WABCO Holdings Inc. has announced that it has entered into a long term agreement with commercial vehicle manufacturer IVECO to supply anti-lock braking technology for IVECO's platforms of light and medium duty trucks produced in Brazil from 2013 onward.
This new agreement is in line with the Brazilian Federal Government's mandate that new trucks, buses and trailers are fitted with anti-lock braking systems (ABS) to further increase vehicle and road safety.
The Brazilian legislation requires that 40 percent of total commercial vehicles produced in Brazil in 2013 must be equipped with ABS, with the number increasing to 100 percent in 2014.
Anti-lock braking systems prevent the wheels of a vehicle from locking when road friction is not sufficient to transmit braking forces. WABCO pioneered ABS technology for commercial vehicles in 1981.