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Old 04-24-2007, 10:18 AM  
Dollarmansteve
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Originally Posted by Fabien View Post
There is a model which doesn't require a battery charge (well rarely). It's actually recharged with the wheels turning and the brakes applied.
Regenerative braking isn't that efficient. If it were greater than 100% then the car would be a perpetual motion machine - which violates.. ohh.. just a couple of the fundamental laws of physics.

I can't wait til someone comes in here and starts talking about zero point energy, et al.
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