Press a pedal and your car stops, but how? The mechanisms that control a vehicle’s brakes are explained in this simple article. Most drivers understand how their brakes work in the simplest of terms: ...

Automatic braking systems are designed to cut down on the number of crashes, deaths, and injuries, but new data shows the systems in the test rarely worked. In AAA crash testing, the rear automatic ...

You might not give your car’s brakes much thought until they cause a problem, but there’s a whole world of things happening every time you press the brake pedal. Though most cars today come equipped ...

One of the most accepted-as-everyday developments in new-car technology is ABS, or a car’s anti-lock braking system. It’s been around since the ’90s, though wasn’t considered mandatory equipment on ...

Brake lag can turn your car into a death trap if you don't address it in a timely manner. Here's how to spot it before it ...

Energy is some weird stuff that can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be changed into different forms, but during these transformations, the total amount of energy in any given system-or ...

Every vehicle on the road needs two basic things: something to make it go, and something to make it stop. For over a century, the internal combustion engine (ICE) used by gasoline-powered cars has ...

Tesla has spent years arguing that a camera‑centric approach to driver assistance can match or surpass the performance of ...

I can't say I am a fan. I've experienced these systems acting up in 2 rentals in the last couple years. First was coming around a multi-lane off-ramp and found some bikers stopped in my lane. No ...

I'm not sure if false positives like that can be avoided, my wife is notorious for creeping up on other cars before overtaking and got brake checked by the AEB. Click to expand... I have a feeling ...