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The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to Production (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t have an issue with a new system per se. This gives me pause though.

The announcement was light on details about both the system itself and how its fail-safes are implemented

The system they propose is a brake by wire system that uses electric motors. What happens when you have no power? On an EV this might be moot. What happens after an accident and this system is damaged? I’ve seen plenty of cars start to roll after an accident until the driver applies the brakes. Tesla and their door handles not working is an example of critical systems not working after accidents. I’m mostly curious about what failsafes are in place in this new system. Seems premature for name calling without all the information.

For this system to catch on it needs to either be better than the current systems by a large enough margin, cheaper, or more reliable(aka less warranty claims).

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Right now there's also not any failsafes for the break lines failing

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

My car has a valve where you might lose some wheels but not all with a line failure. It’s better than nothing. The parking/emergency brake is a manual cable. Don’t know how that is implemented in this new system either.

Most vehicles have some form of dual braking system as a fail safe. Random internet image…

[–] timeghost@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Umm have you heard of honking?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 minutes ago

That slows down your car?