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  • JordanZ@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to ProductionEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Kind of but if the electricity goes out it doesn’t matter how many circuits you have. They all don’t work. You could say the same about the brake fluid but I can’t flip a switch in the cab to drain the brake fluid but I can leave a light on to drain the battery. That’s why I’m curious what the fail safes are. They could have multiple power sources. We don’t know…

    I was simply responding to your comment that there weren’t any fail safes to losing a brake line and there are. Losing a single line or two lines in the same circuit doesn’t cause a catastrophic failure and you can stop the vehicle albeit with reduced braking performance.

  • JordanZ@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to ProductionEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t have an issue with a new system per se. This gives me pause though.

    The announcement was light on details about both the system itself and how its fail-safes are implemented

    The system they propose is a brake by wire system that uses electric motors. What happens when you have no power? On an EV this might be moot. What happens after an accident and this system is damaged? I’ve seen plenty of cars start to roll after an accident until the driver applies the brakes. Tesla and their door handles not working is an example of critical systems not working after accidents. I’m mostly curious about what failsafes are in place in this new system. Seems premature for name calling without all the information.

    For this system to catch on it needs to either be better than the current systems by a large enough margin, cheaper, or more reliable(aka less warranty claims).