BRAKE ACADEMY BLOG

Apr 297 min

A tribute to Harold Abendroth: Industry Icon, and the Chief!

In the late 1990s, my business travel took me to Jurid friction material manufacturing operation in Glinde, Germany. I spent most of the...

Nov 11, 20235 min

To have or not have a rear brake on BEV. That is the question.

The following three-section blog post aims to shed some light on the editorial article on the SAE Automotive Engineering publication, by...

Aug 5, 20234 min

Car shopping in New York City

The Cadillac dealer asked me the most interesting question. One that no one else had! Three months before the expiration of our European...

Jul 2, 20234 min

A tribute to Prof. John Fieldhouse, an academic and industry icon

Attorneys are very persuasive. I learned that when I was offered to study an automotive related case and show up in court as an industry...

Jun 16, 20234 min

A tribute to Dr. Tim Merkel

In the world of friction materials technology, the word Abex is synonymous with Dr. Tim Merkel, better known amongst his colleagues as...

May 20, 20237 min

Impact of regenerative braking on MVSS-135 Compliance testing, a Q&A between Paul Gritt and Tom Hall

Question by Paul Gritt: When running the failed booster part of the MVSS-135 on a BEV is the regen braking system active or not? I...

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