Meritor's new state-of-the-art brake dyno weighs a modest 75 tons, and is the most advanced machine of its kind in the world. The $300,000 investment gives engineers data that helps them predict ...

What if you could find out in 10 minutes or less precisely how each and every one of your tractor-trailer's brakes is working? You'd know how much force they're producing to stop the rig, individually ...

Power and 0–60 times are exciting, but braking is necessary. Here at MotorTrend, we love a fast car just as much as anyone else. What blasts from 0 to 60 mph quickest? It’s excellent stuff. But ...

It's a moment none of us ever want to be put in-a panic stop. With no warning, you slam on your brakes and hope for the best. For those of you driving big lifted trucks with large wheels and tires, ...

Why would anyone choose cable-actuated disc brakes in 2025? It’s a fair question. There’s a reason why hydraulic disc brakes have become the industry standard. Purely from a performance standpoint, ...

Link Engineering's Dual-by-Wire technology for brake test dynamometers permits dual-ended brake testing with nothing but electronic connections between dynamometers. It allows two single-ended ...

SRAM gave their popular four-piston brakes an update. We tested them for you to find out whether the new SRAM MAVENs are really better.

People's reaction to Tesla's cessation of the brake-and-roll test is more than a little overblown, and here’s why. If Tesla's struggle to produce the Model 3 in significant quantities has taught the ...

Not many hot rodders give much thought to what different brake pads do for the stopping of their hot rod. Oh, I'm sure the guys who race fast cars on a racetrack do assign an engineer to get the best ...

The Aircraft, Wheels and Brakes department at British Airways has chosen a Mecmesin MultiTest 5-x force testing system to perform quality-control assessments on aircraft brake-unit springs. The ...