Kinetic Energy Recovery System is the Flywheel Technology and Volvo using it. Here is brief information about KERS. What is Kinetic Energy Recovery System? Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) is a regenerative braking which has an energy recovery mechanism or an automotive systems use under acceleration for kinetic energy of a moving vehicle when it is recovered from breaking and stored in a reservoir. When the car is under breaking process, i…
hybrid cost recovery - Johan Young Guides to Hybrid
By Todd Kaho (http://www.greencar.com/articles/will-hybrid-car-really-pay-off.php) It is true that hybrid vehicles cost more than usual. This prompted many to wonder whether the extra cost for these cars deserve a high efficiency, and in fact if the difference can be offset from time to time by the cash saved from buying fuel. While many generalizations that have been conducted in recent years, additional cost recovery concept hybrid that involv…
The Swedish automaker – Volvo – announced the test on the open road of flywheel technology during the second half of 2011. The flywheel technology, which provides a four-cylinder engine the acceleration of a six-cylinder unit, according to Volvo would decrease fuel consumption up to 20 percent. With this system of kinetic energy recovery system during braking next generation Swedish SKF developed and funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, the driv…
If you want to know when electric cars are within reach of everyday car shoppers, keep your eye on the cost of batteries. According to projections from the Department of Energy and others, the tipping point for mainstream adoption of electric vehicles is around $350 per kilowatt-hour. That’s why electric car enthusiasts took notice when the Times of London reported last month that the cost of the 24 kilowatt-hour battery pack in the all-electric…
