Brad's Take » big rig http://www.draftresource.com/mytake Ideas on draft horses, Peak Oil, conservation, and low-tech living Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:56:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 PO: Big trucks – why not a hybrid add-on? http://www.draftresource.com/mytake/2008/09/23/po-big-trucks-why-not-a-hybrid-add-on/ http://www.draftresource.com/mytake/2008/09/23/po-big-trucks-why-not-a-hybrid-add-on/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:58:50 +0000 Brad K. http://draftresource.com/mytake/?p=30 Why hasn’t someone produced an add-on for the big rigs, to capture energy from the wheels during breaking and store it for accelerating? Something that bolts onto existing wheels and drive trains?

Maybe a battery, a fuel cel, for gosh sakes, what about a compressed air reservoir? Something to capture the energy expended to break for a traffic light, and apply to accelerating on to the next obstacle.

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