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Mercedes-Benz considers brake-free vehicles powered by a revolutionary electric motor.

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Mercedes is developing a revolutionary electric motor that can be directly integrated into a car's wheel. This could potentially allow for the removal of brakes, markedly reducing the vehicle's weight. This motor, designed by Yasa, weighs only 12.7 kg for a maximum power of over 1,000 horsepower. It would be a major change for the automotive industry. It would be interesting to know: do you consider this type of technological progress to be a major breakthrough for the automotive industry?
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    jeannets Posted messages 28464 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassador 6 618
     

    Hello,

    this is not a real technological advance; these setups have already been adopted for several years in other uses... it is no more and no less than energy recovery in a braking system... the higher the load, the stronger the braking... this recovery is welcome to give the battery back a little juice.

    Already used on locomotives with 7000 hp

    Of course adopting it on cars would be a good thing... it is not said that the abolition of mechanical braking would be allowed by the regulations

    one must not forget that an electric braking system that loses its charge, does not brake (in the case of accidents)

    There you go, with no commitment.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25366 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 193
       

      Hello,

      If we go into the "history of science," we must consider the almost universal non-contact electromagnetic brakes on trucks, whose noise is distinctive, from the application starting in 1936 of the principles of eddy currents.

      It was a trendy exercise topic when I was a student; I don’t know if it still is.

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    2. Didi64_549 Posted messages 2927 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      Hello,

      I have two Mercedes cars and I haven’t taken this type of model because with vehicles that start braking on their own there is danger.

      Besides, I don’t know if it’s with this type of brakes that this problem occurs.

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