Audi: Working on next-generation ceramic brakes

Ceramic brakes are the latest trend in car tuning. Formerly only available in sportscars, they now become cheaper and give you whole new possiblities. And of course Audi is trendsetter again. Vorsprung at its best.

SGL Carbon AG, of Wiesbaden, Germany, and Audi AG are trying to reduce manufacturing costs for carbon discs by moving from batch production to a continuous process.

Since last year, Audi and SGL have been working to establish automated production, reported the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau.

"The cost of a disc will come down to 350 euros (about $465) with the new process," says SGL Carbon CEO Robert Koehler. He would not disclose details of the technique.

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Source: Autoweek, picture by Fourtitude

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