joeriv
Well-known member
I am not an engineer so perhaps some others can answer this:
Assume you're on the highway straight and level 60 mph. You accelerate to 65 mph, then ease off and regen to 60, then repeat the same cycle. Will the energy you recapture be the same, less than or more than what was used to accelerate to 65 mph, ie is it possible to have a net gain? My intuition says there's no such thing as a free lunch, so I would guess there would be no net gain, although 3000+ pounds of car at 65 mph is a lot of energy.
Assume you're on the highway straight and level 60 mph. You accelerate to 65 mph, then ease off and regen to 60, then repeat the same cycle. Will the energy you recapture be the same, less than or more than what was used to accelerate to 65 mph, ie is it possible to have a net gain? My intuition says there's no such thing as a free lunch, so I would guess there would be no net gain, although 3000+ pounds of car at 65 mph is a lot of energy.