# The next step, or the next stop? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-next-step-or-the-next-stop/205628 "2026-05-06T12:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-next-step-or-the-next-stop/205628/1 "2026-05-06T12:23:20Z")
Brembo has developed an all-electronic braking system that is soon to become standard equipment for a “leading global vehicle manufacturer”. While Brembo isn’t yet revealing who their customer will be, this article posits that Tesla is the leading contender, with MB and BMW also being possibilities. > **[I Traced Brembo Sensify's Launch and the First Customer May Not Be Who Anyone...](https://www.torquenews.com/17998/i-traced-brembo-sensifys-launch-and-first-customer-may-not-be-who-anyone-expected)** > > We traced Brembo’s Sensify launch timeline, supplier clues, and production signals to understand which automaker may be first to bring true brake-by-wire to the road. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-next-step-or-the-next-stop/205628/2 "2026-05-06T12:44:26Z")
It always amuses me when claims like “first” are made. This is a technology brake suppliers have been prototyping since the early 1990s. Seems no one bother to look back to GM’s EV1. The Delco division (now Bejing West Industries) created a brake-by-wire WITH hydraulic backup - as required by federal standards at the time. The rear drum brakes had a pure by-wire design (no hydraulics) with an electric motor inside to apply the brake. The front system had electric motors to push a piston that sent brake fluid to a conventional front caliper. In the event of a failure of the by-wire system, the front brakes defaulted to conventional hydraulic apply. The systems were designed to make the brakes work consistently with a fully charged (no re-gen braking) to a fully discharged (full re-gen braking) battery. > **[How the EV1 Shaped Modern EV Braking Systems](https://thebrakereport.com/how-the-ev1-shaped-modern-ev-braking-systems/)** > > Discover how the GM EV1's regenerative braking paved the way for modern electric vehicles in this insightful anniversary reflection. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-next-step-or-the-next-stop/205628/3 "2026-05-06T14:06:15Z")
I suppose in the future we will look back at cars with hydraulic brake design and laugh. How crude? The horseless carriage is so quaint. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-next-step-or-the-next-stop/205628/4 "2026-05-06T14:14:40Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > in the future we will look back at cars with hydraulic brake design and laugh. Similarly, it now seems somewhat crude that the first power windows were hydraulically-powered. This was done because the electrical systems of the day were so anemic, but because of complaints about the nasty stains on fabric-covered interior door panels from leaking hydraulic cylinders, the automakers realized that it was time to move-on to electric motors for the windows.