Mercedes-Benz Working on Brakes with No Need for Discs, Calipers

•    Mercedes-Benz is working on a braking system with no discs and calipers at the four wheels.

The automotive industry is evolving at a breathtaking pace, and new technologies are multiplying all the time. With electric vehicles come a host of possibilities for engineers. Recently, Mercedes-Benz engineers shared their latest innovation Motor Authority something the company touts as the “brakes of the future”.

Defying convention, these brakes would have no need for discs and calipers behind the wheels.

In-Drive
The new braking system is part of something called In-Drive technology, which moves the brakes inside a vehicle's electric motor housing. The system is still only in the testing phase, and Mercedes-Benz hasn’t confirmed any dates for production or eventual use in a mass-market vehicle.

Rest assured - the In-Drive braking system is still based on a friction system, with metal pads and discs that slow the vehicle using pressure. The difference is that the entire system is placed inside the vehicle's drive unit housing.

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