Comment Re:Stronger? (Score 1) 262
Let's get some perspective.
A well-loaded SUV doing pedal-to-the-metal ABS emergency braking from 100mph on dry pavement with summer tires can easily hit 1MW total braking power.
A passenger car doing some only mildly distracted late braking in city traffic easily pulls off 50kW braking power.
An old grandma's scooter can easily exceed 5kW of braking power in city traffic.
The 4.6kW figure is a typo, and anyone who takes it on face value is silly. I don't know where the heck it came from. A 6 ton vehicle doing 15 second braking from 160mph to stop needs to dissipate 1MW.
All figures are average power per vehicle, not per brake. Uneven braking will produce higher peak power.