ICURe FullStop - Cohort 39, Team 06

由于再生制动系统的使用，全球电动汽车（EV）市场的兴起导致了制动领域的重大变革，再生制动系统将传统制动器的使用减少了95%。预计这将结束常规更换刹车片，然而，在雪佛兰Volt、起亚Soul和丰田普锐斯等车型上的经验表明，虽然摩擦材料可以使用长达10万英里，但刹车片必须在7.5万英里内更换，因为钢背板腐蚀了摩擦材料。这是因为刹车不再经常使用，以防止过多的水分积累。此外，腐蚀本身是非废气排放的一个关键组成部分，在即将到来的欧7标准中，这一领域很快就会受到严格的立法限制。此外，在需要超过0.4g减速和紧急停车的情况下，现代电动汽车仍然需要传统的制动器，并且必须设计成在再生系统出现故障时也能正常工作。考虑到电动汽车的重量比内燃机汽车平均重25%，这就需要更大、更重的传统制动系统，这会影响行驶里程和排放，同时在绝大多数制动场景中都是多余的。Tribol制动有限公司已经找到了一种非常有效的解决方案，即碳纤维复合材料背板（CBPs），其性能与钢板相当，重量减轻70%，不受腐蚀问题的影响，因此可以作为终身产品使用。这节省了资源，减少了浪费和排放，并提高了车辆的行驶里程。此外，与金属相比，所使用的复合材料具有极低的导热性。这使得CBP极具吸引力的赛车部门，其中轻量化加上显著降低风险的制动液沸腾提供了一个明显的优势比金属板。对于汽车行业大规模采用的前景来说，重要的是，赛车运动长期以来一直是新技术进入乘用车和大众市场的试验台。与埃克塞特大学合作开发的CBPs使用了独特的材料组合和专门的表面处理，可以优化新板与摩擦材料的结合。采用我们技术的刹车片已经通过了所有行业标准和内部资格认证，并准备在82亿美元的刹车片市场中占有一席之地。

The rise of the global electric vehicle (EV) market has led to a major upheaval in the braking sector due to the use of regenerative braking systems, which reduce the use of conventional brakes by 95%. This was expected to end the routine replacement of brake pads, however, experience on vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt, Kia Soul and Toyota Prius has shown that, while the friction material can last up to 100k miles, brake pads must be replaced in as little 7.5k miles due to corrosion of the steel backing plate debonding the friction material. This is because brakes are no longer used often enough to prevent excessive moisture build up. In addition, the corrosion itself is a key component of non-exhaust emissions, an area soon to be heavily legislated against in the upcoming Euro 7 standards. Furthermore, modern EVs still require conventional brakes for scenarios where more than 0.4g of deceleration is required and emergency stopping scenarios and must be designed to work in the advent of failure of the regenerative system. Given that EVs weigh on average 25% more than their combustion engine counterparts, this requires reciprocally bigger and heavier conventional braking systems, impacting range and emissions whilst being effectively redundant for the vast majority of braking scenarios.Tribol Braking Ltd. has found a highly effective solution to this problem in the form of carbon fibre composite backing plates (CBPs) that match the performance of steel plates, are 70% lighter, are immune to corrosion issues and will therefore perform as a lifetime item. This saves resources, cuts waste and emissions, and improves vehicle range. In addition, the composite used possesses extremely low thermal conductivity compared to metals. This makes the CBP extremely attractive to the race sector, where the lightweighting coupled with the significantly reduced risk of brake fluid boil offers a noticeable advantage over metal plates. Importantly for the prospects of mass adoption in the automotive sector, motorsport has a longstanding reputation for being the testbed for new technologies making their way to passenger cars and the mass market.The CBPs, developed with the University of Exeter, use a unique combination of materials and specialised surface treatments that allow optimised bonding of the new plates to the friction material. Brake pads using our technology have passed all industry standard and internal qualifications and are ready to make their presence felt in the $8.2bn brake pad market.