#brakebywire

Why Brake-By-Wire Is Coming To Your Car

When a Formula 1 racing driver hits the brakes, he isn’t applying actual pressure to the master cylinder controlling the rear brakes. Instead, he’s sending a signal for the computer to interpret, and it’s the computer that determines how much pressure to apply to the rear brake calipers.

We call this technology brake-by-wire, because it cuts the physical link between the pedal and the brake…