By-Wire Braking for Hybrid Vehicles?

Last week I read a press release regarding the by-wire braking system that Siemens plans to put into production before the end of this decade, and I wondered how such a system would work with the regenerative braking systems of hybrid vehicles.

Now Siemens isn't really developing the by-wire braking system for hybrids, but for all automobiles. In fact, Siemens has far bigger plans than revolutionary brakes. Siemens is thinking revolutionary drive trains - the drive-by-wire system.

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