Drive-by-wire braking technology could find a home on hybrid vehicles - GreenHybrid

Eskrimast1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-30-2005, 03:04 PM

Drive-by-wire braking technology could find a home on hybrid vehicles
GREG MIGLIORE | Automotive News

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DETROIT - An emerging braking technology could find a home on increasingly popular hybrid vehicles.

By-wire technology uses sensors to translate driver functions to electronic signals and sends them to a unit that converts the signals into movements.

Brown speculated that hybrids, which recharge their batteries when the driver taps the brakes, would benefit from a by-wire system. He says that type of brake system would offer better regeneration of the vehicle's battery than a conventional hydraulic system because it is electronic. But Brown said he doesn't see it in production until at least 2010.

http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103452

ken1784 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2005, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Eskrimast1

Drive-by-wire braking technology could find a home on hybrid vehicles

But Brown said he doesn't see it in production until at least 2010.

So, Mr. Brown does not know how Prius brake system works.

Ken@Japan