12-10-2012, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty
Looks like regen will provide much of braking in upcoming years.
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Likely. I read that electromagnetic brake systems are under development as well.
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I know a woman who got 200K miles out of her original brakes on her Honda Accord. Too bad people don't drive more like her. I think she has over 300K on that car now. It is exposed to salt in winter or she could probably be up there with the record breakers in a few more years.
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Don’t remember the exact number but my SUV got in the neighborhood of 100K miles on the front pads. Still haven’t changed the rears with about to 44K more. I attribute this to doing mostly hiway driving. Bet much the same was true of the car/driver you mentioned.
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Would be interesting to know if a patent holder lobbied to get this into effect. Success via legislation.
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I like this comment. I have no knowledge of if this is true but have seen other similar "solutions" that give the idea precident and credibility.
That said there is a lot of effort in the area to limit the kinds of things that end up in the water. As an aside, one of the biggest problems causing water polution has not been touched but heavy metals causes a lot of problems.
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