Typical curve shows that traction coefficient of a normal passenger car tire falls off greatly as vehicle speed increases. All the torque in the world acting on the rear end pinion gear isn't going to ...

Lives can depend on a vehicle’s moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting to wet, snowy or icy roads.

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is ...