What Are the Benefits of Engine Braking?

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Engine braking helps in timely deceleration or stopping, ensuring driving safety; utilizing engine braking can effectively reduce the frequency of using foot brakes. Below is a detailed explanation of engine braking: Principle: During normal driving, when the throttle is engaged, the engine is the active component, and the vehicle is the passive one, with the engine driving the car to go faster or maintain a constant speed. If the throttle is released after reaching speed, the vehicle becomes the active component, and the engine becomes passive, with the car driving the engine to rotate, causing the speed to decrease gradually, and the engine becomes a burden—this is engine braking. Specific Method: This is commonly referred to as "downshifting" and can be used in emergency situations when brakes fail. Press the clutch, shift into neutral, release the clutch; rev the engine hard; press the clutch again, shift into a lower gear, and release the clutch. (Revving the engine in neutral is to quickly increase the engine speed in a short time to match the vehicle speed, otherwise, the speed difference between the two would be too large to shift into a lower gear.)