EE Times Article about Prius Brakes

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by bwilson4web, Jul 19, 2010.

  1. bwilson4web

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    I was invited to write an article and here it is:

    Toyota Braking Problem Investigation

    The article was more about engineering practices but my thanks again to everyone who helped us run this problem to ground.

    Bob Wilson
     
    #1 bwilson4web, Jul 19, 2010
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  2. F8L

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    Nice write up Bob. :)
     
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    Unless I am mistaken the subject "lurch" or "surge" is the result of the switch to ONLY frictional braking upon initial ABS activation regardless of prior braking techniques/modes.
     
    #3 wwest40, Jul 19, 2010
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    I actually got notification of this article from an EE Times email newsletter a few days ago.

    When I saw "The pothole did it: A Toyota Prius owner's Investigations: into the “brake pause” problem, learns all about road discontinuities", I glanced it said, "hey, I know that guy." :)

    I didn't get around to posting the news here... been busy.
     
    #4 cwerdna, Jul 20, 2010
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