Brembo launches Sensify brake-by-wire tecchnology

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Brembo launches Sensify brake-by-wire technology

Brembo’s new brake-by-wire system has entered production for cars, but with its track record in two wheels, the bigger question is whether riders will ever trust software over feel.
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Dukedesmo said:
I don't know about other makes but on my car, activating the electric handbrake whilst on the move for an emergency stop applies the brakes to all 4 wheels so, unfortunately no handbrake turns for me... :(
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Not something I'll be trying on mine..
Not only can I not do handbrake turns (not sure if you can anyway with permanent 4wd) my electric handbrake isn't even working properly as a handbrake at the moment because my brake pads are low. They're still legal and within limits but they're an MOT advisory. When I operate the electric handbrake it will no longer hold the car on a steep hill. If I had a proper handbrake lever I could simply pull it a bit harder and the brake would hold. It's a shit idea and it necessitates hill start assist which is also shit. Give me proper manual controls and let me use my human hands and brain which are far superior to computer chips and wires.
If you can't operate a handbrake or pull away on a hill without rolling into the car behind, you shouldn't be driving anyway. Hill starts and handbrake use were part of the driving test when I took mine. Presumably they aren't now.
 
According to other owners of my car, the emergency brake function is to hold the electric handbrake switch up to engage brakes, not sure if it does the front too but I suspect it isn't smooth 😁
 
Dukedesmo said:
I actually tried it out of curiosity (though on the Wife's car not mine! ;)) and I can report that it is quite severe, basically slams the brakes on full and holds them on so a full ABS activated emergency stop.
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Thank you for trying that in the name of science so that we won't have to.
 
Hugo Magnus said:
I wondered if they went into a default 'on' position like the air brakes on artic. trailers..
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You'd hope not, especially on a bike. :eek:

Someone I know was driving down the M6 in his Land Rover Defender, towing a caravan when the ignition switch failed, killing the engine and leaving him with no power, no power steering and minimal brakes on a heavy 'rig', luckily he managed to coast onto the hard shoulder and come to a gradual stop.

A sudden brakeage would have been properly scary though.
 
Dukedesmo said:
You'd hope not, especially on a bike. :eek:

Someone I know was driving down the M6 in his Land Rover Defender, towing a caravan when the ignition switch failed, killing the engine and leaving him with no power, no power steering and minimal brakes on a heavy 'rig', luckily he managed to coast onto the hard shoulder and come to a gradual stop.

A sudden brakeage would have been properly scary though.
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They were talking about that on GB News this morning. Christopher Biggens was in his electric car when there was a general power failure, presumably caused by some fault or other as it was fully charged when he set out. The car stopped dead on a motorway, thankfully a very busy and slow moving one, and he was unable to get out of the car because the doors and windows were locked. Whether it slammed the brakes on as well I don't know but he did say it stopped very sharply so maybe it did. If so, and he'd been travelling at 70 mph, who knows what the outcome might have been.
He phoned the police who told him to contact his insurers for some bizarre reason. Then he phoned the AA or someone similar, and they told him they would be there in seven hours.
All this electrickery is just plain dangerous when it goes wrong. What if his electric car had decided too catch fire, as they are apt to do, while he was trapped in it? Or what if it had happened in August when it was 40 degrees outside and he was locked in with no aircon? Cooked to death either way.
 
Gimlet said:
They were talking about that on GB News this morning. Christopher Biggens was in his electric car when there was a general power failure, presumably caused by some fault or other as it was fully charged when he set out. The car stopped dead on a motorway, thankfully a very busy and slow moving one, and he was unable to get out of the car because the doors and windows were locked. Whether it slammed the brakes on as well I don't know but he did say it stopped very sharply so maybe it did. If so, and he'd been travelling at 70 mph, who knows what the outcome might have been.
He phoned the police who told him to contact his insurers for some bizarre reason. Then he phoned the AA or someone similar, and they told him they would be there in seven hours.
All this electrickery is just plain dangerous when it goes wrong. What if his electric car had decided too catch fire, as they are apt to do, while he was trapped in it? Or what if it had happened in August when it was 40 degrees outside and he was locked in with no aircon? Cooked to death either way.
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Christopher Biggins you say 🤔 would have fed a large family for a week at least 🤣
 
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