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…
kers flywheel - Johan Young Guides to Hybrid
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…
…brids available in the market. The first thing you must know about this Porsche hybrid is that it uses the adaptation of the system of Kinetic Energy Recovery. In fact, this technology was built for Formula 1 cars for racing. Flywheel Spins The next thing you should understand about this Porsche hybrid is that it comes with the flywheel spins that are used for capturing energy reclaimed from the braking process. Rear Wheels The next thing abo…
…h a lithium ion battery at the rear axle, along with Ferrari’s outlandishly powerful more than 600 hp v12 engine. Other fuel saving features will include F1 based regenerative braking tech’ – Kinetic Energy Recovery System or KERS and start stop capabilities. Ferrari Hybrid will increase its fuel economy about 30 percent over than their counterparts 599 GTB. In other words, Ferrari Hybrid will go 12 mpg (the non hybrid go about 9 mpg). Ferrari Hy…
