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The Los Angeles City Traffic Brake Test Schedule has been an established procedure used almost universally for generations by vehicle manufacturers to evaluate and validate braking systems for the attributes of NVH and brake wear behavior. The Los Angeles driving route, commonly known as the Los Angeles City Traffic Test (LACT), has long been considered an effective and “quasi” extreme set of real world driving conditions representative of the US passenger vehicle market and have been covered in other analysis including SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2600 [1] The performance of a vehicle, relative to braking, in LACT conditions is typically influenced by basic vehicle and brake system attributes including the ratios of vehicle mass to brake sizing attributes, friction material selection, and the acceleration, drag, and cooling behavior of the vehicle.

As Pure Electric Vehicles have become a recent entrant to the higher end Passenger Vehicle Market, general interest in the overall technology has expanded beyond the environmental interest into the pure performance opportunities associated with electrically driven vehicles. Recently a new Racing Series has formed that is dedicated to Electric Vehicle Racing. Specifically the Formula-E® series has emerged as a venue for competition for Pure Electric open wheel race cars competing on Road Courses throughout the world. Success in the race series is influenced by the available energy that can be stored in the battery along with the applicable electrical efficiencies associated with the drive and control of the Propulsion Motors. The Race series also allows Regenerative Braking.