Automakers are responsible for designing practical solutions for vehicles that effectively respond to current environmental and economic limitations. Manufacturers can tackle this from numerous angles. Hyundai, for instance, is replacing microchips with software-based alternatives that are integrated into the vehicle’s software and user experience (UX) architecture. Design houses, however, also hold critical responsibility for designing attractive vehicles that can respond to future social and economic pressures without compromise. Recent consumer shifts towards sustainability and ethical material resourcing are providing manufacturers unique opportunities to explore alternative approaches to otherwise conventional areas of vehicle development. Karl Brauer, Executive Analyst at CarExpert.com and a highly experienced industry veteran, suggests that with technical innovation accelerating and manufacturers struggling to keep up with the change, more emphasis is now being placed on software and technical architecture advancement. “Technology already influences what cars look like and how they drive more than it did ten years ago,” he says. “When you look at the evolution of personal transportation, there’s no escaping technical integration and the expectation is that cars are going to continue to more deeply embed software as time goes on.” Paul Woods, Chief Executive of design house Edenspiekermann, says that the next short-term development in design will favour endless customisation, automation augmentation and software integration. Exploring how each factor contributes to current and future prospects of automotive design could help illuminate where long-term design trends are likely to take the automotive design.Most brakes use friction on the two sides of the wheel, the collective press on the wheel converts the kinetic energy of the moving object into heat. For example, regenerative braking turns much of the energy to electrical energy, which may be stored for later use. Eddy current brakes use magnetic fields to turn kinetic energy into electrical current in the brake disc, blade, or rail, which is converted into heat.
The following are the most common types of braking systems in modern cars. It’s always good to know which ones fit your car for easy troubleshooting and servicing.
Hydraulic braking system:
This system runs on brake fluid, cylinders, and friction. By creating pressure within, glycol ethers or diethylene glycol forces the brake pads to stop the wheels from moving.
• The force generated in the hydraulic braking system is higher when compared to the mechanical braking system.
• The hydraulic braking system considered as one of the important braking systems for modern vehicles.
• The chance of brake failure is very less in case of the hydraulic braking system. The direct connection between the actuator and the brake disc or drum makes very less chance of brake failure.
Electromagnetic braking system:
Electromagnetic braking systems can be found in many modern and hybrid vehicles. The electromagnetic braking system uses the principle of electromagnetism to achieve frictionless braking. This serves to increase the life span and reliability of brakes. Also, traditional braking systems are prone to slipping while this is backed with the quick magnetic brakes. So without friction or need of lubrication, this technology is preferred in hybrids. Also, it is quite modest in size compared to the traditional braking systems. It is mostly used in the trams and trains.
To make electromagnetic brakes work, a magnetic flux when passed in a direction perpendicular to the rotating direction of the wheel, we see rapid current flowing in a direction opposite to the rotation of the wheel. This creates an opposing force to the wheel rotation and it slows down the wheel.
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