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Regenerative braking returns to brake rotor issues

Regenerative braking I decided I wanted to answer some common questions about regenerative braking and did some Google searches. AI gave the first response (a technology, by the way, that really hurts my business), and turned up some surprises. The largest of these is yet another reference to problems with the regular, or friction, brakes. …

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Burnish the brakes?

Brake rotor

Burnish We ran into something very curious while finishing our Tesla updates. It was a suggestion to burnish the brakes after replacing brake pads and/or brake rotors. They go on to say that this might eliminate high-pitched squealing noise while braking, particularly when driving in rain, cold and/or humid climates. We weren’t familiar with the …

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