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Regenerative braking is a major saving in energy cost, and it's something that requires a battery component to store the recovered joules, and electric motors t
by w0mbat 6y ago
Regenerative braking is a major saving in energy cost, and it's something that requires a battery component to store the recovered joules, and electric motors to put those joules to use. If you need a battery and electric motor anyway, the simplest solution is pure electric.
- xyzzyz 6y agoYou could also store the regenerated energy in a flywheel. That would be even simpler and cheaper than electric.
- w0mbat 6y agoFlywheels are not silent and have unwanted gyroscopic effects. Getting even more impractical, you could store energy in a spring like a wind-up toy. A pure electric system is much simpler as the motors are the regenerators and there is one energy store.
- swirepe 6y agoYou're not going to want a flywheel in a car that's going to make any turns
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoMount it horizontally?
- swirepe 6y agoHills tho