Continental Re-Thinks The Disc Brake To Better Suit EV Applications
Although Continental is probably best know as a tyre-maker, the German company is also a supplier of all kinds of automotive tech from instrument clusters to safety systems including brake hardware. It’s brakes that Continental is looking to revo
Although Continental is probably best know as a tyre-maker, the German company is also a supplier of all kinds of automotive tech from instrument clusters to safety systems including brake hardware.
It’s brakes that Continental is looking to revolutionise with its latest development, called the New Wheel Concept, which reimagines the traditional wheel and brake system seen on most modern cars in a way that makes the system better suited to use on electric vehicles.
The need to redesign the traditional disc brake comes from the way EVs wash off speed, with energy recuperation harvesting the energy that would otherwise be lost as heat in normal circumstances to help top-up the batteries.