For anyone who’s logged time city bus surfing, you realize there is a heckuva lot of power in those screechy stops and starts. So, it stands to reason there’d be how to harness that kinetic energy and shuffle it right back to the automobile, itself. Well, that’s exactly what the Flybus consortium aims to do with a prototype that uses a Ricardo Kinergy flywheel to store energy made out of braking, and redistribute it via a continuously variable transmission. The hybrid setup is purportedly less expensive to supply than current, pricier EV rigs, and would also go a ways towards reducing fuel costs for commercial vehicles. Gearheads longing for a peek on the group’s design can get a glance-see when it’s shown off this month on the Low Carbon Vehicle event inside the UK. For everybody else, there are the source links below.
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