I’m sorry if that’s has been asked before, but why would Alfa go with Brakes by Wire instead of regular brakes?
Giulia and Stelvio use Continental's MK C1 BBW system, in 2016 it was the most advanced system and debuted in the Alfas. Last year the MKC2 (second generation) was introduced. I'm not sure if this was fitted in MY22 Alfas.According to wikipedia many hybrid and EVs have BBW, which has been used in production vehicles since 1998. The article is flagged as needing work, so I do not know if that information is reliable.
That's not how it works.and then copied and adopted by BMW
Full drive by wire will require substantial solenoids at the brake pads, which will not be practical. So we will, with current technology, always have the actual brake pads actuated by hydraulic force.Continental’s Brake-by-Wire Benefits
Continental’s Brake-by-Wire Benefits
HANOVER, Germany – When Alfa Romeo introduced its Intelligent Braking System (IBS), on the Giulia and Stelvio, it was the first use in production of the MKC1 brake-by-wire system. Developed by Continental, this wraps up usually separate components into one neat package that’s lighter and far more compact than the sum of its parts.
Drive-by-wire concepts were originally aimed at making everything electronic, with no mechanical connection between the driver and the car. The idea was that electric calipers would do the braking and electric steering racks would enable fancy features such as enabling the car to take major avoiding action in emergency situations without ripping the driver’s thumbs off on the steering wheel spokes.
The Continental MKC1 system goes part of the way to full brake-by-wire but stops short of electric brake calipers. What it does do is integrate the tandem master brake cylinder (which generates the hydraulic pressure to apply the brakes), the brake booster, the ABS unit and the ESC unit, saving about 4kg.
Aside from the packaging and weight, pedal feel can be tuned by engineers using driving simulators to give a more aggressive response on track and a more relaxed response in traffic. Another advantage is that pedal travel doesn’t increase when the brakes take a beating and get hot. What the driver actually feels is a simulator built in to the MKC1 that generates the sensation normally fed back through the hydraulics, only it remains consistent however hard the brakes are working.
Full drive-by-wire wire brakes would also allow manufacturers to dispense with hydraulic brake fluid, giving them dry chassis and production lines that have no need for the messy liquid. Complete corners consisting of suspension, wheel hubs, discs and brakes could be preassembled ready to bolt on the car. A further advantage of doing away with hydraulic brake fluid is that it’s hygroscopic (it absorbs atmospheric moisture) so needs changing at intervals.
because it is much gooderI’m sorry if that’s has been asked before, but why would Alfa go with Brakes by Wire instead of regular brakes?
You forgot the part that FCA was and Stellantis remains still the single largest shareholder of Ferrari after the spinoff. It really wasn't about control of Ferrari. It was about, in stock market terms, "unlocking shareholder value" and in layman terms "getting more money for the company and by extension the owners".FCA took people from Ferrari to develop the Giulia, FCA only had so many months with Ferrari because Ferrari spinoff to be more independent from FCA, so once that was announced they had only about two years to develop the Giulia before FCA was no longer complete control of Ferrari.