hybrid car capacitor Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:57:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Chevy Volt to Use AFS Trinity's Ultracapacitors for Better Acceleration / Regenerative Braking https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ultracapacitors-20100726/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ultracapacitors-20100726/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:57:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8767 Hybrid and electric cars both have regenerative braking systems, which transfer the energy otherwise lost as heat back into electricity, by switching the motor's function from its normal one into an electricity generator when the driver pushes the brake pedal.

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