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Why not power up some tesla coil on the rear of the car that produces cool electric arcs all over the track. Lets face it, some of the coolest parts of high po
by robmcm 13y ago
Why not power up some tesla coil on the rear of the car that produces cool electric arcs all over the track.
Lets face it, some of the coolest parts of high power cars are dispersed excess energy, glowing brake discs or flaming exhausts and of course screaming engines.
- baq 13y agoyeah, that's the point. the brakes are smoking hot, so if you suddenly start to collect that energy it needs to go somewhere.
- masklinn 13y agoI think you missed the question/point: traditional brakes work by converting kinetic energy to thermal energy and dissipating it. The ERS base is to convert it to electric and store that. ERS obviously can't store things when the battery is full, but if the issue here is the transition between ERS and traditional why not have ERS bypass the battery when it's full and dump energy in a radiator, ending up with the same result as traditional brakes (kinetic -> thermal) without having to switch braking system in the midst of braking?
- rplnt 13y agoI think you missed the first answer. There is no place for it. It's big, heavy and needs to be exposed.