You may have experienced that over time one or more sides of the vehicle does not absorb bumps very well and judders when the car goes over a bump on the road. This means that the shock absorber on ...

Well, that may be overstating things a bit, but when you think about it, that's not too far off. The point of any gasoline fueled piston engine is to convert the raw energy created from a controlled ...

Audi revealed it’s working on a prototype damping system called ‘eROT’, in which electromechanical rotary dampers replace the traditional shock absorbers used today for more comfort and added energy ...

Audi unveils energy recuperating shock absorbers Audi has announced that it is currently working on a new electromechanical rotary damper concept, or eROT for short, that can recover otherwise wasted ...

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When you hit a bump, your shock absorbers damp the wheel's motion by converting its kinetic energy into heat via the shearing of fluid in the shocks. That heat gets expelled into the air and is never ...

One thing common to some of our favorite performance vehicles lately, from the Chevy ZR2 pickup truck to the Ford GT supercar, is the shocks –- they use Multimatic DSSV damper technology. It was just ...

Shock absorbers — also known as dampers — do the dirty job of absorbing bumps and keeping your vehicle planted to the road, all while residing in the undercarriage and getting their fair share of heat ...