The automotive industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by autonomous driving, connectivity, electrification and safety features, and growing importance of technologies ...

TMD Friction has released a paper on the importance of auxiliary brake retarders to all braking systems in the heavy-duty market. TMD says despite operational differences between disc and drum brakes, ...

OREGAON, PORTLAND, UNITED STATES , July 12, 2023/einpresswire.com / -- A vehicle retarder is a friction-based braking system that is mostly utilized in heavy vehicles to improve or replace some of the ...

We've all heard it. That teeth-chattering, machine-gun exhaust sound diesel truckers make when they use engine retarders to slow their vehicles. Ray Yecker was at the June 11 meeting of the West Earl ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The commercial vehicle retarder market is estimated to grow by USD 356.82 million from 2023 to 2028, growing at a CAGR of 4.4%. The commercial vehicle retarder ...

The next generation of the so-called Jake Brake, built by Jacobs Manufacturers, will likely come to market in 2019, the company announced Wednesday at the North American Commercial Vehicle show in ...

West Earl Township resident Phil Boyer said he wakes up almost every morning at 4 a.m. to a vibrating house and the sound of screeching brakes. Boyer said the ruckus is the result of trucks barreling ...

MAHANOY PLANE – The use of engine brake retarders by large diesel trucks to provide additional braking power will not be prohibited in Gilberton borough. The consensus of the Gilberton Borough Council ...

The loud roar of diesel trucks using brake retarders will continue to be heard on Route 56 between Hillcrest Drive and Leechburg Road in Lower Burrell. City officials in April had requested that ...