Flywheel Batteries to Power F1

Regenerative braking is an integral part of every hybrid electric vehicle. Here, deceleration and braking energy is converted to electrical energy to keep batteries charged. Hydraulic hybrid trucks and buses recoup energy by pressurizing a hydraulic fluid that's stored in an accumulator, and then use this energy when extra power is needed. There is third type of regenerative braking where recouped energy is stored in a flywheel revved up at high rpms
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shabaru - 12/17/2008 2:42:25 PM

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interesting.... never really paid attention to the kind of brakes on my car... LOL

America - 12/18/2008 6:25:48 AM

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Yeah, allowing the teams to develop new energy recovery technologies that will trickle into street cars to make them faster, more efficient, and cleaner is just dumb. Who wants to move ahead?

HSCenterconsole - 12/17/2008 3:22:19 PM

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I do not like the direction F1 is going with the new aerodynamics and attempts to go green. Bring back the V10's, traction control, launch control, and let the teams run wild.

racinghart - 12/19/2008 4:21:22 AM

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if the thbought here is that F1 should be a hotbed of development that consequently filters into mainstream production cars, why not make the only rule a ban on the internal combustion engine (or at least the reliance on oil based fuels) - thereby forcing these world class engineers with generous R&D budgets (and without the real world restrictions of a support infrastructure) to come up with genuinely capable and robust alternative fuel and powertrain options.

Major developments like this need something critical to force an action. Short of wars or government legislatio0n, maybe sport and a positive customer reaction is another approach.

Food for thought or random twittering?