EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
I'll bet that the unloaded vehicle going down the hill does not
produce more electricity than it consumes going up the hill.
Unless some exceedingly large-headed politician (thinks he) has managed to
change the laws of physics, that'd be a pretty safe bet. :-)
In the days of electrified railroads, it was common for a train going
down a hill to regenerate power back into its overhead wires or third
rail. They would schedule the trains so another train somewhere else was
going *up* hill at the same time.
In a similar vein, electric commuter trains will regenerate power to
slow down coming into a station. The power generated benefits some other
train that is accelerating *out* of a station.
These measures were used to avoid wear and tear on the brakes, and
because they didn't have batteries that could to store the extra energy
like we do in hybrids.
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Knowledge is better than belief. Belief is when someone else does
your thinking. -- anonymous
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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