Continental has developed an Electric Parking Brake (EPB) for drum brakes. It is especially tailored to the lower-priced automotive segment that, up until now, has had to make do with mechanical parking brakes built into the existing drum brake on the rear axle. The electric parking drum brake will go into serial production by 2017.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
97% of US buyers opted for 2.5L stop/start base engine on 2014 – 15 Malibu
Ninety-seven percent of customers in the US who purchased a 2014 or 2015 Malibu—accounting for about 83,000 vehicles—opted for the 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder base engine (LKW) equipped with standard stop/start technology, according to GM.
Daimler quarterly earnings rise 12% on sales of S class
Daimler said second-quarter profit rose 12 percent as the top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan’s sales doubled and the company scaled back spending.
Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue
The Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (Biomechanics Institute – IBV) and its consortium partners in the European project HARKEN have developed a non-intrusive system integrated into smart materials which is capable of monitoring cardiac and respiratory rhythms in order to prevent drivers from falling asleep.
VW faces battle with workers over cost cutting plans
Volkswagen faces a battle with workers over cost cuts at its biggest car division, a central plank of its drive to meet profit margin targets.
