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2014 Green Car Technology Award Nominee – Mazda i-ELOOP Regenerative Braking

Benji Jerew — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 02:54:29 +0000

In a couple of weeks, at the 2014 Washington Auto Show, Green Car Journal will announce the winner of the 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award, and we’ve been covering the ten technology nominees. So far, we’ve seen some pretty good green car technology from Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Ford, and Honda. And […]

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Tesla Model S Regenerative Braking and Brake Lights, Intrusive or Responsible?

Benji Jerew — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:47:29 +0000

A Tesla Model S tester at Edmunds.com was recently testing the adjustable regenerative braking system and its relationship with the brake lights, bringing up what could be a valid point. Apparently Senior Editor Jacquot and myself see brake lights in the same way. If you decelerate using your brakes, the brake lights come on as […]

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Ford Says Their Regenerative Brakes Have Saved 100 Million Gallons of Gas Since the 90’s

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:51:39 +0000

I’ve been writing on this blog for more than 5 years, but so far didn’t know Ford actually put regenerative braking into cars before the Prius had even been on the drawing table (disclaimer: I don’t work for them, nor have an advertisement deal with them). They now brag with their regen braking systems of […]

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Future Aircraft to Become More Fuel-Efficient Thanks to Regenerative Braking

Mike Sandru — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:20:50 +0000

If you fly pretty often, you’re going to like this a lot. Again, if you’re living near an airport, you’re going to dig this even more. I’m talking about planes powering themselves and thus making for a cheaper ticket or a less noisy airport. How is that possible? Well, maybe few of us knew that […]

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THEKPV: A Real Solar-Powered Bike With Regenerative Braking Built by DIYer

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:16:12 +0000

THEKPV is more than a solar-powered bicycle. Designed and manufactured by Terry Hope, who has actually wrote to us about his bike, THEKPV (The Hybrid Electric Kinetic Photovoltaic Vehicle) is powered by a 50-watt solar cell array, has a battery and a capacitor for boosting its acceleration capabilities.

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Philadelphia To Recover Subway Trains' Brake Forces In Huge Battery For Reuse/Resale

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:39:53 +0000

Having a battery could someday be compared to having gold mine. Take Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, for example. They' going to use a huge battery and charge it from the subway's braking trains. The energy recovered thus will either be sold back to the grid or reused for acceleration.

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Chevy Volt to Use AFS Trinity's Ultracapacitors for Better Acceleration / Regenerative Braking

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:57:31 +0000

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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256W Regenerative Shock Absorber Built by NY State University

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:45:25 +0000

Regenerative braking systems are an essential part of any electric/hybrid car, making it more efficient by taking advantage that energy can be relatively easy-recoverable when converted to electricity. Regenerative suspension systems are yet another approach to this class of mechanisms, continuously recovering the vibrational energy that occurs due to road irregularities, vehicle acceleration and braking.

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Hydraulic Regenerative Braking Saving 52.7% Fuel in BMW 530i

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:35:27 +0000

Who said a car has to be electric to be called a "hybrid"? Artemis Intelligent Power has converted a BMW 530i to mechanically capture the energy resulted from braking (aka "regenerative braking"), and use it in an electrically-hybridized car fashion.

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Smart Fortwo MHD: Hybrid Car Without a Battery

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:20:35 +0000

Smart Fortwo Micro Hybrid Drive (MHD) has been available for quite a while on Europe's car markets. It's Smart's way of saying "I am cleaner than the cleanest", and a quite impressive innovation that brings some kind of a "hybrid" system into play by using a start-stop mechanism of the engine. It uses regenerative brakes, like all hybrids do, to recharge the battery, and it stops the engine when you halt at a stop light (in fact, when your speed drops below 8km/h).

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