The process works because liquids are incompressible, and the density remains almost unchanged even during pressure and temperature rises. However, the fluid must retain its properties at all ...

There are a lot of opaque initialisms associated with cars that can be confusing when you see them on a spec sheet or a badge right on the vehicle. One such example is ABS, which has nothing to do ...

Most people may not know it, but in many modern cars, the brakes aren't actually connected the way they used to be. Nowadays, pressing the pedal doesn't always mean you're pushing brake fluid through ...

Many of the larger vehicles on our roads have one intriguing thing in common: They can make sudden, loud, gas-escaping ...

Few things on a race car are as regularly underappreciated as the brake system. Yes, stock car racing is about going fast, but that's all the way around the track, not just the straightaway. The best ...

"I stepped on the brakes near a curve," Eddie H. said. "And nothing happened." 03 March 2020, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: A car mechanic changes the brake disc of a Range Rover Evoque in a garage.

Emergency stopping situations occur on roads daily due to a lack of driver attention or sudden braking events. In these circumstances, drivers often need help applying their brakes quickly enough or ...

The majority of time a commercial jet is in motion, it's up in the air, where the traditional laws of motion that govern our cars don't quite apply the same way. However, it's important to remember ...

Your car's braking system is easily the most important piece of the driving puzzle, and when it comes to stopping power bigger is always better, right? We're going to go through the pros and cons of ...

Regenerative braking has almost—but not entirely—eliminated the need for brake pads and discs on electric cars. Mercedes-Benz engineers say they can use an EV’s motors to slow the car in 98 percent of ...