50 mpg air-hybrid

May 30, 2011 21 Replies

I wonder what the weight penalty is and then I wonder how much energy it can hold. Like on a long downgrade where you have to downshift or use brakes, will it reclaim all the energy used to climb the upgrade or is it just good for one 60-0 stop and ramping back up?

Wes

Wes wrote in rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:20:34 -0400:

ramping back up?

Might be easier to add an extra air tank, than to add more batteries. Imagine if you go up and down a lot of hills and on and off ramps. If you didn't need the space you could add a big secondary tank in the trunk.

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