German supplier Continental says it is close to production for wheel hub motors that integrate braking, whether the customer wants disc or drums, or hydraulic or dry brake-by-wire. Conti will ...

Before disc brakes became a mainstay on cars, most '60s vehicles, including Pontiacs, were equipped with drum brakes, which tended to suffer from brake fade under extreme conditions due to poor ...

Disc brakes provide 17% to 33% shorter stopping distances compared to drum brakes, depending on speed. 95% of new passenger cars in developed markets are equipped with disc brakes on all four ...