Downsizing is another innovation path that Continental is pursuing with calipers. The potential for further downsizing is a result of electrification: In an electric vehicle equipped with a brake-by-wire system such as the
MK C2, up to 80 percent of all deceleration events can be covered with regenerative braking during a normal driving style. Assuming that braking actions are consistently started with regenerative braking, this percentage can go up as high as 95 percent.