step closer to fully autonomous, self-driving vehicles.Hitachi and other companies are working on innovative technologies to make self-driving...