This puts some demands on the car with regards to braking stability and overall balance.
An automobile is highly responsive and gives virtually immediate response (certainly less than a second) to braking or steering inputs.
They awarded numeric scores in 18 categories, from noise/vibration and interior comfort to braking and maneuverability; the scores were totaled to determine the rankings.
The regenerative brakes feel grabby and nonlinear at first, but you soon get used to braking early and lightly to recapture as much electricity as possible.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is separate from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, recommended to Ford and G.M. this month that they test several devices -- mainly related to braking -- that might improve handling of the vans.
In many ways, modern automobiles are already like networked computer systems on wheels – and the driverless cars of our likely future will just build on what we've already seen, from hands-free parallel parking to braking assistance.
