TVS INTRODUCES ABS IN TWO-WHEELERS
The Chennai based TVS Motors is all to set to become the first global company to launch Anti-Lock Brake System(ABS) on its two-wheelers. Anti-Lock Brake System is often reffered as ’sure braking system’ for automobiles. It is a high-tech feature and is currently available in all premium cars and commercial vehicles across the globe. It is gaining immense popularity in India and comes as a standard fitment in all premium cars and high-end trucks and buses.
Due to the ‘in-demand’ safety feature, TVS is currently testing the indigenously developed Anti-Lock Brake System Technology on its bikes and scooters to reduce multiple vehicle crashes on the roads. A senior executive of TVS Motors confirmed that the technology is in the final stages of development and is undergoing testing at its Hosur facility. Anti-Lock Brake System is part of the 30 different technologies that we are developing in the two-wheeler range. The Anti-Lock Brake System will avoid in skidding of two-wheelers and allow sure stopping on wet and slippery roads.
The Anti-Lock Brake System is likely to be introduced initially on yet to be launched high powered bikes of TVS in the permium 200 cc segment. The new technology is expected to increase the prices of two-wheelers by 7 % to 8 %. It is a expensive technology and the company is trying to economise it by bringing in high localisation.
Anti-Lock Brake System(ABS) technology reduces chances of crashing and severity of impact. It significantly reduces the chances of a skid and subsequent loss of control by the driver on the vehicle. On the slippery surfaces it leads better control of the vehicle rather than go into a skid as it instantly locks the multiple wheels of the vehicle.
